100 percent digital process for all Customs declarations

By Portal & Asociados

100 percent digital process for all Customs declarations
El Salvador is nearing a 100 percent digital process for all Customs declarations made in the country, official authorities announced. The Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), which is currently functioning in two ports of entry, will be implemented throughout El Salvador as of January 2020.

ASYCUDA is a computerized customs management system which covers most foreign trade procedures. The system handles manifests and customs declarations, accounting procedures, and warehousing manifest and suspense procedures. It generates detailed information about foreign trade transactions which can be used for economic analysis and planning.

Its pilot implementation phase started in November 2018 at the Port of Acajutla and cotinued in April 2019 at the Monseñor Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport. Its roll-out phase requires the physical preparation of all sites to be computerized, a large amount of training based on the model training course and the technical installation and support of computer systems in the identified sites.

The programme is directed at reforming the customs clearance process. It aims at speeding up customs clearance through the introduction of computerization and simplification of procedures and thus minimizing administrative costs to the business community and the economies of countries. It also aims at increasing customs revenue, which is often the major contributor to national budgets in most countries, by ensuring that all goods are declared, that duty/tax calculations are correct and that duty/exemptions, preference regimes, etc. are correctly applied and managed.  
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