TANZANIA REVENUE AUTHORITY TRA . CUSTOMS MORDERNAZATION FOR TRADE FACILITATION ESA-MEMBER: CASE STUDY TANZANIA CUSTOMS ADIMISTRATION Presenter George .G. Msuya Senior Customs Officer (MBA 2017, Bsc Economic 2006) TANZANIA REVENUE AUTHORITY 11 October, 2018
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TANZANIA REVENUE AUTHORITY TRA
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CUSTOMS MORDERNAZATION FOR TRADE FACILITATION ESA-MEMBER: CASE STUDY
Causes of Customs Modernization n Increase of Global Business n Meet WCO Standard Major Tax Reform for Trade Facilitation n 1989 the committee under Presidential
Commission on Taxation and Expenditure n 1992 the Parliament amend Customs
Tariff Structure n 1996 the Government establish semi-
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Global customs Modernization Procedures
n The Authority work in hand with global customs modernization procedures of WCO i.e RKC
n Revenue collection has increased from Tsh 25 Billion 1997 to Tsh 450 Billion 2017
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Area of E-Commerce & ICT n ASYCUDA was introduced in 2005 by UNCTAD Outcome of introduction of ASYCUDA n The trade delays and Customs clearance was
reduced à The average time taken from lodgment to release goods across
airports has decrease from 4 days to 9 hrs and 7 days to 2 days across sea ports in Tanzania
ASYCUDA brought need to Electronic Payment § Payment of Customs duties were done by
cash
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Area of E-Commerce & ICT n The government introduce Tanzania-Inter
Bank System Scheme (TISS) supported by ASY- Bank
Outcomes of Electronically Payment n Importer can transfer money from his
account to authority account n Unnecessary queues and corruption end n Importer protected from danger of being
attacked
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Area of E-Commerce & ICT
Automated system for Electronic submission n ASY-SCAN submit Customs Documents n It help to accelerate clearance time In 2014, shifted from ASYCUDA to TANCIS n TANCIS manage to integrate all Customs
procedures in one dialog with agents n Importer can assess Customs Duties and
submit to Customs which give room to graduate to WCO scheme of AEO
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Risk Management Develop Computerized system for Risk n Risk Management Unit assess Risk of an
Entry by enter business profile in the system n System assign RED-LIGHT to a questionable
Importer and GREEN-LIGHT to the complying trader
Investment on Non-intrusive instrument n Containers should pass through high
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Risk Management
n Identified irregularities at scanner lead to physical inspection
Develop Electronic Cargo Tracking System n Transit goods monitored by Transit Unit by
tracking goods up to exit border points n Transit check point became useless ,
transit goods only inspected at OSBP à Time for Transit cargo movement reduced from 7 days to 3 days
from port of Dar es salaam to all exit borders
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Transit Route
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Post Clearance Audit n Department was formed in 2002 in view of
advancing the release in order to facilitate trade
n The auditing is conducted based on risk analysis of the trader and item
n Non- compliance is detected by misclassification and under valuation
n False declaration led to additional payment of duties & taxes together with penalties.