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Mandatory EDI Submission – SARS engages Cargo Manifest Providers
Some 8 years since the initial implementation of the Manifest Acquittal System (MAS), SARS has recently engaged cargo manifest providers with a fresh urgency to prepare themselves for the impending...
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Automated Cargo Management – Whipping up Industry Awareness
Following the recent posts on this subject, SARS took to ‘walking the talk’ this week. Over the last month a significant increase in registrations with Customs as well as vast improvements in...
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TPT’s Pre-advice for Export Containers
It has been enquired by some whether or not Transnet‘s Pre-Advice for Export Container’s initiative is aligned with SARS Customs Modernisation. First of all its important to delineate the process and...
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Cargo Dwell Time in Durban
An acquaintance in the forwarding industry brought this working paper to my attention. Titled “Cargo Dwell Time in Durban“, it is very useful reading for logistics operators, Customs and government...
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Insight behind the WCO Data Model
Governments around the world have realized that rapid economic growth cannot be achieved in an environment where international trade processes are inefficient and cumbersome. Over the past two decades,...
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WCO – 2012 is the year of Connectivity
Secretary General of the WCO, Kunio Mikuriya, is pleased to announce that 2012 will be dedicated to promoting connectivity, including enhanced cooperation and communication, under the slogan “Borders...
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Burden of proof – cross-border data exchange
The continuous development in international communication media together with the never ending expansion of the global trade arena have impacted both positively and negatively on international...
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New Zealand releases trade implementation guidelines for GOVCBR
The New Zealand Customs Service has recently released draft guidelines for it’s Trade Single Window (TSW), which is currently under development. This will require all potential users to be able to send...
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SAD Story – Part 2
What is clear in regard to modern day business is the fact that ‘harmonisation’ in the international supply chain is essentially built around ‘data’. E-commerce has been around for decades, plagued by...
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SAD Story – Part 3
Having considered that commonality and harmonisation in Customs lies more in data and less in format, it is nevertheless still important to consider the state and readiness of all customs...
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WCO News – February 2012 Edition
Herewith a link to the latest edition of WCO News, providing a wealth of customs news and developments from across the globe. This edition focuses almost entirely on regional initiatives involving...
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WCO/SACU – IT Connectivity and Data Exchange
On the occasion of International Customs Day, in January earlier this year, the World Customs Organisation dedicated 2012 as the year “Connectivity”, which encapsulates people connectivity,...
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GNC – not just another acronym, but the latest Customs buzz-word
With the WCO Council Sessions later in June this year, it is opportune to discuss perhaps one of the single most important developments in Customs Inc, the “Globally Networked Customs (GNC)” concept...
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WCO announces the passing of Bill Nolle – proponent of the WCO Data Model
Australian Customs hosted visits from three international experts on trade data harmonisation – Bill Nolle, flanked by Dietmar Jost and Eric Sunstrum of the WCO. It is with sadness we [WCO] learnt that...
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UCR and GS1 data to meet?
Kunio Mikuriya, WCO Secretary General, and Maria Palazzolo, Chief Executive Officer of GS1 Australia and GS1 Board Member, at the GS1 Global Forum 2013 GS1 is a non-profit organization dedicated to the...
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Pakistan and China Customs to accelerate establishment EDI
Pakistan Customs’ experts are in China to make further progress on the establishment of direct Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) with the trusted and neighbouring country to reduce the incidences of...
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WCO News – June 2020
As the title suggests, the latest edition of WCO News contains a variety of articles concerning Customs approach to COVID-19 and even one article relating to Customs Brokers on COVID-19. Other...
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TradeLens – Youredi to offer data connectivity services between supply chain...
Building on the TradeLens network connectivity Youredi has provided since 2018, 3PLs, shippers and cargo owners can now use their software integration services to connect quickly and flexibly to the...
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WCO Data Model 3.11.0 – Online
Unlike the previous versions where the WCO DM was made available on the WCO Members’ website in a downloadable format, version 3.11.0 of the WCO DM is being released on a new publication platform: the...
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International Customs Day 2022
The WCO dedicates 2022 to the Scaling up Customs Digital Transformation by Embracing a Data Culture and Building a Data Ecosystem Traditionally, every year, the Customs community comes together on 26...
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