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Tool Overview

Customs ICT Solutions Database

Functionality Filter 1 Use the filters below to only show the solutions which match your requirements. Reset Filter Information Management All Public searchable tariff table Searchable tariff table for tariff classification available by Internet. Close Public access to new regulation tarrif classified pre-issuance Internet access to all proposed regulations in advance of issuance. Close Intuitive help for tariff classification Provides help beyond HS Tariff terminology to classify correctly goods in national tariff nomenclature. Close Public access to all agency regulations Searchable table of all regulations for all agencies applied at the time of import, export or transit through a single Internet application. Close Pre-issuance tariff application determination Prior to issuance, customs assists other government agencies in correct tariff classification where regulation will be applied. Close Public access to all tariffs, taxes and fees Public access to all tariffs, taxes and fees by all agencies applied at the time of import, export or transit. Close Future date search for tariff rate and regulations Public access to search for seasonal or trade agreement tariff reductions. Close Submission point for classification inquiry Internet access point for classification advice from the customs. Close Submission point for binding ruling Submission point for binding rulings for tariff classifications, valuation methodology. origin determination. Close Public access data base of binding rulings and court decisions Access point for previously issued binding rulings from the customs. Close Submission point for appeal Internet access point for appeals to seizures, penalties, or rulings by the customs. Close Public access to regulation commentaries Access to secondary interpretation commentaries on customs regulations or other government agencies regulations applied at the time of import, export or transit. Close Electronic forms data base Access to electronic forms for customs and other government agencies for permits, licenses, or forms used in the course of the business with customs or other government agencies at the time of border clearance. Close News letter to public Updates on information of general interest to the public on border activities. Close Updated border instructions Instructions for specific border crossings such as local processes, or expected clearance times. Close Public access to all trade agreements Searchable table of all multilateral and bi-lateral trade agreements entered into by a nation and identified by tariff line items. Close Pre-Import All B2G data submission for permits Submission of all data for permits and licensing by government agencies for import export and transit. Close G2G permits sharing (national level) Sharing of data between government agencies for relevant permit and license data. Close G2B permit approvals Confirmation back of permit and license approvals form Government to Businesses for import, export or transit. Close Declarations, clearance and inspection All Automated Manifest acceptance Provides for the electronic transfer of sea, air and land manifest from transporters in advance of conveyance arrival. Close Declaration filing electronically Capacity to file the customs declaration fully and completely without a paper declaration. While the system may support paperless declarations, the customs may still require the paper declaration. Close G2G & G2B clearance approvals for licenses Confirmation from government of clearance for import, export or transit from government to businesses. Close Calculation of all duties taxes and fees Contains a complete inventory of all duties, taxes, or other fees that imported goods are subject to. The system calculates the duties, taxes and fees based on the goods tariff classification. Close Full HS and national tariff compliant The system contains the completed Harmonized Tariff and the nation tariff nomenclatures as may be extended beyond the HS six digit level. Close Customs work assignment management Assists the customs in work load forecasting on a day to day basis at specified location to permit resource leveling between locations and assignments. Close Multi-agency clearance management Permits multiple agencies to coordinate consolidated inspections, where required or provides for inspection criteria to the customs where delegated to inspect and or sample in behalf of another agency. Close WTO valuation compliance management Provides historical records of same and similar merchandise for comparison in the establishment of valuation under GATT methods 2 and 3. Close Data interface with tax systems Provides data to national tax administration on revenues collected in their behalf and valuation of goods at import or export for VAT systems. Close Automated Manifest processing Provides for electronic tracing of reduction of manifested goods to customs declaration. Close Risk Management All Risk directives from external estimates Programmable system for externally derived risk criteria for both positive (i.e. AEO participant) and negative risk factors. Close Risk analysis and forecasting Based on historical import and export data maintained within the system, identifies trends and patterns for risk of compliance or non-compliance with laws and regulations for all agencies participating in the system. Close Trade participant identification Permits the identification of all participants in the trade transaction from historical data within the system and may access external systems (i.e. business licensing or taxpayer identification numbers.) Close Valuation histories Provides historical records of same and similar merchandise for comparison for intelligence purposes for possible cases of undervaluation. Close Automatic recalculation of risk level Based on enforcement actions against importations, recalculates level of risks from all fields. Close Inspection Selection Management Assists in the selection of shipments for physical examination, examination of documents or goods release without examination for all agencies participating in the system. Close Data mining Permits data mining from all transaction data submitted. Close G2G risk assessment sharing (national) Multi-agency risk information on participants in trade transactions shared between government agencies. Close Intelligence support Provides tools from the report/gathering of raw intelligence to analytical tools for the processing of information into actionable items for risk management. Close Authorized Economic Operator All AEO program management Provides management of AEO program for identification of AEOs, applications, audits, re-audit schedules, etc. Close AEO audit tracking Tracks the AEO audits and results. Close AEO compliance feed to risk management Provides results of AEO program status to risk management analysis and loops back for AEO non-conformance on examinations. Close AEO confidence level assessments Provides feed to risk management analysis on AEO participants to transaction. Close AEO Program cost analysis Tracks cost of AEO program. Close Revenue All Revenue collection and reporting Permits the submission of electronic payment for all duties, taxes and fees due at the time of importation. Does not collect fees paid prior to importation, for example such as permit application fees paid prior to declaration. Close B2G payment duties and taxes Permits direct payment from Importer or exporter bank to government account for collection of duties and taxes. Close Transit All Location of transiting trucks Automated real time tracking of transit cargo systems. Close Bonded goods management Tracks goods entered under customs bonds or other securities. In the case of general bonds, automatically tracks the used and available bond limitations to flag shipments exceeding bond limits. Close Temporary Import/Export management Tracks goods entered under all temporary admission or export regimes to identify goods, flags potential shipments exceeding time limits. Close Transit tracking and management Tracks goods entered under a transit regime for re-export to identify goods that are exceeding transit time limitations and interfaces with bonding and security tracking. Close Internal transport tracking / management Tracks goods entered at a customs point for transit to an internal customs controlled location for clearance or storage prior to customs clearance. Close Transit guarantees insurance (national) Tracks guarantees for in-transit goods within one country. Close Bonded goods warehouse management Tracks the physical location and inventories of goods in bonded warehouse. Close Enforcement All Person and vehicle tracking and lookouts Tracking of persons and vehicles that may be engaged in the smuggling of goods. (not for the tracking of temporary entry status of persons for immigration purposes.) Close Arrest reporting and tracking Provides database of information on persons arrested, tracks arrest status through to release or conviction. Close Search inventory controls Provides automated support for evidence tagging and inventory controls during execution of search warrants. Close Declaration All Seizure and Penalty Management Tracks from declaration seizures and penalties to validate enforcement actions and seizure inventories. Close Penalty issuance Automated system for the issuance of penalties for alleged violations. Close Penalty tracking Tracks status of penalty actions including submission of appeal, appeal review, and appeal outcome from point of issuance to final resolution. Close Penalty action closure Records final action on penalty cases and traces back at the regional, office and individual officer level the final result of enforcement actions for interface with KPIs and statistical tracking. Close Penalty related cost tracking Tracks the related costs to penalty actions for performance measurements. Close Seizure issuance Automated issuance of seizure record identifying particulars of seized goods, marking, tagging and identification, participants in the seizure, and witness statements. Close Seizure tracking for status Identifies both status in any appeal or court process. Close Seizure cost tracking Tracks cost related to seizures. Close Seizure inventory controls Tracks physical location of seized goods and chain of evidence. Close Audit All Audit Selection and Management Identifies companies for validation of risk assumptions through compliance auditing. Manages audit workload including time and resource allocation. Close Audit record keeping Provides templates for audit reports and other forms needed in audit process. Keeps records of audits performed. Close Audit result reporting Provides automated record of audits for future reference. Close Audit cost tracking Tracks cost of audit program with breakout to individual audits. Close Enforcement audit / Investigation tracking Provides tools for reporting of enforcement audits and investigations. Close Compliance measurement audit selection Automated system suggests audit selectees for annual audit program planning. Close Investigations All Investigations Managment Tracks cost and time of investigations for potential claims against violators for proven cases of non-compliance. Tracks and projects investigative costs relative to investigation projected impact for cost to return on investment of investigative activity. Close Investigations reporting Provides database for entry of investigative reports. Close Investigations cost tracking Tracks cost of all investigative activities including officer time. Close Appeals All Appeals process managment Includes provisions for electronic filing of appeals against penalties and seizures. Tracks appeal timelines and results of appeals against seizures and penalties. Close Global Cooperation All Multinational transit bond issuance Application for multinational customs transit bond with participating countries. Close Multinatinal transit bond clearance Multi-national bond clearance on arrival at country of final import or exit to a non-participatory country. Close G2G permits sharing (international level) Sharing of permits and licenses from one government to another government (e.g. permit to export with end use conditions from one customs to another customs). Close Transit guarantees (multi-national) Tracks multi-national transit guarantees based on regional or international convention. Close G2G risk assessment sharing (international) Customs to customs risk assessments shared. (i.e. confirmation of AEO program participant for mutual recognition). Close Quality Management All Tracking of trade statistics Calculates WTO required and other programmable trade statistics without export of data to an external system. Close Tracking of Key Performace Indicators Capable of programming to track KPIs as may be developed on volume of workload and times for clearance process with breakout to locations, teams and individuals. Close Data for process and workflow designs Tracks process steps with time stamps for workflow redesign and simplification. Close Systems Support All Multi lingual data System programmable for data recorded and filed with the system in multiple languages. Close Multi lingual screens System screens programmable in national language. Close Security features to track system changes System requires user identification to access and records and tracks queries, entry of data, or modification of data by user, location and date/time of activity. Close Reusable data Submissions from B2G and G2B in a reusable format to prevent re-key errors. Close Legally binding public information Information in above fields for public information on Internet legally binding on at time of inquiry. Close Download the ICT Procurement Guide Download Excel table of data

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