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Future of the EU Customs Union Customs - Trade Day 7th ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters 15 May 2013 EU Customs Union in numbers State of the Customs Union (Study and Communication) One minute Customs


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Future of the EU Customs Union

Customs - Trade Day 7th ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters 15 May 2013

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  • EU Customs Union in numbers
  • State of the Customs Union (Study

and Communication)

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Customs One minute

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  • Total population: EU 503 million (HR 4.3 million)
  • Total Customs staff: 121 thousand
  • GDP (PPP): EUR 15.8 trillion
  • Customs value (int.trade): EUR 3.5 trillion
  • Customs duties: EUR 22 billion (EUR 16.3 billion

to the EU budget)

EU 27 – basic facts

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EU 27

(EU 28 as of 1 July 2013)

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  • Growing trend for the number of declarations (particularly for export)
  • Total number of declarations in the EU in 2012: 261 million
  • Import: 139 million, export: 105 million, transit: 17 million

(including national transit)

  • Normal procedures: 61 million; simplif.procedures: 183 million
  • 8 declarations per second (15 articles)

Customs declarations

import, 53% export, 40% transit, 7% normal procedures 25% simplified procedures 75%

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Customs declarations – NORMAL PROCEDURES - SAD level: 61 mil (IM: 31 mil, EX: 30 mil) Development of the number of customs declarations – growing trend

Customs declarations

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Customs declarations SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE, article level): 353 mil articles (IM: 194 mil, EX: 159 mil) Development of the number of customs declarations SP – growing trend Proportion –simplified and normal procedures = IM 78% : 22% EX 71% : 29%

Customs declarations

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  • Customs value = EUR 3.5 trillion in 2012 (+8% compared to 2011)
  • Development of the customs value of the EU external trade (import and

export) – growing trend

Customs value

200 000 300 000 400 000 500 000 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Import Export Import at constant prices (Base 100 = 2007) Export at constant prices (Base 100 = 2007)

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  • Electronic input of declarations (NP+SP): overall rate = 98%

Import: 96% and Export: 99% Import (NP): 86%

  • Development of the electronic input – slight increase

Electronic input

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Economic operators

  • Operators using SP – IM: 23% and EX: 25%
  • EORI – 3.3 million traders registered in the database
  • AEO - total number of applications: 14 614
  • total number of certificates issued: 12 345

AEO per types AEO certificates per MS

At the end of 2012

AEO - full 49%

AEO - customs simplific ations 48%

AEO - safety and security 3% DE 6 087 NL 1 324 FR 830 IT 678 PL 606

ES 493 SE 360 UK 342 BE 281 HU 278

Other MS 1 066

12 345 AEO certificates

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State of Customs Union - Study

External – different stakeholders (Questionnaires, interviews, desk research

  • Traders
  • Other Agencies
  • Customs
  • Not yet finalised…..
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State of Customs Union - Study

Preliminary results

  • Uniformity - not very good
  • Efficiency - positive
  • Major policy initiatives – positive
  • Quality of Service – positive
  • Enlargement - positive
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State of Customs Union - Communication

Objectives

  • Note the achievements
  • Highlight value added of Customs Union services

for Single Market and EU

  • Acknowledge challenges Customs Union is facing
  • Outline course of action to provide a more

performing Customs Union by 2020

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Course of action:

  • Complete modernization – Union Customs Code
  • Complete gap analysis – set priorities - Action Plan
  • Enhance functioning through governance reform

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State of Customs Union - Communication

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Priorities - Action Plan:

  • Risk management
  • BTIs
  • Crisis management
  • Application of non-customs legislation
  • Sanctions and Penalties
  • Training

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State of Customs Union - Communication

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GOVERNANCE

  • More rapid decision-making
  • Clear functions and structures for groups – new

Code + New programme Customs 2020

  • IT development without duplication

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