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Tr Trad ade e Faci acilitat itation ion Agre reeme ement nt

• Papua New Guinea (PNG) Sovereign

nation, which acquired its Independence in 1975

• Developing island Nation which share a land

border with Indonesia, and sea with Australia and the Solomon Islands

• Land mass: 462,840 sq km’s of land

Population: approximately 7 million people

Eleven (11) members from the :

• Department of National Planning and Monitoring,
• Department of Treasury, Department of Justice and Attorney General,
• Department of Foreign Affairs, PNG Customs Service,
• National Agriculture and Quarantine Inspection Authority (NAQIA),
• Department of Prime Minister and National Executive Council (PM’s &

NEC),

• the Business Council PNG that represents the private sector, and
• the National Institute of Standards and Industrial Technology (NISIT)

National Trade Facilitation Committee Member Agencies World Trade Organisation (Trade Facilitation Agreement) National Executive Council (through the Minister for Trade, Commerce and Industry) Ratify Commitments Agreement

• utcomes

Category A - 21 out of the 41 measures of the TFA – Can be implemented immediately Category B - 13 out of the 41 measures of the TFA – Requires time additional time to implement Category C - 7 out of the 41 measures of the TFA – requires time and technical assistance, through capacity building and donor assistance

20 13 8

Implementation Categories

A B C

Number Percent Category A 20 49% B 13 35% C 8 16% 41 100%

Intelli lligence gence Pro rofil files es Electronic Manifest Customs Entry dialled Green ( 85%) Submitted to Customs up by the Customs brokers Yellow (10%) Via ASYCUDA Red (5%) Inspection report Physical Query Advise Commercial & shipping Entered into Inspection raised documents brought ASYCUDA conducted to Customs by broker Entry re-routed Cargo documents To green lane checked by Customs Assessment of duty Duty Paid Cargo released from the wharf or Depot

Awareness done by PNGCS to facilitate Trade:

• Workshops hosted by PNGCS
• Customs information on Web-site
• Import Information on print media
• Posters/pamphlets
• Expo’s

Our Target groups:

• Importers/Exporters
• Shipping Agencies
• Customs Brokers
• Depot and Wharf operators

• Importantly the biggest challenges faced now

and in the future are maximising trader’s compliance whilst facilitating legitimate trade.

• Continues improvements on areas of immediate commitments pertaining to

Category A pending the Agreement to be in force, thus PNG ratifying to the Agreement.

• PNGCS will work on the more targeted and risk based assessment to which

has already commenced with the development of a Compliance Assurance Strategy.

• PNG Customs is currently working on having a trusted trader’s program

me policy which will hopefully be rolled out in the near future which would help assist Customs interventions.