Single Window Development and Implementation Experience of Tunisia

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Single Window Development and Implementation
Experience of Tunisia
UNECE CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ON TRADE
FACILITATION IMPLEMENTATION TOOLS, TECHNIQUES
AND METHODOLOGIES 18 20 October 2004, Geneva
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Summery

• Background the context of the virtual single
  window
• Structure and services
• The technical architecture
• Particpant
• Business Model
• Recquirement and user fees
• Expected results
• lessons learned
• Future plan

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BACKGROUND
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Context of the single window

• The membership of the world Trade organisation
• Agreement of association with the European Union
  (1995)
• Up Grade of the compagny
• Up grade of the environment of the compagny

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BEFORE TTN

• Long Processes
• Different formalities
• Many documents with redundant information ( 20 )

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Services

• AT NATIONAL LEVEL
• CUSTOMS FORMALITIES
• FOREIGN TRADE FORMALITIES
• EXCHANGE FORMALITIES
• PAYMENT FORMALITIES
• TECHNICAL CONTROL FORMALITIES
• TRANSPORT FORMALITES
• CONTROL ON PRODUCTS ORIGIN

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• Traitement of documents
• On foreign trade

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Consequences

• Long delays for release of Imported goods
• customs clearance time from 5 to 17 days,
  average 10
• congestion in Radès port, Tunis, Tunisia

• negative impact on competitiveness
• waste of resources,

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Measures taken in Tunisia

• COFPRO ( National Facilities Commitee)
• THE  LIASSE UNIQUE  project

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The Project stages (the important dates)

• 1st stage October 2000
• Documents standardization (EEC/UN Standards)
• Simplification of foreign Trade processes
• 2nd stage April 2002
• Digitalization of foreign trade documents
• Creation of  the virtual single window  or
• 
  Virtual One Stop Desk .

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Structure of the single window
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Technology

• UN/EDIFACT
• XML
• Mailing SMTP X400
• Web
• SMS

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Technical Architecture
Actors
Flat file
XML Messages
EDIFACT Messages
WEB form
Frame Relay
RTC
Firewall
Archive Server
EDI Server
WEB SERVER
Central server
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PARTICIPANTS

• Partners

• Banks
• Trade Ministry
• Central bank
• Technical control department
• Customs
• Habord authorities

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PARTICIPANTS

• Partners

• Users

• Importers
• Exporters
• Brokers
• Shipping agencies

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Business model

• The virtual single window is managed by TTN
  Tunisie TradeNet
• TTN Corporation, Created in February 2000
• Mission Statement
• The management of the unique windows.
• Compagny specialized in computer engineering
• Capital 2M TND (about 1.5 M ).
• Public share-holders CIMPF/OCT/OMMP/CTN/ONT/ATI/T
  air/STB/BNA/ ONP
• Investment about 3M

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Business Model
User fees
Brokers Compagnies
Custom declaration 1 1.5
Other formalities 2 3
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Requirement

• Hardware
• PC min PIII
• Printer laser jet
• Scanner
• Software
• Windows min98
• Browser

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Expected Results of the Single Window

• Bring closer the administrative, banking and
  harbour services of the operators through a
  Virtual Single Window of the Foreign Trade.
• Simplify and facilitate Customs and Foreign Trade
  formalities.
• Reduce delays and cut down costs of formalities
  treatment by computerisation and the setting in
  network of the various actors.
• Ensure a faster and more effective circulation of
  the documents and forms required by the various
  actors.

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Lessons learned

• 1st Difficulty
• 1. The partners mobilisation
• 2. The needs identification
• 1st Recommandation
• 1. The importance of government support
• 2. The Constitution of a project pilot commitee
• with the chair of a Minister
• 3. Conception of a coherent functionnel pattern

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Lessons learned

• 2 nd Difficulty
• 1. Partners internal organisation
• 2 nd Recommandation
• Constitution of a pilot comitee per partner
• Technical assistance for every structure

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Lessons learned

• 3 rd Difficulty
• 1. The membership
• 3 rd Recommandation
• Marketing Startegy
• NICT training

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Lessons learned

• 4 th Difficulty
• 1. Financing
• Recommandation 4
• Own Funds gt 50
• Long term Credit

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Lessons learned

• 5 th Difficulty
• 1. Partners reactivity
• 5 th Recommandation
• The adoption of working guideline to the
  electronic contex
• Optimisation of the interface software

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Lessons learned
Difficultés Recommandations
1. The partners mobilisation and the needs identification The importance of government support The Constitution of a project pilot commitee with the chair of a Minister Conception of coherent functionel pattern
2. Partners internal organisation Constitution of a pilot comitee per partner Technical assistance for every structure
3. The membership Marketing Startegy NICT training
4. Financing Own Funds gt 50 Long term Credit
5. Partners reactivity Adoption of working guideline to the electronic contex Optimisation of the interface solutions
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Expected Evolution

• Documents Entreprises - banks
• Banking guarantee for Statements
• Documentary credit
• Apurement TCE
• Unpaid washing
• Documents Banks-Banks
• Bills of lading exchange between Tunisian and
  European Banks.
• Documents Entreprises-Entreprise
• Order
• Delivery order
• Invoice
• Order to pay.
• Bar Code technology

• The transport bundle
• Exchanges of manifests with foreign partners
• Interconnection with international networks
  (GEIS, )
• Documents Entreprises-administrations
• Social security declaration
• Fiscal declaration,
• Documents Entreprises insurances compagnies
• Contract of insurances
• Declaration of disaster
• B2B market place
• Centralization of offers, demands and taking
  in charge of deals by sector (earthly transport,
  manufactured goods, raw materials, )
• Free trade zone network

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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION
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Automatic Electronic Data Process
Technical Control Authoritie
SINDA (Customs Automated System)
TradeNet
Banks
Domiciliation
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Importer exporter
EDI STATION of customs
Declaration
SINDA (Customs Automated System)

• Verification of DDM
• Examination of all docts
• Decision (BAE,)
• foreign trade Bill (TCE) for exchange control

Physical control of Goods
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Carrier Consignee
Cargo Manifest Via E-mail
Transport Portal
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Documentary credit

• It is a paper by which the banker of the buyer
  promises to pay the salesman or to accept an
  effect on production of documents in realization
  of contractual conditions
• Exemples of documents
• Invoice,
• Certificate of insurance,
• Etc

Bill of lading
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Asks of the credoc Invoice
Opening
Invoices, bill of lading,
Transfer of documents
payment
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Credoc Opening
EDI BANK STATION
Credoc Opening

• Receiving Credoc demand
• Demand study
• Sending reply to the compagny

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Bill of Lading
Bank
Importer
Shipping agent
TUNISIE
Bon de Chargement
Bill of lading
Bank
Exporter
Shipping Agent
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Project 1 TradeNet ZLE (Euromed/UMA)

• INTERNATIONAL
• Customs formalities
• REGLE DORIGINE
• CONTINGENT (QUOTAS)
• Banking Formalities
• CONNAISSEMENT
• Technical Control Formalities
• Transport Formalities
• MANIFESTE CARGO
• MARCHANDISE DANGEREUSE
• PLAN DE CHARGEMENT
• FORMALITES SANITAIRES
• CERTIFICAT DE CONTRÔLE

TradeNet ZLE Network
Customs
Interface Station
Banks
Interface Station
Country
Interface Station
Transporteurs
Interface Station
Port
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Project 2 ZLE- Bilateral Tunisia-Countryj
(Tunisie TradeNet)-(Institution, (Country))
Country(j) ZLE
Customs
Interface Station
Banks
Interface Station
Carriers
Interface Station
Port
Interface Station
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Project 3 ZLE- Bilateral Tunisie-Countryj
(Tunisie TradeNet)-(Countryj-TradeNet)
Interface Station