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Implementation of a Risk Management System by Cameroon
CustomsPrepared by:
Gasper KONNEH NEBAInspector of Customs
10 July 2012
Outline • Background• Implementation issues• Benefits• Some challenges • Some lessons learned
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Background: motivation for the reform
• As part of a general Customs reform program;• Pressure from the trade and international
partners;• Government policy to improve on the
business environment in the country;• Time release studies and other studies; • The deployment of a new Customs
management system - ASYCUDA++.
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Implementation issues
• Institutional arrangements: creation of a Risk Management Unit;
• Legal framework: reform of Customs procedures;• Logistical, technical and financial issues;• Partnership with other stakeholders: FAL
Committee and Customs/Enterprise Forum;• Phased out implementation process: selectivity,
performance monitoring, other modules.
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Some benefits • Benefits for the government:– Increase in revenue; – Improvement of governance in the Customs
environment;– Performance monitoring;
• Benefits to the trade:– Reduction of clearance time and costs;– The rationalization of Customs controls;– Predictability in the nature and level of controls;– The existence of objective indicators to assess the
compliance level of traders.
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Some challenges
• Resistance to change and lack of cooperation from other agencies and stakeholders;
• Coping with the informal sector;• Lack of adequate funding; • Availability of Customs and computing
expertise.
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Some lessons learned • 100% controls are not necessarily more efficient
than selective controls; • The need for high level support for the project; • The need for dedicated staff and appropriation of
the project by the staff;• Support from partners (traders, other
stakeholders, and international institutions (World Bank, WCO, etc.)
• Gradual implementation: the different modules were rolled out gradually and continue to be developed.
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