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SITPRO

SITPRO. Gordon Cragge Director - Trade Facilitation & Promotion. SITPRO. The Aligned Series of Export Documents for International Trade The SITPRO Experience. SITPRO. The UK trade facilitation organisation Established since 1970 Sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry

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SITPRO

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  1. SITPRO Gordon CraggeDirector - Trade Facilitation & Promotion SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  2. SITPRO The Aligned Series of Export Documents for International Trade The SITPRO Experience SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  3. SITPRO • The UK trade facilitation organisation • Established since 1970 • Sponsored by the Department of Trade and Industry • Supported by British business & industry • Board directorship drawn from all the sectors of the international trade and the payment and finance functions

  4. Exp Exp Exp Exp Imp EXPORTER FORWARDER BANK Exp CUSTOMS BANK PORT InternationalTrade Transaction Chain Imp Exp Imp Imp IMPORTER Imp CARRIER PORT FORWARDER CUSTOMS SITPRO The Problem - too many documents SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  5. SITPRO The Solution Simplify the process Adopt international trade facilitation tolls and techniques Standardise information & data Align documentation SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  6. SITPRO So – A Trip to the Opera for AIDA (With acknowledgment to G Verdi) SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  7. SITPRO A = Awareness UN Recommendation No 1 - UN Layout Key for International Trade Documents Improve trade efficiency Enhance competitiveness Increase profitability Reduce costs and administrative burden SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  8. SITPRO I = Information Consultation with the users of trade documents – exporters, ports, freight forwarders and other service providers Programme of visits to observe commercial practice and official procedures Committee formed of Trade, Government and Printers SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  9. SITPRO D = Decision Decided to simplify, standardise and aligned shipping documentation Standard Shipping designed to the UNLK providing a single, simple set of data for processing goods through the ports Licensing regime established to ensure credibility and integrity SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  10. SITPRO A = ACTION Simpler Export Documents launched in 1965 but reproduction method not specified In 1976 Systematic Export Documentation issued based on the Master Document Technical specification supplied for document reproduction by: - Spirit Duplicator - Copier - alternative Copier techniques SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  11. SITPRO The Aligned Series of Export Documents SAME details are found in the SAME place on all documents System maintained and promoted by SITPRO SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  12. SITPRO Aligned Documents - the Past SED updated and enhanced in 1979 with the inclusion of the Overlay system TOP FORM made its first appearance in 1987 with three systems: - single-typing simple export sets - photocopier systems using the Master Document with Overlays - laser printed forms using computer systems SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  13. SITPRO Aligned Documents – the Present TOP FORM 2 – over 70 documents aligned to the UNLK with UK requirements Reproduction of documents offered by: • Printers of pre printed forms • Software products for computer systems • Web service providers Incorporated into the ElecTra Toolkit for both p-docs and e-docs Foundation of UNeDocsUK SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  14. SITPRO Aligned Documents in Practice Export Sets Overlay Computer SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  15. SITPRO Benefits for UK Traders - easy to use, producing error free documents - accurate and timely information - international standard understood by all parties in the trade transaction - better compliance with commercial practice and official procedures - reduced delays at the port - 50% reduction in export admin costs SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  16. SITPRO Value of Licensing Regime credibility and integrity of the system experience and expertise in document standards network for obtaining feedback from exporters ‘multipliers’ for promoting aligned documents SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  17. SITPRO Finally – some observations Introduction of aligned documents requires political will and government commitment Recognition that implementing standard documents is not a 100m dash but a marathon UK Customs accepted the SSN as the export declaration SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  18. SITPRO Finally, finally Over 30 years ago SITPRO introduced the UK Aligned Series of Export Documents – a Single Window for Port Information Systems Now the task is to expand the Single Window to cover all trade related information and where possible make it electronic SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

  19. SITPRO Thank you for being a wonderful audience Any Questions? SITPRO Simplifying International Trade

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