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Geneva, July 2012

Customs Cooperation – Information Exchange. Geneva, July 2012. Brazil Division on International Customs Affairs. Regional/Multilateral Customs Cooperation. A single agreement, with benefits for all A useful tool to curb fraud and to improve enforcement and trade facilitation Brazil:

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Geneva, July 2012

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  1. Customs Cooperation – Information Exchange Geneva, July 2012 Brazil Division on International Customs Affairs

  2. Regional/Multilateral Customs Cooperation • A single agreement, with benefits for all • A useful tool to curb fraud and to improve enforcement and trade facilitation • Brazil: • Multilateral Agreement on Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between the National Customs Authorities of Latin America, Spain and Portugal (COMALEP) -1981 • 29 member countries in 4 different regions • Agreement on Cooperation, Information Exchange, Data Consultation and Mutual Assistance between Customs Authorities of MERCOSUR – 1997  2006 • Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay

  3. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers VPN viaInternet BRAZIL ARGENTINA PARAGUAY URUGUAY

  4. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers • Exchanged Data • Each Member State makes available to the other Member States data concerning: • Intra and extra-regional imports; • Intra-regional exports • Request for information can be made by declaration or period

  5. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers Importation or Exportation Number of declaration Country providing information Search by declaration

  6. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers Data contained in the declaration and information about its processing

  7. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers Data about the imported good

  8. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers Country providing the information Search by period Exportation Tariff classification (optional) Exporter identification (optional) Destination country

  9. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers Export Declarations within the searched period

  10. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers Country providing the information (importer/Uruguay) Search by importation linked to an exportation Export Declaration (Brazil)

  11. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers Import declaration (Uruguay)

  12. INDIRA – Exchange of Information from Customs Registers • WCO has recognized the system as an international best practice for customs, providing an adequate tool for information exchange between customs authorities • COMALEP has taken it into account as a basis for its future works in the area of customs information exchange • Argentinean and Mexican customs have implemented it on a trial basis. Trial operations are also envisaged with Bolivia and Chile. Ecuador has also indicated interest in participating.

  13. Modernization and Simplification of Information Exchange • Necessary to cope with the increasing number of operations and irregular practices • Exchange should be simple, quick and effective • Request and response should be electronic, if possible • Important to provide some details about the specific case: information being sought, reasons to doubt the truth or accuracy of a declaration (in sum, what customs needs to prove/confirm) • Requesting country should first conduct internal verifications. • As a general rule: • Pieces of information contained in the import or export declaration • Documents supporting the import or export declaration

  14. Thank you! Marco Antonio Borges de Siqueira Division on International Customs Affairs +55 61 3412-3481 marco.siqueira@receita.fazenda.gov.br

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