ASYCUDA fully online by March 31 : SL Customs DG
Sri Lanka Customs' ASYCUDA World (AW) automated customs operations system will be fully online by March 31, according to Jagath Wijeweera, the Director General of the this authority. Further, he advised that, following this date, companies should be prepred to carry out customs operations online.
Developed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), ASYCUDA (Automated Systems for Customs Data) is a computerised, automated customs data gathering system which has been deployed in over 80 countries worldwide. Speaking at a March 1 seminar on ASYCUDA organised by the Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council, along with the ICT division of the Sri Lanka Customs, Mr. Wijeweera added that the ASYCUDA World system is "now being fully implemented for both Imports and Exports trades". Additionally, it was also announced, at the seminar, that "People’s Bank too has established the facility with Customs for online payment similar to Bank of Ceylon. People’s Bank is also in the process of facilitating other banks to connect Sri Lanka Customs through Peoples Bank’s payment platform".
At the same time, at the seminar, it also emerged that "detailed information of the process and the concept of the operating system were presented. Areas covered were from keying in customs declaration up to the end of the operation. Some of the main areas were the progress and problems of AW Connectivity to the ASYCUDA WORLD related issues, SLPA Manifest requirements and limiting the errors, e-
Developed by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), ASYCUDA (Automated Systems for Customs Data) is a computerised, automated customs data gathering system which has been deployed in over 80 countries worldwide. Speaking at a March 1 seminar on ASYCUDA organised by the Sri Lanka Shippers’ Council, along with the ICT division of the Sri Lanka Customs, Mr. Wijeweera added that the ASYCUDA World system is "now being fully implemented for both Imports and Exports trades".
payments, implementation of the manifest, import/export cargo examination and boat note passing and import/export CusDec submission and limiting input errors". (JH)