Trade Facilitation in the Caribbean : The Case of Customs Performance
The trade of goods and services and the inflows from Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) represent large proportions of their Gross Domestic Products (GDP), especially in English Speaking Caribbean (ESC) countries. Therefore, the proper functioning of...
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ADB ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES BACKBONE BASIC BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BUSINESSES CAPITAL GOODS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITIVENESS CULTURAL CHANGE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS CONTROL CUSTOMS CONTROLS CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS CUSTOMS FUNCTIONS CUSTOMS INFORMATION CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION CUSTOMS OFFICE CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS OFFICES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS OPERATIONS CUSTOMS PERFORMANCE CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS SYSTEMS DATA ANALYSES DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS DOCUMENTATION DOMESTIC PRICES DUTIES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC FORMAT ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOW OF GOODS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT REVENUE HOTELS ICT IMPORTED GOODS IMPORTED MERCHANDISE IMPORTS INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSPECTION INSPECTION OF GOODS INSPECTIONS INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRANET KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEGISLATION LITERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MATERIAL MOVEMENT OF GOODS PERCEPTION PERCEPTIONS PERFORMANCE MEASURE PERFORMANCE MEASURES PHOTO PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF SERVICES REDUCTION OF TIME REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY SYSTEM RESULT RESULTS RULES OF ORIGIN SPECIAL PROCEDURES TARGETS TARIFF CLASSIFICATION TARIFF RATES TAX EXEMPTIONS THAI TOURISM TOURISM INDUSTRY TRADE & INVESTMENT TRADE FACILITATION TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE RELATIONSHIP TRADE TAXES TRAINING COURSES TRANSACTION USERS USES WAGES WEB WEB PAGE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION |
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ADB ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES BACKBONE BASIC BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BUSINESSES CAPITAL GOODS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITIVENESS CULTURAL CHANGE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS CONTROL CUSTOMS CONTROLS CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS CUSTOMS FUNCTIONS CUSTOMS INFORMATION CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION CUSTOMS OFFICE CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS OFFICES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS OPERATIONS CUSTOMS PERFORMANCE CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS SYSTEMS DATA ANALYSES DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS DOCUMENTATION DOMESTIC PRICES DUTIES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC FORMAT ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOW OF GOODS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT REVENUE HOTELS ICT IMPORTED GOODS IMPORTED MERCHANDISE IMPORTS INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSPECTION INSPECTION OF GOODS INSPECTIONS INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRANET KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEGISLATION LITERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MATERIAL MOVEMENT OF GOODS PERCEPTION PERCEPTIONS PERFORMANCE MEASURE PERFORMANCE MEASURES PHOTO PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF SERVICES REDUCTION OF TIME REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY SYSTEM RESULT RESULTS RULES OF ORIGIN SPECIAL PROCEDURES TARGETS TARIFF CLASSIFICATION TARIFF RATES TAX EXEMPTIONS THAI TOURISM TOURISM INDUSTRY TRADE & INVESTMENT TRADE FACILITATION TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE RELATIONSHIP TRADE TAXES TRAINING COURSES TRANSACTION USERS USES WAGES WEB WEB PAGE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Ossio, Jose Eduardo Gutierrez Alessandro, Martin Neyra, Juan Jose Trade Facilitation in the Caribbean : The Case of Customs Performance |
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Caribbean knowledge series;no. 3 |
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The trade of goods and services and the
inflows from Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) represent
large proportions of their Gross Domestic Products (GDP),
especially in English Speaking Caribbean (ESC) countries.
Therefore, the proper functioning of the channels that
connect them to the rest of the world, including customs
offices, is essential to the performance of their economies.
This note shows that, despite integration into the world
economy, customs performance in the Caribbean countries is
comparatively low. This note presents data from the Customs
Assessment Trade Toolkit (CATT), which provides empirical
evidence that processes do not meet adequate standards in
terms of speed, predictability and transparency. This
inconsistency is partially explained by the lack of an
effective complementarity between the use of Information and
Communication Technologies (ICT) systems and the actual
operational practices. This policy note is organized as
follows: section three presents evidence on the economic
profile of the Caribbean countries to show high integration
to the world economy. Trade and FDI are they key aspects
being considered in this regard. Section four discusses the
role of customs systems for economic development. It
analyzes the performance of the Caribbean customs offices in
a number of aspects (clearance times, predictability, and
transparency) that the literature has identified as critical
to promote competitiveness and development. Section five
expands this analysis by focusing on how the use of ICT can
improve customs performance in those aspects. Section six
summarizes the lessons learned by the analysis of these
data. Finally, the conclusions section presents some policy
recommendations to deal with the inconsistency between high
economic openness and low customs performance in the
Caribbean countries. |
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Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
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Ossio, Jose Eduardo Gutierrez Alessandro, Martin Neyra, Juan Jose |
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Ossio, Jose Eduardo Gutierrez Alessandro, Martin Neyra, Juan Jose |
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Ossio, Jose Eduardo Gutierrez |
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Trade Facilitation in the Caribbean : The Case of Customs Performance |
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Trade Facilitation in the Caribbean : The Case of Customs Performance |
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Trade Facilitation in the Caribbean : The Case of Customs Performance |
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Trade Facilitation in the Caribbean : The Case of Customs Performance |
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Trade Facilitation in the Caribbean : The Case of Customs Performance |
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trade facilitation in the caribbean : the case of customs performance |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17886452/trade-facilitation-caribbean-case-customs-performance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16620 |
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okr-10986-166202021-04-23T14:03:30Z Trade Facilitation in the Caribbean : The Case of Customs Performance Ossio, Jose Eduardo Gutierrez Alessandro, Martin Neyra, Juan Jose ADB ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES ADOPTION OF TECHNOLOGIES BACKBONE BASIC BENEFITS OF TRADE BENEFITS OF TRADE FACILITATION BUSINESSES CAPITAL GOODS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMUNICATION SERVICES COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES COMPETITIVENESS CULTURAL CHANGE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CUSTOMS CONTROL CUSTOMS CONTROLS CUSTOMS DECLARATIONS CUSTOMS FUNCTIONS CUSTOMS INFORMATION CUSTOMS MODERNIZATION CUSTOMS OFFICE CUSTOMS OFFICERS CUSTOMS OFFICES CUSTOMS OFFICIALS CUSTOMS OPERATIONS CUSTOMS PERFORMANCE CUSTOMS PROCEDURES CUSTOMS SYSTEMS DATA ANALYSES DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS DOCUMENTATION DOMESTIC PRICES DUTIES ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELECTRONIC FORMAT ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION EUROPEAN UNION EXPORT COMPETITIVENESS EXPORTS EXTERNAL TRADE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL RESOURCES FLOW OF GOODS FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN INVESTMENTS GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM GLOBAL MARKETS GLOBALIZATION GOVERNMENT REVENUE HOTELS ICT IMPORTED GOODS IMPORTED MERCHANDISE IMPORTS INEQUALITY INFORMATION SYSTEM INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSPECTION INSPECTION OF GOODS INSPECTIONS INSTITUTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL BEST PRACTICES INTERNATIONAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE INTRANET KNOWLEDGE SHARING LEGISLATION LITERATURE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MATERIAL MOVEMENT OF GOODS PERCEPTION PERCEPTIONS PERFORMANCE MEASURE PERFORMANCE MEASURES PHOTO PREFERENTIAL TRADE PREFERENTIAL TRADE AGREEMENTS PRIVATE SECTOR PRODUCTIVITY PURCHASING POWER QUALITY OF SERVICES REDUCTION OF TIME REGIONAL AGREEMENTS REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGULATORY SYSTEM RESULT RESULTS RULES OF ORIGIN SPECIAL PROCEDURES TARGETS TARIFF CLASSIFICATION TARIFF RATES TAX EXEMPTIONS THAI TOURISM TOURISM INDUSTRY TRADE & INVESTMENT TRADE FACILITATION TRADE IN SERVICES TRADE INTEGRATION TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE RELATIONSHIP TRADE TAXES TRAINING COURSES TRANSACTION USERS USES WAGES WEB WEB PAGE WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION The trade of goods and services and the inflows from Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) represent large proportions of their Gross Domestic Products (GDP), especially in English Speaking Caribbean (ESC) countries. Therefore, the proper functioning of the channels that connect them to the rest of the world, including customs offices, is essential to the performance of their economies. This note shows that, despite integration into the world economy, customs performance in the Caribbean countries is comparatively low. This note presents data from the Customs Assessment Trade Toolkit (CATT), which provides empirical evidence that processes do not meet adequate standards in terms of speed, predictability and transparency. This inconsistency is partially explained by the lack of an effective complementarity between the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) systems and the actual operational practices. This policy note is organized as follows: section three presents evidence on the economic profile of the Caribbean countries to show high integration to the world economy. Trade and FDI are they key aspects being considered in this regard. Section four discusses the role of customs systems for economic development. It analyzes the performance of the Caribbean customs offices in a number of aspects (clearance times, predictability, and transparency) that the literature has identified as critical to promote competitiveness and development. Section five expands this analysis by focusing on how the use of ICT can improve customs performance in those aspects. Section six summarizes the lessons learned by the analysis of these data. Finally, the conclusions section presents some policy recommendations to deal with the inconsistency between high economic openness and low customs performance in the Caribbean countries. 2014-01-28T00:25:47Z 2014-01-28T00:25:47Z 2013-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17886452/trade-facilitation-caribbean-case-customs-performance http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16620 English en_US Caribbean knowledge series;no. 3 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research Latin America & Caribbean |