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Select a question below to check the answers per country or territory. You can sort alphabetically or rank by answer by clicking the table heading.

A. Transparency and Predictability

1 – Are laws and regulations published in official journal? 2a – Is there an opportunity to comment on new regulations and changes to existing ones prior to implementation? 2b – After the authorities have decided on new or changed regulations is there advance notice of the effective date (or a delayed effective date) to allow traders to make necessary changes and arrangements? 3 – Does Customs issue advance (pre-entry) rulings, binding on all Customs ports, on classification and valuation questions? 4.a – Laws and regulations? 4.b – full description of all Customs procedures? 4.c – access to appeal procedure? 4.d – all forms and documents required for import and export? 5a.a – Restrict the use of clearance procedures for express items by weight, quantity or value? 5a.b – Other? Please specify: 5b.a – weight 5b.b – quantity 5b.c – and/or value (local currency / USD) 6 – URL for Customs website 1a – Does Customs accept and process electronically the data required for release of shipments in advance of their actual arrival so that they can be released either prior to or immediately after arrival? 1b – Can formalities for final clearance be completed through electronic means post-release? 2a.a – Letters and Documents (Cat. 1 of IRG) 2a.b – Low-value non dutiable items (e.g de minimis) (Cat 2 of IRG) 2a.c – Low value dutiable items (Cat. 3 of IRG) 2a.d – High value dutiable items (Cat. 4 of IRG) 3 – Is physical release of goods separate from clearance? (Will Customs release goods prior to completion of all formalities and final settlement of accounts?) 4 – Is full-time (24/7) automated processing for the customs ports at which you operate available? 5a – Are the official working hours of the Customs office and personnel adapted to commercial needs and applied at local level? 5b – Are there fees for Customs services during normal working hours? 5c – Does Customs and other agencies provide clearance services outside of the official office hours? 5c.and if so, is there a published set of fees? 5d – Will Customs provide dedicated clearance services away from the Customs office for a fee? (e.g. clearance at Express Consignment Facilities and Hubs) 6 – For shipments arriving by air, does Customs inspect and release goods at the operator's facility or require their transfer to another facility? 7a – Does Customs apply risk-management and risk-based selectivity to select items for documentary and/or physical examination? 7b – Does any other agency apply risk-management and risk-based selectivity to select items for documentary and/or physical examination? 8a – Are there multiple inspections (inspections by agencies other than Customs)? 8b – Are they fully coordinated? 9a – Does the customs administration apply a de minimis regime that allows goods the value of which does not exceed a certain amount to be exempted from duties and taxes? 9b – If the answer above is "yes" what is that amount in local currency? 9b.What is the rough equivalent in USD? 9c – Is de minimis based on intrinsic value (i. e. the cost of the goods without transport and insurance costs)? 9d – If the answer to 9a is "yes", are those goods subject to simplified procedures e.g. consolidated release/clearance or 'off manifest'? 10a – Does the customs administration apply an informal/simplified entry threshold that allows dutiable goods the value of which does not exceed a certain amount to be exempted from formal declaration procedures (WCO IRG Cat 3) e.g. as in the US for goods valued between $800 and $2500? 10b – If the answer above is "yes" what is that amount in local currency? 10b.What is the rough equivalent in USD? 11a.a – a consular invoice or a consular visa for a commercial invoice or other trade document (as evidence that particular goods are of a particular origin, or have arrived in a particular importing country, or have been applied to a particular end use)? 11a.b – a certificate from a pre-shipment inspection agency? 11a.c – a certificate of origin from a chamber of commerce or similar agency? 11b – Does Customs or any other agency accept electronic supporting documents? 11c – Does Customs or any other agency accept scanned copies of supporting documents? 12 – Is the express carrier allowed to clear import shipments on behalf of the consignee without having to use a third-party licensed customs broker? 13a.a – express clearance? 13a.b – on-site Customs facilities? 13a.c – IT systems? 13a.d – electronic transmissions by number or volume? 13a.e – other? 13b – Are these fees based on the value of the goods? 1a – Is there a limit on the time within which Customs is allowed to demand additional duties? 1b – If the answer above is "yes", what is the time limit? 2a – May decisions of local Customs officials be appealed to a higher administrative level? 2b – May decisions of local Customs officials be appealed to an independent court? 2c – If the answer to either question 2a or 2b above is "yes" is there a time limit for filing such appeals? 2d – If the answer to question 2c is "yes" what is the time limit? 2e – If the answer to either question 2a or 2b is "yes", is there a time limit to rule on such appeals? 2f – If yes, what is the time limit? 3 – Does Customs regularly use valuation databases with reference prices or other arbitrary uplifts to invoice values? (WCO Guidelines on the use of valuation databases) 4a – In case of seizures of illicit items (e.g. IPR), does Customs or any other agency require the express carrier to store the seized goods at its own premises and cost? 4b – If the answer to question 4a is "yes", how long is the period that the carrier is required to store the goods? 4c – If the answer to 4a is yes, does Customs take care of the final disposition of the goods... 4c. ...or is the express carrier required to destroy them? 1 – Signatory to the Revised Kyoto Convention (Customs Reform) 1 – TFA ratified? 2 – Has the country set up a National Trade Facilitation Committee? 2.a – Who leads it? 2.b – Is the private sector part of it?

 

Country or Territory	Are laws and regulations published in official journal?
Albania	Yes
Algeria	Yes
Andorra	Yes
Angola	Yes
Argentina	Yes
Armenia	Yes
Australia	Yes
Austria	Yes
Azerbaijan	Yes
Bahamas	Yes (Remark: https://www.bahamascustoms.gov.bs/resources/laws-on-line/)
Bahrain	Yes
Bangladesh	Yes
Barbados	Yes
Belgium	Yes
Bolivia	Yes
Bosnia and Herzegowina	Yes
Botswana	Yes
Brazil	Yes
Brunei Darussalam	Yes
Bulgaria	Yes
Burkina Faso	Yes
Burundi	Yes
Cambodia	Yes
Cameroon	Yes
Canada	Yes
Chile	Yes
China	Yes
Chinese Taipei	Yes
Colombia	Yes
Congo, Democratic Republic of the	Yes
Costa Rica	Yes
Cote D'Ivoire	Yes
Croatia	Yes
Cyprus	Yes
Czech Republic	Yes
Denmark	Yes
Dominican Republic	Yes
Ecuador	Yes
Egypt	Yes
El Salvador	Yes
Estonia	Yes
Eswatini	Yes (Remark: They are published in a government gazette)
Ethiopia	Yes
Finland	Yes
France	Yes
Gabon	Yes
Georgia	Yes
Germany	Yes
Ghana	Yes
Greece	Yes
Guatemala	Yes (Remark: Published in Official Diario de Centro America)
Honduras	Yes
Hong Kong, China	Yes (Remark: https://www.elegislation.gov.hk/)
Hungary	Yes
Iceland	Yes
India	Yes (Remark: Every Statute, Ordinance or Regulation made under the Customs Law Manual, Customs Act 1962 & Customs Tariff act 1975, FEMA , DGFT, regulatory framework made shall be published in the official Gazette. )
Indonesia	Yes
Ireland	Yes
Israel	Yes
Italy	Yes
Jamaica	Yes (Remark: Ministry of Justice website https://moj.gov.jm/ & https://www.jacustoms.gov.jm/ )
Japan	Yes
Jordan	Yes
Kenya	Yes
Korea, Republic of	Yes
Latvia	Yes
Lesotho	Yes (Remark: In LS, Customs & Excise law Revenue 2021)
Lithuania	no value
Luxembourg	Yes
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of	Yes
Madagascar	Yes
Malawi	Yes
Malaysia	Yes
Malta	Yes
Mauritius	Yes (Remark: In the Government Gazette as and when there are new regulations.)
Mexico	Yes (Remark: Yes, in the "Diario Oficial de la Federacion" and on certain official websites)
Morocco	Yes
Myanmar	Yes
Namibia	Yes (Remark: Namibian Government Gazette )
Netherlands	Yes
New Zealand	Yes
Nicaragua	Yes (Remark: In "La Gaceta")
Niger	Yes
Nigeria	Yes
Norway	Yes
Pakistan	Yes
Panama	Yes (Remark: Gaceta Oficial de la Republica and on the customs website as well)
Paraguay	Yes
Peru	Yes
Philippines	Yes
Poland	Yes
Portugal	Yes
Qatar	Yes
Romania	Yes
Russian Federation	Yes (Remark: In the state printing body and on its website - "Rossiyskaya Gazeta". https://rg.ru/. )
Rwanda	Yes
Saint Kitts and Nevis	Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes
Saudi Arabia	Yes
Senegal	no value
Serbia	Yes
Sierra Leone	Yes
Singapore	Yes
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)	Yes
Slovenia	Yes
South Africa	Yes (Remark: https://www.gov.za/documents/notices https://www.gpwonline.co.za/GPWGazettes.htm http://www.saflii.org/za/gaz/ZAGovGaz/)
Spain	Yes
Sri Lanka	Yes
Sweden	Yes
Switzerland	Yes
Tanzania, United Republic of	Yes (Remark: Work in progress.)
Thailand	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	Yes
Turkey	Yes
Uganda	Yes (Remark: We have customs tariff book 2022 edition )
United Arab Emirates	Yes
United Kingdom	Yes
United States	Yes
Uruguay	Yes
Venezuela	Yes
Viet Nam	Yes (Remark: Government will anounce the laws/ regulations in Government website and in official journals.)