Workshop on Trade Facilitation and Aid for Trade

12 -13 March 2009

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ghana’s Single window Experience - GCNet

What is GCNet?

• Ghana Community Network Services Ltd.

• Joint venture Government / private sector with a specific mandate to provide an EDI service and a computerized customs management system.

• Consists of two complementary Systems- - The Tradenet - The Ghana Customs Management System

GCNet

Port Authority

Ministries,Departments

andAgencies

Shipping Agent

Banks

ForwardingAgents

Freight Station

InsuranceComanies

VehicleLicensingAuthority

CustomsTraders

Products/Services

• Electronic Declaration processing for all Regimes – 36,000/month

• Electronic Manifest submission. (>500/yr)

• Processing of Permits and Exemptions & Import Declaration forms- (>9,000/month)

• i-Transit module- Ghana’s model Transit regime with data sharing functionalities. (> 45,000 transactions per/yr)

Transit- Satellite Tracking

Information Matrix• Sub-consignment No• Vehicle No• Destination• Declarant• Entry / Exit Point• Attached Flag

• Overdue Report Alerts• Static Alerts• Geo Fencing

Functionality

Products/Services

• Valuation of used vehicles

• Data Mining tools for 25 Ministries Departments & Agencies.

• Temporary Vehicle Importation (TVI) by road at Border Posts.(>37,000 entries for 2008)

• Electronic DO for Release of cargo between Shipping Lines and Freight Terminals.

• Petroleum Imports and Deliveries from Refinery.

New Developments - 2009

• GCMS 2 – Enhanced platform with improved functionality (incorporation of WCO Tariff schedule, Tariff ruling, etc ) for Customs –Q1

• Online payments – Q2

• e-MDA- enhanced platform for Permits and Exemptions approval with Unique Consignment Reference (UCR) functionality –Q2

• An enhanced Cargo Manifest system – Q3

New SW Architecture

Ghana Single Window Portal

eMDA Portlet eCustoms Portlet

eCargo PortletePayment

Portlet

Business Intelligence

Services

Assistance

• World Bank funding accounts for Ghana Customs share in PPP arrangement.

• System is self sustaining in terms of maintenance and replacement of equipments.

• System funds provision of networks & equipments etc for MDA’s.

• However, connection of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to TradeNet received funding from the World Bank.

Assistance

• World Bank funds the Gateway Project which has as its main objective the modernization of frontline institutions/agencies that deal with investors by re-engineering them into trade facilitators .

• E.g– Computerization of Ghana Customs (PPP).– ISO certification for Ghana Customs– Modernization of Port infrastructure and IT

system. – Development of Export Processing Zones

(EPZ).

Benefits

Trade Facilitation

• More simplified and transparent procedures.

• Significant reduction in clearance times. (KIA:2hrs – 1 day, Tema: 1-3 days)

• Reduced cost of doing business.

• Better information sharing.

• Improved risk profiling to reduce inspection.

Benefits

Revenue

• Marked increase in Revenue collection year on year.

• Promotes Post-clearance control using audit trail.

• Integration of Transaction Price Database.

• Improved Compliance and Professionalism.

Benefits

• Customs• Monitoring of officer performance.• Improved work environment.• Skills upgrade.

• Data Warehousing• Helps in formation of Trade and fiscal Policy.• Generation of real-time revenue statistics.• Generation of real-time trade statistics.

Thank you for your attention