Within the framework of capacity development, the World Customs Organization (WCO) began today (14.03.2022/XNUMX/XNUMX) the training workshop on the Dispatch Time Study tool for the Americas and the Caribbean region, official sources reported.
The activity will take place this week (March 14-18) with the attendance of 12 participants from eleven customs administrations, namely: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Panama, Peru and Uruguay.
The Clearance Time Study is a tool to review clearance procedures by measuring the average time elapsed between the arrival of goods and their release. This methodology helps to identify problem areas and possible corrective actions to increase the efficiency of border controls. Using this measurement allows Customs to improve compliance and trade facilitation.
Along these lines, the objective of the activity is to expand the group of highly skilled experts on how to organize and carry out capacity development activities for the Dispatch Time Study.
The workshop is taught by WCO specialists, based on relevant instruments and tools of the Organization, and promoted by the Vice President of the Americas and the Caribbean, Werner Ovalle.
"Capacity building and intraregional cooperation are key pillars of the Regional Vice-Presidency's work plan, especially in light of the changes and trends required by foreign trade operations and critical situations such as COVID-19," Ovalle explained at the opening.
To better respond to these emerging realities, the Vice President added that he has “promoted and generated actions and initiatives that facilitate foreign trade operations, as well as capacity building workshops - such as this one - that support the General Secretariat of the WCO in fulfilling its strategic plan.”
At the workshop, participants will also exchange information on their customs procedures and the use of this tool that provides reference data to improve efficiency at borders, which is why its use is recommended in the World Trade Organization's Trade Facilitation Agreement.
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