Strategic Plan
The Strategic Plan covers the period 2022-2027, which coincides with the conclusion of the 2017-2022 Strategic Plan.
OCO is forecasting changes in international movements and anticipates the following developments:
- The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic which will endure for some time
- Constantly evolving geo-political and socio-economic relationships impacting trade, including recent Chinese initiatives in the Pacific
- Greater international harmonisation of systems, policies and protocols, including intelligence sharing
- Increased workload for Customs
- Increased volume and speed of movement of goods and people
- Streamlining of Customs processes through digitisation and other mechanisms
- Continuing increase in e-commerce
- Enhanced data collection
- Increased costs
- Increased intelligence sharing
- Emerging players in the shipping and goods movement industry
- Enhanced capacity to track and monitor goods
- Better cooperation between countries
OCO anticipates changes in the movement of illicit goods as follows:
- Increased contraband movement (drugs, counterfeit goods, money laundering, smuggling)
- Increase in new and innovative approaches by criminals to continue their illicit activities
- Increasing evasion of duties and taxes
- Increasing difficulty in detection of illicit goods due to increasingly sophisticated methods of concealment
- Increase in cyber-enabled criminal activity, cybercrime and related threats
OCO will strive to take active steps towards future readiness which is critical to the success of the Organisation and its Members. This Strategic Plan sets out the actions required to achieve this.
Priority 3
Trade Management and Facilitation
Overall Objective : To promote the facilitation of legitimate trade
Modernise and harmonise Customs procedures and processes
- Adoption by 5 additional members of the Revised Kyoto Convention (RKC) Gap analysis conducted on selected members to measure compliance with Customs related International Conventions and Standards
- Assist members to address gaps identified.
Support the implementation of regional trade facilitation initiatives
- Support Members with the implementation of relevant regional trade agreements.
- Conduct Time Release Study (TRS) on selected members
- Support selected Members to implement the Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes
- Work with the regional partners to coordinate Customs’ initiatives in the region
Promote Single Window environment (Single Desk should be considered for some)
- Conduct awareness training on the Single Window framework and Tools
- Awareness building on the option of the Single Desk concept
Promote digital Customs including the facilitation of E-commerce
- Review/assess Members’ Legal and Regulatory Framework to support E-commerce
- Workshop on Cross-border E-commerce
- Accelerate the implementation of the WCO Framework of Standards for Cross-Border E-Commerce.
- Develop a template of simplified Customs Declaration (SAD) at FICs’ post offices, and interface with customs systems
Develop the harmonised collection and analysis of trade data in Member administrations
- Collaborate with regional and international partners on developing a common Customs trade database base on the Harmonised System
- Harmonise extraction of Customs, trade data and statistics to assist analysis and policy decision making.