Brunei e-Customs
In late August 2006 the Brunei Royal Customs and Excise Department [RECD] called a tender for development and implementation of an e-Customs System. The project to support RECD’s strategic objectives and move towards the implementations of Brunei Darussalam national single windows [BDNSW].
The e-customs system was to provide an integrated electronic trade documentation system that will allow the trading community in Brunei Darussalam to submit applications electronically to RECD for processing. The system also allows RCED officers to process application received electronically or perform their day-to-day operations.
In essence the e-customs systems were to facilitate the trading activities involved in import and export of goods across borders and to facilitate the collections of revenues by RCED.
Other government agencies [OGAs] that requires e-Customs Information for their internal processing can access the e-Customs Systems provided they are connected to the e-Government Intranet or have some form of Internet access from their offices.
Benefits of Brunei e-Customs
RCED benefited through the following manner:
1. Central and common storage of data has enable ease of information extraction, sharing and facilitate timely compilation of operation statistics and management reports.
2. Ease of Retrieval – Information is kept in electronic form, which can be retrieved easily for reference purpose, compared to time-consuming method in retrieving of old hardcopy documents.
3. Facilitate Trade – the system has provided convenience for traders by enabling them to submit document to RCED via the internet. Traders save costs by not having to travel to Customs offices.
4. Facilitate Customs Operations by:
• Having a fully integrated system that allows different RCED sites to work together independently.
• Enabling risk management and central monitoring of risks and targeting cargoes/passengers. Once targeted, all checkpoints can be automatically alerted.
• Faster turnaround time for declaration processing, payment collection & accounting and cargo clearance, which resulted in costs saving for RCED and traders.
e-Customs System
• An Integrated electronic trade documentation system
o Ability to accept the submissions of applications electronically
o Allow RCED officers to process applications received electronically and perform day-to-day operations
o Auto calculations of Customs Duties
o Automated billing and tracking of Customs payment
o Developed in a web-based environment accessible through any web-enabled devices from any place, anywhere at any time
• Able to integrate with any web applications installed within and outside the department
• Able to interface[using interoperability standards] with trading community
o Other government agencies system
o Trader external third party system etc.
o Foundation for development of Brunei Darussalam National Single Window
• Certain functions able to generate e-mails, alerts and reminders to the client/users
e-Customs Module
1)Declaration System
Provides electronic submission and processing of Customs Declaration. Adopting ASEAN Single Administrative Document [SAD] and ASEAN Data Model.
2)Customs Permit System
Provides electronic submission and processing of Controlled goods by Customs and Other Government Agencies [OGA]. First step of integrating with OGAs towards National Single Window.
3)Manifest Management System
Provides electronic submission and reconciliation of Manifest information. Moving towards integration with BIACC and e-Ports to reduce data entry by shipping agents.
4)Revenue & Accounting System
System to allow cashiers to perform collection of Customs payments and issue electronic receipts. Will reduce manual revenue accounting by Customs Officers, and moving towards integration with Treasury TAFIS.
5)Valuation System
System to allow valuation officers to establish baseline for value of goods to be declared, and automate checking of goods under/over declared in Customs Declaration.
6)Warehouse Management System
Manages Customs License warehouses, and monitor the goods stock balance inside the warehouses.
7)Risk Management System
Monitors and prevents Customs risks by performing Advance Clearance on every approved declaration using pre-define risk profiles.
8)Liquor Information System
Registers all liquor brought into Brunei Darussalam and monitor the liquor concession for every passenger.
9)Vehicle Entry System
System to allow officers to register and monitor all the local and foreign vehicles that enter and leave Brunei Darussalam.
10)Customs Inventory System
Captures inventory of seized goods in all customs warehouse, tracks all the movements of these items from seizure, auction, or destroyed.
11)Tariff Classification System
Manages all the information regarding the classified goods, such as HS Code, Duty Rate, Goods Description, Unit of Measure, etc. Standardize how goods should be declared in Customs declaration.
12)Checkpoint Clearance System
Registers all activities performed at the checkpoint for Import, Export and Transit cargoes. Such as cargo release, quantity, cargo examination result.
13)Preventive & Intelligence System
Provides registration of every Customs investigation, and Customs offences information.
14)Trader/Agent Registration System
Register every company that transacts with Customs for Import, Export of goods. Manage registration of Customs Agents who are authorized to submit Customs declaration in e-Customs.
15)User Administration System
Manages login IDs and access rights for e-Customs System.
16)Common Services System
Maintains common information such as Current Exchange Rate, Customs Location Code, System Configuration, Reporting Tools, etc.
eCustoms Guides
Downloaded guides for the processing via e-Customs system.
Please click here to download the submission of customs declaration and here for the manifest using Extensible Markup Language (XML).