TIME RELEASE STUDY FOR KENYA F.M Thuranira Commissioner, Customs & Excise Department WELCOME.

TIME RELEASE STUDY FOR KENYA

F.M ThuraniraCommissioner,

Customs & Excise Department

WELCOME

INTRODUCTION

One of WCO’s trade facilitation instruments. Developed by the W.C.O.and adopted by the

PTC in 1994. measures the average time between the arrival

of goods into Customs territory until their release to the importer/agent.

Enables Customs to identify problem areas in the clearance process.

Introduction Contd.

Calculate the average time for clearance of goods by:– type of traffic, – Customs office and, – Customs regime.

Determine the percentage of imports requiring the intervention of other agencies.

ORGANIZATION

• WB and KRA Funding.• WCO Technical assistance.• TRS core team (KRA).

• Liaison officers from the stations and regions.

• TRS working groupCore team, liaison officers & stakeholders

PROJECT SCOPE

Stations to be covered:Kilindini in Msa.ICD EmbakasiKisumu PierJKIAMalabaNamangaEldoret

SCOPE contd.

Transaction types Surveyed:All commercial goodsImports and transits

STUDY TIME-TABLE

Aug 16th – 30th Phase one to cover North region.

Aug 30th – 6th Sept

Phase 2 - South and Western Regions Simultaneously.

Sept. 20th – 27th

Preparation of the report.

October Presentation of the draft report.

End of December

Publication.

STUDY METHODOLOGY

Used a Standardized format for data capture.

Sampling Design For Namanga, Malaba, Eldoret, JKIA and Kisumu

stations, all entries relating to both imports and transit were surveyed.

At the busy JKIA and Kilindini stations, every fifth import and all transit entries lodged were surveyed.

STUDY FINDINGS.– Overall (dd hh:mm)

Procedure Airports Land Border Posts

Seaports

Arrival to removal 5 11:26 0 20:18 10 07:53

Arrival to lodgment 2 22:21 0 06:40 3 20:01

Lodgment to release 2 06:18 0 11:00 6 12:02

Release to removal 0 07:37 0 02:43 0 19:42

Study Findings Contd: Pre-lodgements. (dd hh:mm)


Seaports





Study Findings Contd: Post-lodgments

(dd hh:mm)


Seaports





Study Findings Contd: By Point of Entry (dd hh:mm)

Process NRB JKIA NAM MBA ELD KSM MAL

Arrival to removal

8 21:40 5 11:32 2 21:48 10 14:28 4 22:31 10 08:03 0 15:26

Arrival to lodgment

3 05:23 2 22:47 2 01:12 3 20:29 0 19:14 7 21:04 0 02:30

Lodgment to release

5 13:38 2 05:56 0 17:16 6 01:32 4 01:54 2 10:25 0 10:27

Release to removal

0 09:41 0 07:41 0 05:25 0 22:02 0 01:23 0 00:33 0 02:29

Study Findings Contd: Pre-lodgements by station. (dd hh:mm)


Arrival to removal

4 01:33 2 10:03 1 02:39 5 13:8 - 0 16:15 0 05:22

Arrival to lodgment

0 00:00 0 00:00 0 00:00 0 00:00 - 0 00:00 0 00:00

Lodgment to release

4 00:07 2 14:02 0 19:08 5 03:17 - 0 16:15 0 03:47

Release to removal

0 09:46 0 03:45 0 10:15 0 15:10 - 0 00:00 0 01:34

Study Findings Contd: Post-lodgements by station. (dd hh:mm)


Arrival to removal

16 15:26 5 14:37 4 16:58 15 19:54 4 22:31: 18 01:01 0 16:40

Arrival to lodgment

8 09:12 3 01:49 4 02:25 7 09:47 0 19:14 14 04:20 0 02:48

Lodgment to release

7 20:40 2 05:34 0 15:24 8 02:30 4 01:54 3 20:10 0 11:15

Release to removal

0 09:33 0 07:51 0 00:35 1 05:07 0 01:23 0 01:00 0 02:35

Study Findings Contd: Longroom procedures.

(dd hh:mm)


Lodgment to allocation

1 00:22 0 16:37 - 1 05:18 0 00:21 - 0 12:08

Lodgment to acceptance

3 09:47 1 00:35 0 02:35 2 09:41 0 02:52 0 01:08 0 12:22

Lodgment to cash office

4 08:24 1 14:::22 0 07:19 2 17:25 0 03:34 - 1 04:00

Lodgment to manifest

4 09:23 1 18:53 - 3 12:48 0 04:55 - -

Lodgment to CDO

5 07:23 - - 5 08:12 0 03:06 - -

Study Findings Contd. Post-longroom processes.


CDO time 0 04:53 - - 2 01:53 0 00:10 - -

MPRO to KPA

0 04:56 - - 1 05:14 - - -

Dispatch to Sheds

0 12:46 0 03:22 - 0 08:33 0 01:25 - -

KPA to release MPRO

3 20:02 - - 2 01:44 - - -

Customs request for goods

2 18:30 0 09:05 - 1 09:11 0 00:15 0 16:29 0 00:06

Study Findings Contd.: Intervention by other agencies


Adjustment - - - 0 00:40 0 20:00 - -

KEBS intervention

0 04:41 0 01:19 0 00:29 0 01:51 - - 0 00:01

KEPHIS intervention

- 0 00:20 - 0 00:09 - - 0 00:05

Port Health intervention

0 00:22 0 05:54 - 0 00:09 - - 0 00:05

Intervention by other agencies

- 0 00:43 - 0 04:27 6 07:00 - -

End of inspection to release

0 04:58 0 08:41 0 02:01 0 04:48 0 23:18 0 03:00 0 00:28

Study Findings Contd. Causes of Delay

Late lodgement of documents by agents and importers.

Intervention by other agencies involved in clearance.

Delays in the submission of inward manifest. Computer breakdowns.

Study Findings Contd. Causes of Delay

Delays in the arrival of original documents required for lodgement.

Misdeclarations by Importers or Agents. Delays in submission of payment information by

banks appointed to receive collections. Cargo scanning.

Study Findings Contd.:Profile of sample

entries

Dutiable entries comprise 56.4% of total; transit, 20.2%.

Entries that are free of physical inspection make up 50.5% of the total; of those subject to physical inspection, 70.5%, 27.5% and 2.3% are subject to random, detailed and scanner inspections respectively.

Pre-lodgements account for only 25.6% of import entries.

Interestingly, 57% of the lodgements are in the afternoons.

Study Findings Contd.:Profile of sample entries

The most number of lodgements are made on Mondays (28.1%) followed by Tuesdays (21.5%). At border stations, most lodgements are made on Fridays.

All entries are lodged by use of C63 and 96.4% of these entries are declared by appointed agents.

Exemption from Customs duties and taxes applies to only 6.8% of import entries.

MEASURES TO IMPROVE CLEARANCE TIMES

Carry out a comprehensive review of procedures. – ongoing.

Automate the revised procedures – ongoing.

Emphasise pre-lodgement of declarations. Introduce Risk management and Post

clearance audits.

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