Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation Sample Clauses

Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation. ARTICLE 4.1
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Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation. Each Party shall ensure that its customs procedures are applied in a predictable, uniform, and transparent manner, and shall apply information technology to make its controls more efficient and facilitate legitimate trade.
Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation. New Zealand and the UK commit to efficient and transparent customs procedures that will support increased trade under the FTA. Goods will be released from customs within clear timeframes to provide certainty for traders. Paperwork will be minimised where possible, with more information available electronically (complementing paperless trading commitments which will be set out in the digital chapter). The rules agreed will reinforce New Zealand and the UK’s ability to maintain effective customs control. Commitments in the customs procedures and trade facilitation chapter will include: • Goods to be released as soon as possible on or before arrival, but in any case within 48 hours of arrival at customs provided all requirements have been met. • Expedited customs procedures for expedited shipments (for example fast-track parcels), including allowing for single submissions of information and release of expedited shipments within 6 hours if all requirements have been met. • Perishable goods to be released within 6 hours if all requirements have been met. Such products will also be given appropriate priority when scheduling any required examinations. • A maximum time period of 90 days for issuing advance rulings on tariff classification and origin to traders. • Customs brokers will not be required to be used for import and export procedures. • Information regarding customs procedures will be made available online. • Review mechanisms will be made available to traders in respect of customs authority decisions. • A commitment that New Zealand and the UK will work together on how customs procedures can be further simplified to support trade between the countries. New Zealand and the UK will endeavour to further simplify procedures, including further reducing data requirements, for traders fulfilling certain defined criteria.
Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation. The Parties, with the aim to facilitate trade between them, shall:
Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation. Australia and the UK commit to facilitating increased bilateral trade and efficient and transparent customs procedures, while also allowing the UK and Australia to maintain effective customs control. Goods will be released from customs within clear timeframes to provide certainty in the supply chain and reduce costs. Paperwork will be simpler, with more information available electronically. Our systems will boost confidence in the way we trade together, ensuring transparency and predictability at, and away from, the border. Commitments in the Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation Chapter will include:  Goods to be released within 48 hours of arrival at customs where possible to provide certainty in the supply chain and reduce costs.  Simplified paperwork requirements and a commitment to release shipments within 6 hours where possible for expedited shipments (for example fast-track parcels).  Release of perishable goods within 6 hours where possible to prevent avoidable loss or deterioration of perishable goods.  Time period of 90 days for issuing advance rulings to traders.  Commitment not to require the use of customs brokers for import and export procedures.  Detail concerning customs procedures to be made easily accessible to traders, including electronically, with review mechanisms available to traders for customs authority decisions.  Commitment setting out how the UK and Australia may consider further simplification of customs procedures to benefit traders.  A separate bilateral instrument to be negotiated on Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters (CMAA) intended to be completed to the same timeframe as the FTA (by Autumn 2021) to support and strengthen customs cooperation.
Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation. Simplified customs procedures and enhanced trade facilitation provisions will allow efficient administration of procedures and expeditious clearance of goods including the release of express consignments and perishable goods within six hours of arrival.
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