CAREC Customs Cooperation Meeting and Time Release Study Seminar
Agenda

Plenary Session of Technical Working Groups (TWG)
Resource Person - Ying Qian, Lead Professional (Regional Cooperation), Asian Development Bank

Objectives of the TWG meetings

• Review progress made by TWGs in the last 9 years
• Workplan of TWGs in the next 5 years

Sub-groupings
Expected outputs

TWG Meetings

TWG 1 - Chair: PRC
• Simplification and harmonization of Customs Procedures
• Joint Customs Control

TWG 2 - Chair: Uzbekistan
• Data Exchange and ICT for Customs
• Risk Management, Customs Intelligence and Post Entry Audit

TWG 3 - Chair: Kazakhstan
• Regional Transit Systems

Preparation of reports and presentations

Registration

Opening Session (Chair) - Said Mubin Shah, Acting Deputy Minister for Revenue and Customs, Ministry of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Welcome Remarks - Takashi Kihara, Director, Administration, Management, and Coordination, Asian Development Bank Institute

Opening Remarks - Ying Qian, Lead Professional (Regional Cooperation), ADB

Key Note Address: WCO and ADB Partnership in Promoting Customs Cooperation in Central Asia
Speaker - Shoichi Asano, Technical Attaché, World Customs Organization

Updates on 2010 CAREC Senior Officials Meeting
Speaker - Ying Qian, Lead Professional (Regional Cooperation), ADB

Photo Session and Coffee Break

Progress Report on CAREC Customs Cooperation Activities
Speaker - Yuebin Zhang, Senior Regional Cooperation Specialist, ADB

Discuss briefly the updates on the 5 priority areas of customs cooperation in the 8 member countries and present a summary of review of Joint Customs Control and Safe Packet pilots in selected areas in CAREC.

Plenary Session 1: Chair - People's Republic of China

• Simplification and Harmonization of Customs Procedures
• Joint Customs Control

Report of the technical working group and update on progress made in these identified customs priority areas in the last 9 years; and discusses future plans (2011 - 2015).

Country Reports (10 mins each)

Lunch Break

Plenary Session 2: Chair - Uzbekistan

• Data Exchange, ICT for Customs Modernization, Single Window
• Risk Management/Customs Intelligence/Post-Entry Audit

Reports of the technical working group and update on progress made in these identified priority areas in the last 9 years; and discuss future plans (2011 - 2015).

Country Reports (10 mins each)

Coffee Break

Plenary Session 3: Chair - Kazakhstan

• Regional Transit Development/TIR Transit System/Other regional transit arrangements

Reports of the technical working group and update on progress made in these identified priority areas in the last 9 years; and discuss future plans (2011 - 2015).

Country Reports (10 mins each).

Other Concerns: Chair: Ying Qian, ADB

• Capacity Building

Country Reports (10 mins each)

Cocktail Reception (Hosted by ADBI)

Registration

Welcome Remarks - Atsuo Shibota, Director General, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

Introduction: CAREC Corridor Performance Measurement and Monitoring (CPMM) Program

Resource Speaker - Ying Qian, Lead Professional (Regional Cooperation), ADB

Briefly discuss the CPMM objectives history and methodology used and the need for Time Release Study.

Time Release Study (TRS) Methodology

Resource Person/s: Shingo Matsuda, Technical Officer, Compliance and Facilitation Directorate, WCO

Briefly discuss the TRS, its purpose, its conduct, skills required, etc. Provide case studies and describe how other countries have used the results to implement change.

Coffee Break

Implementing TRS: Lessons from Japan's Experience

Resource Person/s: Kazunari Igarashi, Deputy Director of the Customs Cooperation Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan

Briefly discuss the conduct of Japan Customs' Time Release studies, its duration, resources involved (staff and cost), and how the outcome was used to improve efficiency of import/export inspection and clearance processes.

Open Forum

Lunch Break

*(Lunch for Heads of Delegations with Japan Customs)

Japan Customs: Special Programs

• Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) Program
• Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Enforcement

Resource Person/s:
Harumi Chikada, Deputy Director, Customs Clearance Division, Customs and Tariff Bureau, Ministry of Finance, Japan
Yoshiro Baba, Head, IPR National Center, Tokyo Customs, Ministry of Finance, Japan

Briefly discuss the special programs being implemented by Japan Customs

Coffee Break

Role of Customs in Single Window

Resource Person/s: Shingo Matsuda, Technical Officer, World Customs Organization (WCO)

Briefly discuss WCO perspective on single window (SW), the pivotal role of Customs in SW and the cross border data reference model developed with UNECE.

Open Forum

Wrap - Up Session

Japan's Single Window

Resource Person: Hiroshi Arichi, Executive Director and COO, Nippon Automated Cargo And Port Consolidated System (NACCS)

Briefly introduce Japan's single window, explain motivations for its establishment, present a "before-and-after" overview of benefits achieved by introducing a single window, describe the business model, recount the role of the private sector in its development and operation, and show how data are shared with trading partners.

• Nippon Automated Cargo And Port Consolidated System (NACCS)
• Interface with other systems - sanitary inspection, immigration, animal/plant quarantine, import/export control

Coffee Break

Presentation: "The Role of Trade Facilitation: A Gravity Model"

Speaker - Jesus Felipe, Principal Economist, Country Coordination and Regional Cooperation Division, Central and West Asia Department, ADB

Presentation on Transport and Trade Facilitation Across Asia and the Pacific: ADB-WCO Partnership

Speaker - Haruya Koide, Principal Regional Cooperation Specialist, Office of Regional Economic Integration, ADB

Discuss briefly recent ADB-WCO partnership developments including the Memorandum of Understanding signed between ADB and WCO and long-term ADB-WCO partnership opportunities.

Lunch Break

Plenary Session 6: Review of the Draft Statement, Update on CCC Programs and Future Plans
Chair: Yuebin Zhang, ADB

Plenary Session 7: Discussion and Approval of Statement of the 9th CCC
Chair: Yuebin Zhang, ADB

Closing Remarks - Said Mubin Shah, Acting Deputy Minister for Revenue and Customs, Ministry of Finance, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

Dinner (Hosted by Afghanistan Customs Service)

Depart ANA Intercontinental Hotel for Yokohama Port

Arrive at Yokohama Customs

Welcome Remarks from Director General of Yokohama Customs
*Brief introduction of Yokohama Customs and audio-visual presentation on Customs

Depart Yokohama Customs

Arrive at Honmoku Pier BC Container Terminal
*Tour to observe management of storage and handling of containerized cargoes

Depart from Honmoku Pier BC Container Terminal

Lunch (Washington Hotel)

Arrive at Honmoku Pier Sub-Branch Customs Office
*Tour to observe Export and Import Clearance System

Depart from Honmoku Pier Sub-Branch Customs Office

Arrive at the Container Inspection Center
*Tour to observe container inspecting using a large-scale x-ray machine
*Tour to observe physical inspection of containerized cargoes

Depart from Container Inspection Center

Arrive at Yamashita Park
*Board cruising boat "Marine Shuttle"

*Boat cruise in the Yokohama Port

Depart from Yamashita park

Arrive at ANA Intercontinental Hotel