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Allowing or tolerating corruption Lowering tariffs but adding new taxes Keeping tariffs prohibitively high Difficult marking rules lower tariffs but imposing (specific) duties Changing customs rules without notification Changing applied rates frequently Valuing imports by ad hoc means Adhering to strange rules of origin Imposing arcane technical standards keeping distribution system difficult Score 12 1 7 5 1 4 4 9 5 Table 41 – Import Barriers, International Comparison As the above table shows, Egypt had the highest score in terms of impeding characteristics in the customs operations. The Egyptian government has applied several reforms since this date in this area, as follows: • Reduction of the applied tariff‐rates to an average of 9%. • Introduction of the Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) system in some ports (on‐going). • Implementation of the Harmonized System (HS) (on‐going). • Improvements to the infrastructures in ports (especially in New Damietta). • Enhancements of the Temporary Admission system. Feature Egypt Canada Ireland Jordan India China Latvia Average Customs Clearance Time (In days) 9.6 1.1 2.5 3.4 7.2 7.9 1.2 source: WB126 (World Bank Report) Use of Single Admission Document (SAD) -- Standardization in custom procedures among various ports Average tariff rate (%) 9 75 7.1 8 11.8 15 11.6 V 76 Same tariff rate for different usage of imported goods 77 -- 75 Source: Ministry of Finance 76 Varies between 0.5% to 15% based on trade agreements with other countries 77 not applied to all products International Comparative Study and Recommendations Export Phase‐‐ 162 Streamlining the Egyptian Laws, Regulations and Procedures Governing SMEs Establishment, Growth, Export and Exit
Goods are released in parallel with other customs clearance activities No need to authenticate Certificate Of Origin (COO) from Embassies Applying a simplified procedures for small imported quantities Frequency of changing customs rates (High/ Low) 78 79 -- -- H L L H H H -- Table 42 – Import, International Comparison The next paragraphs will compare the features of the import and export procedures between Egypt and the other six countries. 6.3.2.2. Use of Single Admission Document (SAD) A ʺSingle Admission Document (SAD)ʺ is a document that consolidates all forms required by Customs authorities (other than original invoices and certificates of origin) within a single form to be used for a single import or export transaction. Recently, the Single Admission Document (SAD) was introduced and used in many countries such as Jordon, Latvia and Philippine. In 1998, the Jordanian Customs started to use ʺSingle Administrative Document (SAD)ʺ, which conforms in content and layout with international standards. Clearance procedures have been reformulated and can be undertaken by clearance teams who can complete the procedures taking no more than two approvals (signatures). SAD replaced 8 previously used declarations. 6.3.2.3. Standardization in customs procedures among various ports The same customs procedures should be applied in various ports. The comparative study showed that only Canada, Ireland and Jordan apply standardized customs procedures across various ports. 6.3.2.4. Average tariff rate Recently, Canada and Ireland have lowered their tariff rates, also some developing countries such as Egypt and U.A.E decreased the tariff rate dramatically (specially for raw materials) to attract foreign investment, while Peru and India reduced the categories of tariff rates to only two categories (instead of 6 and 9 categories respectively). Reducing the tariff rate categories lead to more simplified import procedure in both countries. Canada has amended its customs tariff to implement the results of the second major review of the ʺHarmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS)ʺ adopted by 78 Not a standard procedure 79 From Non‐NAFTA Countries International Comparative Study and Recommendations Export Phase‐‐ 163 Streamlining the Egyptian Laws, Regulations and Procedures Governing SMEs Establishment, Growth, Export and Exit
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