It really just provides customs with better visibility into cargo moving through the port.ĪSYCUDA on the other hand is a capable declaration processing system that can also perform accounting and payment functions for customs.
Customs is often given access to the system to improve their supply chain domain awareness, but it is not a system that is designed to flag high risk shipments for evasion of revenue owed. A PCS is generally designed to share logistical data between port community stakeholders such as carriers, freight forwarders, and terminal operators. While the IDB funded for the recent deployment of a Port Community System (PCS) and the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), neither system is capable of recouping an additional 40% in revenue evaded at the border. Especially since the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) and the IDB recently cancelled a tender for a Customs Risk Management System which was designed to accomplish exactly what the Finance Minister desires. He plans to hold the Commissioner of Customs Major Richard Reese responsible for hitting that target.īecause the government is setting an expectation that 2 recent technologies funded by the InterAmerican Development Bank (IDB) are going to help accomplish this, and that's simply not going to happen. The Jamaica Minister of Finance, Audley Shaw expects to increase revenues from the Jamaica Customs Agency by up to 40 per cent with the implementation of new measures aimed at cutting down corruption and under-invoicing.
This is a very interesting article for the international customs community.