CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS
CUSTOMER SOLUTIONS
In June 2005 the WCO Council adopted Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade (SAFE Framework) that would act as a deterrent to international terrorism, secure revenue collections and promote trade facilitation worldwide. Thus, the SAFE Framework has emerged as the global Customs community’s concerted response to threats to the supply chain security, equally supporting facilitation of legitimate and secure businesses.
The SAFE Framework, based on its five core elements, rests on the three pillars of Customs-to-Customs network arrangements (Pillar 1), Customs-to-Business partnerships (Pillar 2) and Customs-to-other Government Agencies co-operation (Pillar 3). The Pillars sets forth the standards and presents them for adoption as a minimal threshold of what should be done by WCO Members. In 2007, the WCO’s flagship Customs-Business partnership program - the Authorized Economic Operators (AEO) Program - was introduced.
The AEO is defined as “a party involved in the international movement of goods in whatever function that has been approved by or on behalf of a national customs administration as complying with WCO or equivalent supply chain security standards”. In other words, it is a partnership programme that many Customs administrations are pursuing as a means to both secure and facilitate global trade, by providing incentives/benefits to both Customs and traders that have decided to work in partnership to improve supply chain security
Africa continental free trade area (ACFTA) protocols and Nigeria customs service has recently commenced and has actually started granting a rewards system of compliance to notable traders in the ACFTA regime, we stand by you to guide you through all the steps to benefit on this program of cutting edge customs rewards systems to aid your transaction through all secured borders of the world.