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TRADERS should be able to process their export declarations faster when these are covered by the Customs bureau’s electronic-to-mobile (e2m Customs) system starting Jan. 13, 2011.
Coverage of exporters is provided by Customs Memorandum Order (CMO) 54-2010, which Customs Commissioner Angelito A. Alvarez signed last Dec. 1 and which was published in a daily yesterday.
CMO 54-2010 requires all exporters to use the e2m Customs system in processing their export declarations (ED). It also provides specific procedures to be followed in using the system.
The system, launched in 2005, initially covered importers.
The system is designed to enable online submission of import and export declarations, as well as manifests by airlines and shipping firms. It is also supposed to enable automatic alerts, via short message service, on the status of documents submitted.
The system, once in place, will reduce the time for processing export declarations to "just 30 minutes from the usual one to two days under the manual process," Customs Deputy Commissioner Alexander N. Arevalo said in a phone interview yesterday.
"It is to the interest of...the protection of government revenues that export [transactions are] automated since the agency [Customs] tracks exports, especially those that use duty-free imported materials for export goods," Mr. Arevalo explained.
Under the order, exporters and their brokers will have to be registered first with the bureau’s Client Profile Registry System (CPRS) before they can apply for installation of the system that will enable them to use e2m Customs.
Exporters may choose from any of three accredited value-added service providers (VASPs) that will be "responsible for the installation of the necessary computer-aided system" in exporters’ and brokers’ offices, the order stated. Mr. Arevalo identified the three accredited VASPs as Cargo Data Exchange Center (www.cdec.com.ph), e-Konek Pilipinas (www.e-konek.com), and Intercommerce Network Services (www.intercommerce.com.ph).
CMO 54-2010 warned that "failure of the exporter to comply with his obligation to complete the electronic processing of his ED shall be a cause for the suspension of his CPRS registration with the bureau." -- P. P. Magtulis
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