JOHANNESBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE

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JOHANNESBURG CHAMBER OF COMMERCE INDUSTRY

• CUSTOMS CONTROL BILL SUBMISSION TO PARLIAMENT
• 30 OCTOBER 2013
• Patrick Corbin Director International Chamber
  of Commerce-SA

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• Introduction
• SA Customs Union Legislation
• I P Benefits to Coastal Ports
• I P Benefits to Inland Traders
• WCO Kyoto Perspective
• Recommendations

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INTRODUCTION

• Universal objectives promote multi-modal (m/m)
  transport
• Inland port international gateway
• Benefits not well understood in developing
  world
• Unctad, etc., etc. supportive

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I P Benefits to Coastal Ports

• Reduce congestion and berthing delays
• Enhanced preferred gateway status
• Vessel to rail stack movement limits dwell time
  and shifting
• Promotes rail inland movements reducing port-
  gate vehicle congestion
• Favourable impact on port-city environs due to
  reduced road traffic
• Positive impact on ocean freight rates and
  avoidance of congestion surcharge

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I P Benefits to Traders

• Creation of international gateway status
• Extended time for clearance and line release
• Seamless movement through coastal port on
  multi-modal transport document
• Rail inland movement environmentally and
  financially attractive
• Opportunity for promoting containerised exports -
  balance utilisation of containers and rail
  service

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I P Benefits to Traders continued

• Door-to-door m/m transport document with line
  tracking
• Proximity to Customs for release, examinations,
  groupage containers
• Encourages local economic activity, investment
  and employment

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Maersk Line European Info
Volume split Split Total
Carrier (line) Haulage rail 60
truck 40
Merchant (trader) Haulage rail 12
truck 88
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WCO Kyoto Perspective

• Customs major facilitator of international trade
• Balance compliance with facilitation
• WCO promote I P and recognise benefit of
  proximity to traders
• WCO post-importation focus on compliance

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South African Customs Union2013 Update of Duty
and Control Bills

• City Deep will be container terminal per
  definition
• No inland movements before Customs declaration
• Manifest information no longer considered
  adequate for risk assessment

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SA Customs Comments

• No provision exists for inland ports
• Not the intention to terminate manifest or clog
  up ports
• Contract of carriage nothing to do with sales
  contract
• Legislation no impact on IP exports
• Contract of carriage coastal clearance
  requirements not connected.

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Recommendations

• WCO to strengthen Kyoto recommendations
• Promote rail Private-Public Partnerships
• WCO education to include trading cycle
• International Aid for transport infrastructure to
  focus on m/m transport
• THANK YOU