Future of the EU Customs Union Customs - Trade Day 7th ASEM Working Group on Customs Matters 15 May 2013
• EU Customs Union in numbers • State of the Customs Union (Study and Communication)
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EU 27 – basic facts • Total population: EU 503 million (HR 4.3 million) • Total Customs staff: 121 thousand • GDP (PPP): EUR 15.8 trillion • Customs value (int.trade): EUR 3.5 trillion • Customs duties: EUR 22 billion (EUR 16.3 billion to the EU budget)
EU 27 (EU 28 as of 1 July 2013)
Customs declarations Growing trend for the number of declarations (particularly for export) • Total number of declarations in the EU in 2012: 261 million • Import: 139 million, export: 105 million, transit: 17 million • (including national transit) Normal procedures: 61 million; simplif.procedures: 183 million • 8 declarations per second (15 articles) • transit, 7% normal procedures import, 53% 25% simplified procedures export, 40% 75%
Customs declarations Customs declarations – NORMAL PROCEDURES - SAD level: 61 mil (IM: 31 mil , EX: 30 mil) Development of the number of customs declarations – growing trend
Customs declarations Customs declarations SIMPLIFIED PROCEDURE, article level): 353 mil articles (IM: 194 mil, EX: 159 mil) Development of the number of customs declarations SP – growing trend Proportion –simplified and normal procedures = IM 78% : 22% EX 71% : 29%
Customs value Customs value = EUR 3.5 trillion in 2012 (+8% compared to 2011) • Development of the customs value of the EU external trade (import and • export) – growing trend 500 000 400 000 300 000 Import Export Import at constant prices (Base 100 = 2007) Export at constant prices (Base 100 = 2007) 200 000 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Electronic input • Electronic input of declarations (NP+SP): overall rate = 98% Import: 96% and Export: 99% Import (NP): 86% • Development of the electronic input – slight increase
Economic operators At the end of 2012 Operators using SP – IM: 23% and EX: 25% • EORI – 3.3 million traders registered in the database • AEO - total number of applications: 14 614 • - total number of certificates issued: 12 345 AEO per types AEO certificates per MS Other MS AEO - 1 066 HU customs BE 278 simplific 281 DE UK AEO - ations 342 6 087 safety and SE 48% security 360 ES 3% 493 12 345 PL AEO certificates 606 IT AEO - full 678 49% FR 830 NL 1 324
State of Customs Union - Study External – different stakeholders (Questionnaires, interviews, desk research Traders • Other Agencies • Customs • Not yet finalised….. • 12
State of Customs Union - Study Preliminary results Uniformity - not very good • Efficiency - positive • Major policy initiatives – positive • Quality of Service – positive • Enlargement - positive • 13
State of Customs Union - Communication Objectives Note the achievements • Highlight value added of Customs Union services • for Single Market and EU Acknowledge challenges Customs Union is facing • Outline course of action to provide a more • performing Customs Union by 2020 14
State of Customs Union - Communication Course of action: Complete modernization – Union Customs Code • Complete gap analysis – set priorities - Action Plan • Enhance functioning through governance reform • 15
State of Customs Union - Communication Priorities - Action Plan: Risk management • BTIs • Crisis management • Application of non-customs legislation • Sanctions and Penalties • Training • 16
State of Customs Union - Communication GOVERNANCE More rapid decision-making • Clear functions and structures for groups – new • Code + New programme Customs 2020 IT development without duplication • 17
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