Shippers to ramp up calls for the speedy implementation of SWAPS

Jan 29, 2013 News

The Shipping Association of Guyana (SAG) has said that its clamor for the implementation of an electronic Single Windows Automated System (SWAPS) by Government to speed up shipping and clearance transactions by the Customs Administration Department (CAD) will become louder in 2013.
SAG officials last week stated, “The performance of the maritime industry in Guyana continues to be challenged by the need for higher levels of efficiency across the board.”
The Association said that in this regard most business support organizations across the business spectrum in Guyana have joined the concerted call on the CAD to implement the fully computerized SWAPS.
SAG said that much time and money have in the past been expended by importers and exporters as a result of the delays posed by the partly manual system being currently used by the CAD.
The SWAPS system, as disclosed by the Government in 2011, is intended to electronically link licensing bodies that account for transactions associated with Guyana’s trade to the GRA’s Total Revenue Integrated Processing System (TRIPS).
SWAPS will simplify harmonize and electronically integrate the business processes of the licensing bodies that account for the transactions associated with Guyana’s trade and allow for quicker trade of produced commodities not only locally but across borders, another official source explained.
This automation is expected to drastically reduce the cost and time incurred by importers, exporters, customs brokers and even members of the public involved in the clearance of imported and exported goods.
Disclosing information on the modernizing of the Customs systems two years ago, Finance Minister Dr. Ashni Singh had assured that SWAPS will reduce the time required to process an import/export licence from 3-5 working days to within one working day and that Government is committed to implementing it.
From the point of view of Government, SWAPS will strengthen the GRA system for detecting false declarations.
SAG however feels that the process towards implementation is taking too long.
SAG said last week that it intends to increase its efforts to bolster the instruments and institutions that impact operators.
This action, it said, will be influenced for the most part by the incontrovertible realities of Guyana being left behind as the rest of the commercial world from South America and the Caribbean outward to the far reaches of Eastern Asia, advances with new high tech equipment and facilities.

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