Effective right now, June 1, 2020, all transactions relevant to the import and export of goods at the many ports will be executed by means of the one particular-prevent support for all customs clearance strategies, dubbed Built-in Customs Administration Programs (ICUMS).
This follows the profitable simulation and piloting of ICUMS at Tema Port, the remaining port to be hooked onto the method. With the exception of Tema Port, ICUMS has been working at all entry factors throughout Ghana for in excess of a month now.
ICUMS is a process crafted by Universal Go (UNI-Move), specifically personalized to Ghana’s situation and offers an conclude-to-conclusion source chain resolution that incorporates and consolidates existing devices at present in procedure.
Ghana Backlink Providers Constrained
Ghana Url Products and services Restricted, which has a 10-calendar year contract with the Governing administration of Ghana as technological companion, contracted CUPIA of Korea to deploy its electronic customs management procedure, identified as Common Move (UNI-Go) which is now acknowledged as the Integrated Customs Administration System ICUMS, for Ghana’s trade facilitation.
The process, deployed by Ghana Earnings Authority (GRA), replaces the Ghana Customs Administration Method (GCMS). This indicates that GCNet and West Blue Consulting stop to run at Ghana’s ports from now.
ICUMS, in essence, is an electronic customs clearance process which computerises customs procedures and offers for the automation of the clearance procedure as a resolution to defeat the elevated volumes in trade and travellers given the restricted assets accessible.
ICUMS is at this time functioning in countries in Africa, South The us and Asia, which includes Korea, and is composed of 77 modules.
These incorporate processes these types of as Manifest input, Classification and Valuation, Cargo Dealing with and Clearance, No cost Zones, Transit and Bonded Warehousing, Human Resource Administration, and Chance Administration.It also has five subordinate systems: A Solitary Window (SW) program, a clearance management method, a cargo management system, an info management process, and an administration system.
With the new technique deployment, all new Invoice of Entry for import/export/transit will have to be processed by way of the ICUMS.
Release of Cargo processed in Ghana Customs Administration Procedure (GCMS)
To have company continuity and sleek transition, the Ghana Earnings Authority (GRA) has place in area a approach movement to allow for freight forwarders to get the release of their cargo which experienced it Expenditures of Entry (BoEs) processed in Ghana Customs Management Method (GCMS).
This procedure movement is to ensure that the company at the Tema port is not slash abruptly or generate congestion. This info has been shared with all Freight Forwarders and Clearing Property Agents, Transport Strains, Terminal Operators, Consolidators and all other stakeholders such as the MMDA’s.
ICUMS is a departure from the former system
ICUMS is a departure from the previous method wherever ‘valuation and classification’ and ‘risk management and payment’ were dealt with by distinctive entities.
“The selection to discontinue the products and services of GCNet and West Blue was knowledgeable by the need to have to swap the multiplicity of vendors with a solitary service provider deploying an finish-to-conclude technique,” according to a statement issued by GRA in saying the program.
“The UNI-Pass engineering has been deployed effectively in Tanzania since 2015 less than the title Tancis, which the Entire world Customs Organisation (WCO) has acclaimed as one particular of the very best innovative trade facilitation units. Cameroun, like Ghana, has deployed the very same technology soon after successfully establishing its process early this yr,” according to a GRA assertion issued in late April 2020.
Assistance Desk and Connect with Centre
Ghana Connection Network Services Constrained has assembled a committed and nicely-experienced staff who stand prepared to offer technical assist and assistance to anybody who will have any issues from these days. These guys and women are able of managing our sophisticated point out of the artwork Info technologies services, as properly as remaining fully commited to offering qualified services.
Condition-of-the-artwork data centre to handle equally legacy and new information
A condition-of-the-art details centre, backed with rapid world wide web hyperlink, has been founded at the Ministry of Finance to handle both equally legacy info, as very well as new facts to be acquired by the ICUMS.
The Vice Chair and Technical Committee head, Ghana Institute of Freight Forwarders (GHIFF), Tema department Johnny Mante questioned freight forwarders to be serene as the new Built-in Customs Managements Procedure ICUMS is an close-to-conclude solitary window resolution which will make their work even simpler.
“I will request our users to be tranquil as the takeover starts these days. We acknowledge that there may possibly be some problems, but that is ordinary with new systems but what we must be executing is to follow the course of action movement that has been posted and offered to your members.
It is a actuality that there will be some manual launch but that is for these of you who have finished payments employing the previous Ghana Customs Managements Units GCMS. Lets all corporate and do what we are informed and anything will be fantastic.”
