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2.33. Training on how to complete customs documents and advocacy. The proper completion of customs declarations requires some specialized knowledge. To assist traders and to ensure faster processing, customs normally prepare detailed instructions regarding the completion of the declarations and conduct training for their own staff as well as for the business community. It is good practice for compilers of trade statistics to participate in those training efforts so as to acquire the ability to understand the data entry process. Such efforts can sensitize customs officers, traders, brokers, etc., on the need to complete customs declaration forms and can be a means of stressing the importance and uses of the information derived therein. Such training can be properly seen as part of a broader range of trade statistics advocacy and quality assurance activities (see chaps. V and IX for details).
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In the case of thePhilippines, the National Statistics Office (NSO), in collaboration with the Central Bank, the Department of Trade and Industry, the Export Development Council, the Bureau of Customs and the Philippine Export Zone Authority (PEZA), conducted a road show for exporters, brokers and traffic managers for PEZA locators. Data requirements of the NSO in generating IMTS, mandatory full completion of the box on value of imported raw materials, insurance and freight value, as well as the importance and uses of IMTS, were emphasized during the forums |
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