18.1. Introduction. IMTS 2010 (paras. 2.19 and 8.6) recommends that information about the customs procedures applied to individual transactions be part of the data set provided by customs to the agency responsible for the compilation of trade statistics. It is good practice to include customs procedure code as an additional data field in the data set used for international reporting. The present chapter explains the significance as well as the limitations of this new data field, and describes experiences of countries that obtain and use this information.
In this chapter:
- A. Customs procedure code as a new data field
- B. IMTS 2010 recommendation
- C. Importance of compilation and international reporting
- D. Customs procedures applied by countries
- Annex XVIII.A. Harmonization of customs procedure codes in the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
- Annex XVIII.B. Nature of transaction codes for Extrastat