Innovative technologies will be disseminated in customs procedures

Customs policies compatible with international standards are implemented to increase Türkiye's exports, protect society and the environment, and effectively fight against smuggling.

Depending on technological developments, modernization works are carried out at customs gates.

These studies aim to achieve improvements in issues such as ensuring safe trade, shortening transaction times and preventing smuggling.

In this context, paperless customs practices will be expanded by using innovative technologies such as blockchain and optical character recognition in foreign trade transactions next year.

Technical studies necessary for the transition to paperless customs practices in imports will continue. An artificial intelligence-supported system will be developed in order to improve the declaration control processes carried out by customs directorates and to increase the accuracy rate in tariff, value and taxation transactions of goods.

All documents submitted for pass certificate allocation will be sent electronically and submission of paper documents will be terminated.

Customs services will be transformed into a structure suitable for green and digital transformation. In this regard, customs practices of counterpart countries for low value shipments will be regularly monitored and declarations within the scope of the simplified customs declaration will be harmonized.

Up-to-date information will be presented on the website of the Ministry of Commerce in order to ensure fast and trouble-free shipment transactions abroad.

Source: TRT Haber Ekonomi RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)