Increasing the Effectiveness of Preshipment Inspection Services

Preshipment inspection can help control overinvoicing or underinvoicing of imports, misclassification of imports, and misappropriation of donor funds provided for import support. Of the various objectives for customs reform, trade facilitation is a...

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Main Author: Dutz, Mark
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/1643380/increasing-effectiveness-preshipment-inspection-services
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11386
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spelling okr-10986-113862021-06-14T10:57:35Z Increasing the Effectiveness of Preshipment Inspection Services Dutz, Mark CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION TRADE FACILITATION PROCUREMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM QUALITY CONTROL AD VALOREM CAPITAL FLIGHT CUSTOMS CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES CY DISPUTES EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS IMPORTS INTERNATIONAL TRADE MONOPOLY PERVERSE INCENTIVES PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION SAVINGS SERVICE PROVIDERS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRADE FACILITATION TRADE TAXES UNDERVALUATION WORLD TRADE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Preshipment inspection can help control overinvoicing or underinvoicing of imports, misclassification of imports, and misappropriation of donor funds provided for import support. Of the various objectives for customs reform, trade facilitation is arguably the most important for efficiency and growth. Because of the potential long-term gains from reform, governments should focus on implementing an effective program for customs modernization and institutional reform, and not view preshipment inspection services as a substitute for this effort. This Note reviews recent evidence on the effectiveness of preshipment inspection services. 2012-08-13T14:55:35Z 2012-08-13T14:55:35Z 2001-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/05/1643380/increasing-effectiveness-preshipment-inspection-services http://hdl.handle.net/10986/11386 English PREM Notes; No. 53 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
TRADE FACILITATION
PROCUREMENT
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
QUALITY CONTROL AD VALOREM
CAPITAL FLIGHT
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES
CY
DISPUTES
EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS
EXPORTING COUNTRY
EXPORTS
IMPORTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
MONOPOLY
PERVERSE INCENTIVES
PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION
SAVINGS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE TAXES
UNDERVALUATION
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
spellingShingle CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATION
TRADE FACILITATION
PROCUREMENT
INSTITUTIONAL REFORM
QUALITY CONTROL AD VALOREM
CAPITAL FLIGHT
CUSTOMS
CUSTOMS AUTHORITIES
CY
DISPUTES
EXCLUSIVE BENEFITS
EXPORTING COUNTRY
EXPORTS
IMPORTS
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
MONOPOLY
PERVERSE INCENTIVES
PRESHIPMENT INSPECTION
SAVINGS
SERVICE PROVIDERS
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
TRADE FACILITATION
TRADE TAXES
UNDERVALUATION
WORLD TRADE
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Dutz, Mark
Increasing the Effectiveness of Preshipment Inspection Services
relation PREM Notes; No. 53
description Preshipment inspection can help control overinvoicing or underinvoicing of imports, misclassification of imports, and misappropriation of donor funds provided for import support. Of the various objectives for customs reform, trade facilitation is arguably the most important for efficiency and growth. Because of the potential long-term gains from reform, governments should focus on implementing an effective program for customs modernization and institutional reform, and not view preshipment inspection services as a substitute for this effort. This Note reviews recent evidence on the effectiveness of preshipment inspection services.
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title Increasing the Effectiveness of Preshipment Inspection Services
title_short Increasing the Effectiveness of Preshipment Inspection Services
title_full Increasing the Effectiveness of Preshipment Inspection Services
title_fullStr Increasing the Effectiveness of Preshipment Inspection Services
title_full_unstemmed Increasing the Effectiveness of Preshipment Inspection Services
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publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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