OFOQ افـــــــــــــق - Bahrain Customs Trade Facilitation Project

and processes around 250 customs declarations a day

OFOQ Implementation included migration from a local outmoded legacy system. Bahrain Customs adopted standardized TWM codification based on World Standards (WCO, UN, SAD,

Pilot site was ready to go live 6 months after contract signature;

System is operational in English and Arabic languages at user choice;

System currently processes around 800 import and export declarations daily (IM4, EX1), including warehousing (IM7), temporary regimes (IM5, EX6 and EX2, EX3) plus a few IM8 declarations; 1200 declarations expected in August 2012. The processing path is based on self assessment by Trader and starts with payment of duty followed by automatic risk assessment and assignment of examining Officers. An SMS notification is issued to traders with examiner names and examination time. Bar codes on Customs declaration allows easy reference for payment and examination minimizing human entry and eliminating errors

Bar codes on export exit notes are used to generate gates passes at the border for container trucks leaving Bahrain through King Fahd Causeway to Gulf Destinations

Capturing of Vehicle Identification Numbers (VIN) information through XML/Excel into customs declaration

Application in the pipeline: passenger declaration, manifest;

Manifest electronic transfer to be piloted in collaboration with Shipping Companies and Airlines

Webb Fontaine's TWM Core system was customized in record time to accommodate Bahrain requirements: GCC Duty compensation, drawbacks, Business Activities for traders, scanned images of containers on declaration plus a number of management reports