RUDRENDRA TANDON JOINT SECRETARY for PAKISTAN AFGHANISTAN amp IRAN in the Ministry of External Affairs Government of India September 3 2015 Time has come to focus RECCA Cooperation to enhance Afghanistans connectivity ID: 395741
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Trade and Customs Harmonization
RUDRENDRA TANDON
JOINT SECRETARY for PAKISTAN, AFGHANISTAN & IRAN in the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India
September 3, 2015Slide2
Time has come to focus RECCA Cooperation to enhance Afghanistan’s connectivity. Idea further refined: Time has come to focus our attention specifically on TRANSIT TRADEVision of Afghanistan lying at the ‘Heart’ of trade, energy and communication routes Slide3
WHY TRANSIT TRADE?Because:We can use Afghanistan’s existing road infrastructureLabour intensive activities = Employment and IncomesSlide4Slide5
Lessons that we can draw for Afghanistan from India’s studyAfghanistan Customs needs to become part of a single stop Custom documentation systemMove from Physical Custom authorities along routes must be willing to use a ‘risk based’ custom inspection regimeFacilitation of VisasBasic Infrastructure at Land Crossing Points-Integrated Check Post conceptImportance of International Transit Trade TreatiesDesignated Routes Slide6
Two precautionary messages:Lot of backlogThe scarcest ingredient=POLITICAL WILLSlide7
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