Single Window The Chilean Experience Victor VALENZUELA Milln

Single Window The Chilean Experience Victor VALENZUELA Millán Technical Director of Chile Customs Geneva, 22 June 2005

Chile: South of the world • Chile is located along the western coast of Southern South America between the Pacific Ocean and The Andes Mountains • It is a very long country with a population of 15 million inhabitants • Per capita Income: US$ 4, 620 • Foreign Trade 2004: US$ 53 billion

Development Strategy • Opening-up of economy and promoting of exports • Commercial agreements • Structural changes in Economy performance

Commercial Agreements Economic Complementary Agreements (ECAs) Free Trade Agreements Economic Association Agreement Negotiated Agreements Under. Negotiation International Fora Bolivia N° 22 Canada Europe New Zealand Panamá WCO Venezuela N° 23 México Brunei China WTO Colombia N° 24 Central America (1) Singapore India APEC Ecuador N° 32 USA Mercosur N° 35 South Korea Peru N° 38 EFTA (2) (1) (2) El Salvador and Costa Rica Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein FTAA

Main exporting products • Copper : Main producer at worldwide level • • • Minerals and molybdenum concentrate Cellulose Fish meat: Salmons Wine Wood • Main destination countries for Chilean exports: USA, Japan, China

State Modernization • Modernization of international trade-involved agencies • Development of e-Government: Use of ICTs to increase Chile’s competitiveness - Ranked N° 22 in the E-Government Readiness Index Ranked N° 6 in the On-line State Index, among the 25 best-assessed countries

Single Window • Digital Agenda • Governmental priority • Led by Chile Customs Service • Co-operation between Customs and other Governmental agencies

Single Window Aimed at: Allowing import-export involved entities to electronically carry out their formalities via Internet

Bank Entities Integrated Agencies Customs Treasury Fishery Health Payment / Information Forestry Information Transports Internet Information Phyto-Sanitary USER Zoo-Sanitary

Challenges to deal with • The “paper” culture • High percentage of manual formalities in different agencies • Disparity on the implementation of ICTs by participating agencies • Insufficient co-ordination among foreign trade stakeholders • Some destination countries have not yet implemented the use of electronic signature

Expected Benefits Message User 1. Single Window focused to the Final User State 2. Increase security standards of commerce 3. Customs formalities, times of clearance and operational expenses being reduced 4. Higher transparency in public management 5. Elimination of “paper” documents 6. Increasing competitiveness of the country

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