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
Agreements
UnderNegotiation
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
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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
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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
Treasury
Customs
Fishery
Health
Payment / Information
Information
Forestry
Information
Transports
Internet
Information
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
• Single Window focused to the Final User
State
• Increase security standards of commerce
• Customs formalities, times of clearance and
operational expenses being reduced
• Higher transparency in public management
• Elimination of “paper” documents
• Increasing competitiveness of the country
Thank you for your attention