Single window, an accelerator of business competitiveness

Single window, an accelerator of business competitiveness

History and background of trade facilitation Some Key dates 1986 Establishment of the National Commission of simplification of the procedures of foreign trade as part of trade liberalization of Morrocan foreign trade and accession to the GATT agreement. 1995 Standardization of the document s of import and export in line with the standards of UN/CEFACT. DUM/Advanced registration of import. 2000 The Moroccan government started a big reform of the port sector in order to improve the productivity and competitiveness of the Moroccan ports; At the same level, Morocco started a parallel reform of reengineering and simplification of trade procedures to improve the business environment. 2006 Realise of the first National Plan of Simplification of procedures: -the first comprehensive and detailed map of the procedures; -Single window as an electronic platform for the exchange of electronic document. 2

History and background of trade facilitation Some Key dates 2007 Congestion in the port of Casablanca shows the emergency of the implementation of the single window. 2011 Establishment and operating a Single Window for Port community procedures through electronic exchange. PortNet started with dematerialization of: - Vessel arrival ; - Berth request; -Manifest. 2015 From port procedures Single Window to trade procedures Single Window : Extension the services of portnet to cover other formalities outside the Port. 2017 Up date of the National Plan of Simplification of the procedures (14 trade facilitation projects were recommended by this plan) with the target to digitalize all the trade procedures and documents by 2021. 3

Services covered by PortNet as a Port Community System Vessel Schedules, Vessel Arrivals / Departure Info; Container / Cargo declaration, Cargo Loading / Unloading Special & Dangerous Cargo Declaration; Customs Manifests, Import and Export Advance Lists for Containers Berth requests; Information Relating to Customs declaration, Container Inspection Procedures with respect to technical regulation control (certificate of conformity); Coordination of appointments of control visits; Container Gate in/out information; Container Release; Advance registration of import and export commitment( including license when it necessery); Control procedures and exchange of certificate of control; VGM (Verified gross mass),.. 4

Complexity of integration of international supply chain Export Import Customer Order Transport customs Transport Order Supplier ERP WMS TMS SRM Agents/Compagnie Maritime Autorité Maritime Service public ERP WMS TMS SRM Importers/Exporters Freight Forwarder Control organism Transporters Import Transporters Export Dépôt forwarding agent Opérateur Manutention Empotage Dépotage In practical terms, it is almost impossible for SME s to achieve the full integration of their supply chain due to the complexity of external environment. 5

PortNet, a SW to integrate the total foreign trade procedures Autorité Maritime Costumer Order Transport customs Transport Order Supplier Agents/Compagnie Maritime Service public ERP WMS TMS SRM ERP WMS TMS SRM Importers/Exporters Freight Forwarder Control organism Forwarding agent Transporteurs Import Transporteurs Export Dépôt Dépotage Empotage Opérateur Manutention Thanks to PortNet, this integration is gradually becoming reality due to the interconnection of all stakeholders around the electronic national single window of foreign trade.

PortNet : Importers and exporters national single window system oriented The implementation of PortNet is the fruit of years of hard work of the foreign trade community stakeholders puting the competitivity of importers and exporters at the center of interest of the administration, public and private service providers. Transporters Shipping agents Dry Ports Operators PORTNET Maritime authority Protection Civile Freight forwarders Terminal operators Air Cargo authority Depatment of Defense Importers Exporters Port authority National Security Customs Banks Customs brokers Control Agencies Exchange Control Agency Ministery of Foreign Trade

PortNet, integrated coverage of foreign trade processes for thousands of operators 27 843 26 649 39 000 1 010 CUSTOMERS Importers Exporters Users Fret Forwarders 139 12 10 16 Shipping agents Ports/ Aiports Administrations Banks Morocco improved its Doing Businness 2017 ranking of 7 places from 75th to 68th place. This result was largely achieved thanks to the improved ranking in the "Cross- Border Trade" indicator where Morocco was able to gain 39 points from 101st to 63rd place. "Morocco made trading across borders easier by further developing its single window system and thus reducing border compliance time for importing.» Source: WB DB 2017 report

Key factors for the success of the trade facilitation policy 1. Place the opérator at the heart of the process and align the governance of the SW project to the interests of the real Customer and not only the interests of some comunities or stakeholders; 2. Continuous quick Wins & concrete results with a performance evaluation are important to sustain the interest and the commitment of all the stakeholders; 3. Inclusive cooperation between the private and the private sectors is essential( National commission of trade facilitation); 4. The support of the single window and its good will are conditioned by its operational efficiency and safety because it is the only way to sustain the commitment and to generate trust; 5. SW is a vital national infrastracture that have to be safe, efficient and should have an important scalable capacity and performance. 10

Main results of dematerialization Increase transparency and eliminate discrimination; Improve the business climate; Reduce the cost and time of foreign trade transaction; Construct a comprehensive and detailed database on trade transactions that can be used to elaborate analysis to support policy making. Future challenges Implementation of the new National Plan of Simplification of the procedures: -PortNet to cover All procedures; - Dégitalize All procedures and documents; -Total dematerialization of All foreign trade documents by 2021; Interoperability with Single Window of the main partner countries; Mutual recognition of trade electronic documents with partner countries. 11

Thank you for your attention M,Said MAGHRAOUI HASSANI Director of Defense and Trade Regulation State Secretariat for Foreign Trade maghraoui@mce.gov.ma www.portnet.ma 12