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THE
Bureau of Customs (BOC) has given the go signal for its
value-added service (VAS) providers to start preliminary
work on client profiling for the E2M (electronic to
mobile) project.
Phase 2
of the bureau’s computerization project focuses mainly
on gathering data for its client- profile registration
system.
BOC
Deputy Commissioner Alexander Arevalo, in an order late
Monday, has allowed the bureau’s accredited VAS
providers to start the client profiling for EM2.
The
accredited VAS providers are Intercommerce Network
Service, E-Konek Pilipinas and Cargo Data Exchange
Center.
AS a
rule, the BOC needs to accredit all services the VAS
providers will offer during the three phases of the
project. The whole project is designed to simplify the
process the bureau does in doing business with the
public.
Under
the profiling system, all port users can tap any of the
three service providers to register and submit their
data electronically to the BOC.
BOC
examiners will use submissions to determine the
authenticity of the data.
After
evaluation, the BOC would issue digital signatures that
importers and/or brokers may use in their cargo
declaration.
Arevalo
said the BOC will initially include importers and
brokers in the new system, but will later on include
banks, exporters, warehouse operators and other port
users that do business with the bureau.
“VASPs
will be using their own system,” Arevalo said.
“This
will determine the flaws [in] their system and whether
they will be granted permanent or provisional
accreditation for Phase 2 of the E2M project,” he added.
The
service providers will give priority to data from the
Port of Batangas, Arevalo said.
The
firms involved will conduct their own road shows to
inform and teach clients how the new BOC system works.
Once
Phase 2 of the E2M project is fully in place, the BOC
gateway will no longer accept entries unless submitted
by a broker with a personal-identification and
electronic signature.
Aside
from the profiling system, Phase 2 of the E2M includes
the electronic license and clearance system,
electronic-payment system and online-release system.
The
third and last phase includes export automatic lodgment,
raw-material liquidation and bonds-management system.
At the
moment, ports that operate under the new system include
the Port of Manila, Manila International Container Port,
Ninoy Aquino International Airport and the ports of
Cebu, Mactan, Davao, Batangas, Clark, Subic, Cagayan de
Oro and Iloilo. |
