The slide is titled "Ease of Doing Business" and serves as a title slide. Its subtitle emphasizes improving efficiency, transparency, and trade facilitation specifically for learners and training participants.

Ease of Doing Business

Improving Efficiency, Transparency & Trade Facilitation For Learners and Training Participants

Global trade relies heavily on efficient customs processes to thrive. However, delays and bureaucratic red tape hinder competitiveness, which is why modern customs systems focus on simplification, automation, and enhanced transparency.

Introduction

• Global trade depends on efficient customs.
• Delays and red tape reduce competitiveness.
• Modern customs aim to simplify, automate, and promote transparency.

Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in Customs refers to reforms that streamline import and export processes through automation, risk-based inspections, and paperless documentation. These measures enable faster clearance times for traders, supporting trade growth while maintaining compliance and security.

What Is Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) in Customs?

• Reforms streamline import and export processes.
• Focus on automation, risk-based inspection, and paperless documentation.
• Enable faster clearance times for traders.
• Support trade growth while ensuring compliance and security.

Modern customs principles emphasize simplification through fewer steps and standardized forms, alongside automation via digital workflows to boost efficiency. They also prioritize transparency with clear rules and online tracking, risk management targeting high-risk cargo, coordination through single-window systems, and trade facilitation via business partnerships for economic growth.

Core Principles of Modern Customs

• Simplification: Fewer steps and standardized forms
• Automation: Digital workflows for efficiency
• Transparency: Clear rules and online tracking
• Risk Management: Focus on high-risk cargo
• Coordination: Single-window clearance system
• Trade Facilitation: Business partnerships for growth

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The slide outlines key measures in customs to enhance Ease of Doing Business (EoDB), including SWIFT for single-window digital trade facilitation, RMS for risk-based inspections, and EDI for faster electronic data interchange. Additional initiatives feature pre-arrival processing for advance declarations, the AEO program for trusted traders' expedited benefits, and faceless assessments to ensure impartial efficiency.

Major EoDB Measures in Customs

• SWIFT enables single-window trade facilitation and digital submissions.
• RMS uses risk-based assessments to minimize inspections.
• EDI supports electronic data interchange for faster processing.
• Pre-arrival processing allows advance clearance declarations.
• AEO program certifies trusted traders for expedited benefits.
• Faceless assessment ensures impartial and efficient evaluations.

Source: Ease of Doing Business: Improving Efficiency, Transparency & Trade Facilitation

Ease of Doing Business (EoDB) initiatives streamline import and export processes by reducing clearance times, lowering compliance costs through simplified procedures and automation, and improving transparency with clear rules and online tracking. They further enhance competitiveness by minimizing physical inspections via risk-based management and boosting trade facilitation rankings for better global market access.

Impact of EoDB Initiatives

• Reduces clearance time for faster import and export processes
• Lowers compliance costs through simplified procedures and automation
• Improves transparency with clear rules and online tracking
• Decreases physical inspections via risk-based management
• Enhances competitiveness by streamlining business operations
• Boosts trade facilitation ranking for global market access

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The GST framework promotes "One Nation, One Tax" uniformity while simplifying registration, compliance, and enabling seamless Input Tax Credit for businesses. It fosters digital transparency, accelerates logistics to cut operational costs, and supports SMEs through a consistent tax structure.

GST and Ease of Doing Business

• Implements One Nation, One Tax for uniformity
• Simplifies registration and compliance procedures
• Enables seamless Input Tax Credit (ITC)
• Promotes digital compliance and transparency
• Accelerates logistics and reduces operational costs
• Supports SMEs with uniform tax structure

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The slide "Real-Life Case Studies" highlights benefits of GST integration across industries in a two-column format. On the left, it covers logistics with shorter travel times and cost savings, manufacturing via seamless Input Tax Credit claims, and retail through simplified multi-state expansion; on the right, it discusses traders benefiting from easier Composition Scheme compliance, FMCG with optimized logistics and fewer warehouses, and services with reduced administrative burdens.

Real-Life Case Studies

- EoDB reforms boost efficiency, transparency, and stakeholder trust

• Automation reduces costs and accelerates global trade flows
• Indian customs: Embracing digital innovation for future competitiveness
• Continuous improvements ensure India's leadership in trade facilitation
• Call to action: Adopt EoDB principles to transform your operations

Key Takeaways

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• EoDB index measures regulatory ease for trade facilitation.
• Simplifying customs procedures accelerates global trade expansion.
• Futuristic tech in customs improves EoDB rankings significantly.
• Enhancing EoDB supports sustainable international commerce growth.

• Infrastructure gaps hinder seamless digital connectivity.
• Regulatory complexities delay process streamlining efforts.
• Resistance to change slows digital adoption rates.
• Lack of skilled workforce impedes technology integration.

> Trade facilitation is the bridge to prosperity, reducing barriers and unlocking opportunities for developing nations. By streamlining customs and harmonizing standards, we empower global trade to lift millions out of poverty and foster sustainable growth.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Director-General of the World Trade Organization

• Build capacity through training and resource allocation.
• Engage stakeholders for collaborative problem-solving and support.
• Advocate for policies that enable sustainable change.
• Foster resilience by monitoring and adapting strategies.

• AI integration streamlines customs inspections and risk assessments.
• Blockchain enhances supply chain transparency and reduces fraud.
• Sustainable trade practices promote eco-friendly compliance and green logistics.