ASM urges the UK to rethink the customs strategy
ASM (Agency Sector Administration) urges the UK government to act decisively in reshaping its digital border strategy, following the effective shelves of the long -awaited individual trade window project.
“STW started as a step in the right direction, but the execution was not there, he missed the mark,” said Simon Adams, the program director of the program.
“With the presence of fragmented systems and repeated data operations in place, the cost on companies and inefficiency remains high.
“Instead of returning to a somewhat defective approach,” Tell us once, “we call for a practical shift towards exchanging the most intelligent data between the current government systems.
“By enabling the re -use of data via guests, such as linking customs ads provided via CDS with safety and security requirements managed by the Ministry of Interior, trade can be reduced from unnecessary duality, without sacrificing compliance, quality of data or vision.
“The technology to simplify trade is already. What we need now is the political will to connect points. A unified data model and the standard façade standards in all government border systems will turn how the UK’s work is globally.”
Originally defended as part of the 2025 border strategy, STW was designed to simplify and simplify the interaction between merchants and border agencies in the United Kingdom.
However, in the wake of the monetary results from the National Office for the increasing financial pressure and pressure, the project stopped, leaving and leaving the shipping, customs brokers, and other commercial specialists without the comprehensive digital solution that they promised.
“The government must focus more on joining what is already exist. If the UK is serious in maintaining competitive trade after Britain’s exit from the European Union, the digital customs reform with databases and interrecratic operation must be, and is based on a partnership with the industry,” Adams said.
Other international projects, such as the European Union’s customs data center, recognize the size of this change, with long -term road maps and realistic delivery tables.
ASM says that the UK needs to adopt a similar long -term strategic approach.
