The system is being implemented through a US$4 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).Ĭustoms Broker, Junior Waugh, who has been using ASYCUDA since its pilot phase in December 2014, said he is pleased with the new processes being implemented. The new automated system is in keeping with the Government’s strategy to improve trade facilitation and service delivery in customs administration and when completed will see customs declarations, shipping manifests as well as accounting procedures, and transit and suspense procedures all being conducted electronically. Full implementation of ASYCUDA is expected to be completed in March 2016. This change is quietly taking place at the Jamaica Customs Agency (JCA) where the Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA), a web-based system designed to transform the agency to a paperless operation through the use of electronic documents has been rolled out. A wide cross-section of entities are making it easier for Jamaicans to receive the products and services they need in the most cost effective and less troublesome way.
