Articles under section " Dossier: E-Commerce "

In many countries, statistics show a strong uptake of online sales and a big increase in the market share of online as opposed to offline retail since the start of the pandemic. In COVID-19 and e-commerce: a global review, the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development reported that Latin Am...

WCO standards and guidance material To address this issue, WCO Members have been working through a multi-stakeholder Working Group on E-Commerce (WGEC)[1] on the development of international norms and guidance material, which have been brought together in an E-Commerce Package including not only a...

The WCO defines cross-border e-commerce as “All transactions which are effected digitally through a computer network (e.g. the internet), and result in physical goods flows subject to Customs formalities”.[1] Like many countries, when talking about cross-border e-commerce shipments, Argentina Cu...

Diagnostic The diagnostic addressed each standard of the WCO Framework: for each standard, a list of questions was drafted, with the aim of shedding light on existing procedures and practices related to the standards. The diagnostic highlighted the need to develop specific import and export regulati...

E-commerce is a growing segment of the economy of the United States. It made up 10.7% of the total retail sales in 2019 and 14% in 2020[1]. In 2020 alone, e-commerce sales in the U.S. grew over 40% and reached $791.8 billion U.S. dollars in value[2]. The growth of e-commerce  presents many challeng...

In coordination with the ETF, CBP mapped business models specific to e-commerce, identified parties responsible for the sale and movement of goods, and established which parties had access to and could provide additional data with which to better assess e-commerce risk. This effort to receive advanc...

Entry Type 86 Test In addition to the Section 321 Data Pilot, in September 2019 CBP also conducted a test of a new entry process for Section 321 shipments, including those subject to Partner Government Agency (PGA) data requirements, which currently cannot be cleared through the Section 321 de minim...

Korea Customs Service (KCS) has introduced a range of measures since early 2010 to respond to a growing number of imports and exports generated by online sales and purchases by both businesses and individuals, given the strong upward trend in cross-border e-commerce. KCS previously described the mea...

Strengthening data capture through blockchain At the moment, assessing risk presents some constraints, given the low quality of data available. One way to strengthen the risk management system would be to obtain the data, including the value of the goods and the delivery address, directly from the...

In Peru, the importation of goods purchased online has increased by 23% annually over the past five years. Consumers and companies buy products through marketplaces such as AliExpress, Amazon, eBay and Wish from sellers mostly located in Asia, the United States and Europe. Products are mainly transp...

A new clearance process for express shipments In Peru, some 1.3 million shipments are imported every year by express air carriers. Since the end of 2020, ESERs are responsible for declaring shipments and must transmit all data required by Customs electronically in a consolidated format via an onli...