Articles under "#Data Model" category

WCO Data Model: understanding the WCO’s key data harmonization and standardization tool for cross-border regulatory processes

The availability of quality and timely electronic data in a standardized and harmonized manner underpins the effective use of information and communication technologies (ICT) for modern border procedures. Some of the common challenges relating to data requirements for various Customs and border c...

Currently, the WCO DM contains 727 data elements that support different data requirements for various Customs and border regulatory processes and systems, including the Single Window environment. It is a comprehensive technical dataset that is dynamically updated through an established Data Maint...

Data analysis for effective border management – the Canadian experience

Effective border management requires the identification of people and goods, and the collection and analysis of relevant information at the earliest possible point in the travel and trade continuum. The “business” of modern border management organizations has evolved, and is now driven by the...

Border management modernization in New Zealand forges ahead

Making digital collaboration possible: the WCO Data Model – latest developments and implementation guidance

In October 2021, the World Trade Organization (WTO) reported that despite COVID-related interruptions, container throughput in international ports remains at or near record levels

A fundamental requirement for successful communication between individuals is that they all speak the same language. This is also the case for communication between electronic systems.  A common language is required to ensure that information flows seamlessly across different IT systems. In this...

Unveiling the WCO DM Version 4.0.0

The WCO has just released Version 4.0.0 of the WCO Data Model (WCO DM v4). A compilation of clearly structured, harmonized, standardized and reusable sets of data definitions and electronic messages to meet the operational and legal requirements of cross-border regulatory agencies, the WCO DM is ...

In order to simplify its architecture, the components of the WCO DM are organized into small building blocks called information packages (IP). Each information package is a subset of the WCO DM and is relevant to a specific context. The WCO DM App includes a WCO DM mapping tool that allows WCO DM...

The WCO Data Model: guidance for efficient implementation

A fundamental requirement for information to flow seamlessly across different IT systems is that they all speak the same language. Cross-border regulatory agencies retaining the right to determine the data they require should all use a similar language and have harmonized the way in which the req...

Customs processes are complex and it is very unlikely that a single IT solution will efficiently deal with all their aspects and complications. This is also the case with many business processes. For this reason, more and more administrations and companies are developing IT systems based on a ser...

Conformity framework

The WCO Data Model is a universal language, agnostic of technology and providers. When developing a system using the Model, each entity involved and e...

MERCOSUR launches Customs Data Model based on WCO standard and takes a leap forward in terms of data exchange

The Southern Common Market (known as MERCOSUR) is a regional integration process initially established by Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and subsequently joined by Venezuela (currently suspended) and Bolivia (whose accession procedure is still underway). MERCOSUR makes its decisions thr...

The content and viability of the data model were evaluated by CCM Technical Committee No. 2 (Customs issues). This interdisciplinary work involved multiple CCM committees and subcommittees. In March 2012, during workshop on the WCO Data Model organized by the WCO Secretariat and Argentina Customs...

Customs systems interconnectivity: the challenges and opportunities for Customs administrations in the SACU region

A lack of Customs systems interconnectivity coupled with delays and inaccuracies in the paper based exchange of cross-border trade data between Customs administrations continues to negatively hamper trade facilitation and regional integration efforts in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU). ...

The eTIR pilot project, an ongoing success

Over several decades, the 1975 Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (TIR Convention) has proven to be one of the most successful and efficient instruments for the facilitation of international transport and goods i...

EU launches a new Customs Data Model based on WCO standards