Myanmar: New customs system scheduled for November

Myanmar: New customs system scheduled for November

Monday, 08 August 2016 – The government aims to have an automated cargo clearance system adopted by all customs departments in Yangon by November, before possibly extending the program to the country’s land border points, an official has told The Myanmar Times. The Myanmar Automated Cargo Clearance System (MACCS) is being rolled out between August and October, and will make moving goods through customs faster and the customs process more effective, according to MACCS director U Win Thant.

MACCS automates many of the previously manual procedures that made navigating customs so time consuming.

Customs officials will no longer have to root around for the right form, because the data will be entered into a computer. This will also make storing, retrieving and transferring customs information far easier, U Win Thant said. Read More?