The Republic of Moldova’s customs service has today started piloting the ASYCUDA Postal Customs Declaration (ASYPCD) module within their customs management system, ASYCUDAWorld. The module makes it easier for smaller firms to engage in e-commerce by making it more affordable and efficient to export their products without having to call upon the services of distributors, customs brokers and retailers. ASYPCD facilitates the implementation of international interconnectivity standards for the exchange of electronic advance data, ensuring the rapid release and clearance of parcels while managing safety and security risks.

This piloting of ASYPCD is the first component delivered under the project signed between European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) for the “Digitalization of customs services in Moldova – phase 1 – facilitating cross-border e-commerce through the digitization of pre-arrival and pre-departure processing for postal and express consignments”.

The main beneficiaries of the project include:

• the Government of Moldova, by strengthening the export competitiveness of SMEs and increasing revenue collection through increased e-commerce transactions
• Moldova’s customs service by digitizing end-to-end customs formalities for postal consignments, facilitating inter-operability with the Moldovan post, simplifying postal consignment clearances while helping prevent fraud in e-commerce consignments
• Moldovan post by expediting the customs clearance process and providing better services for its clients
• the trading community (logistics operators, e-vendors, e-platforms, as well as micro, small and medium-sized enterprises) through the streamlining of e-commerce procedures and a simplified and harmonised export/import service that is electronically coordinated and managed through Moldovan customs

Moldova customs web story (in Romanian)