If on Red Lane: The documents are referred to Sorting.

If on Fast Track: Redlined entries are re-routed to blue, and the same Green Lane procedures will apply for these declarations. Later, the physical inspection will be carried out at the importers' premises. If, on the other hand, a fast track entry is selected on Yellow, then Yellow Lane procedures should apply.

6. Sorting:

• The (8) copies of SGD are sorted according to the lane of the declaration.
• If on Red Lane: Copies no. 1, 4, 5, and 7 go to terminals via Dispatch, copy no. 2 to valuation (statistics copy) for further analysis of the value, copy no. 3 to Accounts, copy no. 6 to the declarant through the Paging/ Importer Copy Seat, while copy no. 8 goes to the Central File.
• If on Green or Blue Lane: No copies are dispatched to terminals for inspection.
• If on Yellow Lane: The rest of the terminal copies, after excluding the ALS-stamped copy which was delivered to NPA, go to the Customs office at the scanning site.

7. Dispatch:

• Record the numbers of the SGDs that are to be dispatched.

8. Terminals/ Scanning Site:

• If on Green or Blue Lane: Consignments related to declarations marked on the Green or Blue Lane should start release procedures at once. No effort by the Customs staff at either the terminals or the scanning site is required for Green or Blue Lane declarations.
• If on Red Lane:
  1. Inspectors physically examine the goods marked for that purpose by the Verification & Query Seat. Inspection is carried out jointly with the representatives of the other concerned agencies, (as approved by Government), and in the presence of the declarants.
  2. The findings of physical inspection are entered in the "Inspection Report" of the ASYCUDA++ by the Assessment Officers at the terminals, and then re-routed to Green Lane and assessed.
  3. Following the exchange of messages with the Accounts Officers at CPC, where the payment details are input into ASYCUDA++, Release Orders can be printed by the Assessment Officer at the terminal, and attached to declarations.
  4. The Officer in Charge of the terminal issues Demand Notice/ Assessment Notice of any additional payment that is to be made if any discrepancy is found as a result of physical examination and/or verification of documents as performed by the Verification and Query Seat.

• If on Yellow Lane:
  1. Containers which were selected on Yellow Lane can be loaded on trucks in accordance with NPA procedures, and then head to the scanning site.
  2. The findings of scanning are entered in the "Inspection Report" of the ASYCUDA++ by the Assessment Officers at the scanning site, and then re-routed to Green Lane and assessed.
  3. Input payment details into ASYCUDA++ by the Accounts Officer at the scanning site.
  4. The Officer in Charge of the Customs Office at the scanning site issues Demand Notice/ Assessment Notice of any additional payment that is to be made if any discrepancy is found as a result of physical examination or scanning. However, for containers that are returned back to terminals because of the limited space of the holding area, then the Red Lane procedures will apply on these cases as far as inputting the payment details into ASYCUDA++ at CPC, and the printing of the Release Order at the terminal. Also, the additional charges of NPA have to be settled before release procedures are continued.
  5. Release Orders are printed, and attached to declarations.

9. Gate:

• Issue the Exit Gate to allow the containers to leave the port.

1. The Risk Assessment Reports (RARs) will not be transmitted electronically; hardcopies of the RARs, nevertheless, will be received by the Verification & Query Seat.
2. No selectivity can be triggered in ASYCUDA Ver. 2.7, thus lanes will be determined at the Verification & Query Seat based on the levels of risk advised by the Scanning Company in the RARs.
3. Since most of the ASYCUDA Ver. 2.7 Sites will not have scanners in place at the beginning, then the declaration may be routed to Red and Green Lanes only.
4. All physical inspection/ scanning findings will be recorded manually since ASYCUDA Ver. 2.7 does not have the "Inspection Report" facility as in ASYCUDA++.

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