南非税务署在贸易便利化与海关执法之间寻求平衡

Core Insights - South Africa's Minister of Finance, Godongwana, emphasized the dual objectives of the South African Revenue Service (SARS) in customs regulation: facilitating trade while preventing low-value declarations and counterfeit goods from entering the market [1] Group 1: Customs Operations and Revenue - SARS is equipped with an average of 240 inspectors, completing over 281,000 inspections with a success rate of 46% [1] - These enforcement actions generated revenue of 1.28 billion Rand, with 10,140 seizures valued at 6.3 billion Rand, and inspection-related revenue increased by 61.8% year-on-year [1] Group 2: Risk Management and Auditing - The customs declaration system utilizes WCO data models for verification and applies risk rules for screening, with high-risk declarations undergoing comprehensive document reviews and potential inspections [2] - A specialized audit team established in 2019 has recovered 59 million Rand in enforcement revenue and completed 75 audit cases, generating an additional 3.5 billion Rand, achieving a success rate of 69% [2] - SARS has developed a mature risk assessment system that includes electronic risk screening of all declarations and real-time port risk profiling using multi-source data [2]