TIRANA, Sept 3 /ATA/ The official data of the information system of the General Directorate of Customs indicate that the time for processing of import declarations for the period 2016-2021 has been cut by 55%, specifically from 197 min / declaration in 2016, to 88 min / declaration in 2021.
Referring to the data from the General Directorate of Customs, the time is calculated from the moment when the import declaration is registered until the moment when the processing of declaration is completed.
The data show that the customs clearance time has been constantly reduced.
According to the data, during the lockdown, the average time of customs clearance for this year is less than an hour and a half.
The table below analyzes only the import declarations, which make up about 80% of the total declarations and take longer to be processed.
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