Transition Process to NCTS Phase-5

Dear Member,
With reference to the letter sent to our Chamber by TOBB, the letter of the Ministry of Trade dated 16.10.2024 forwarded to our Union states that, pursuant to the Convention on a Common Transit Procedure of 1987 (Common Transit Convention), to which our country together with the European Union (EU), the member countries of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), the United Kingdom, North Macedonia, Serbia and Ukraine are parties, countries are transitioning within a certain schedule to Phase 5, the
current version of NCTS (New Computerised Transit System) used in customs administrations under the common transit regime, and that NCTS Phase 5, to be used in our country in the common transit regime and the national transit regime, is planned to be put into operation on 17.11.2024.

The same letter states that, as of 17.11.2024 at 00:00 (the night from Saturday to Sunday), the NCTS programme and some customs applications of their Ministry associated with the NCTS programme will not be accessible until the transition process is completed, and that the transition process is planned to be completed in approximately 8-10 hours and the information that the systems have been put into operation will be announced separately.

Accordingly, stating that obligors should take the said date into account in their workflow processes so that they do not suffer any grievance, it is stated that documents on NCTS Phase 5 can be accessed under the heading ''Digital Customs Applications/NCTS Phase5'' at the link
https://ticaret.gov.tr/gumruk-islemleri.

Kind regards,
Elazığ Chamber of Commerce and Industry