Case Study · 02 of 05
TRA had outgrown ASYCUDA++. Risk management was manual; cargo tracking was paper-based; selectivity for shipments above USD 2,500 FOB was outsourced to a private vendor (TISCAN).
Transit traffic was 45% of total trade, but no cargo number system existed to track it.
A phased model: a KOICA-funded project (risk and cargo modules, USD 3.26M) first built operational trust. TANCIS then expanded into a 22-module national system funded by TRA's own budget (USD 19.6M).
50:50 consortium with KTNET. KCS–TRA Customs MOU signed July 2011. International bid won against Webb Fontaine after on-site reference checks in Korea and Ecuador.
The world's first Korean ODA project to convert into a self-funded national contract — selected by KOICA as an exemplary case and recognized at Korea's Win-Win ODA forum.
Inspection selection: from manual review taking minutes to a full day, to fully automated instant scoring across ~20 customs offices. CUPIA's first African success.
"TANCIS reduced direct contact between officers and taxpayers. Transparency improved. And with it, everything else."
Uledi Mussa — Chairman, Tanzania Revenue Authority Board