EFFECT OF IMPORT CUSTOMS PROCEDURE ON TRADE FACILITATION THE CASE OF ADAMA CITY

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of import customs procedure on trade facilitation. The research design for this study was descriptive and explanatory research design was employed with mixed approach. A sample of 110 respondents was selected using a simple random sampling technique.Descriptive and inferential statistics were used. The data were analyzed using SPSS version 24. Findingssuggested that Custom automation system, customs risk management, customs human resource management and development had positive and significant effect on trade facilitation, on the other hand customs law and regulation has significant effect but, negatively correlated whereas customs cooperation and coordination from other government agencies had insignificant effect on trade facilitation but positively correlated. It was recommended that the improvement in customs automation, customs risk management, customs law and regulations will facilitate trade this will lead to minimize delay in import customs procedure.