MODSEL - SELECTIVITY MANAGEMENT IN ASYCUDA++ Ó UNCTAD - SITE (V1.15) 6.8 3.     Finally,  if  not  selected  by  steps  1  or  2,  a  further  comparison  is  made,  between  actual  Lane selections  and  the  set  “expected  rate  (%)”.  If  actual  selections  are  below  the  expected  rate, further selections are made from those transactions that would have otherwise been processed as Green. These further selections are again made in the precedence, ‘Red, Yellow, Blue’. This means that a transaction is only routed green after it fails to be selected by Local Criteria, the ‘quotas’ for Random Selections have all been filled, and total selection levels in each category at least match the set ‘Expected Rates’. Making Selections The controls of the selectivity module  MODSEL allows declarations to be selected by two methods. The first,  ‘Random  Selection’,  relies  on  random  number  generation  by  the  system.  Using  this method,  declarations  are  selected  for  check,  purely  on  a  random  basis,  at  a  percentage  rate  of selection which is set from within the ‘control panel’ of ‘Selectivity Parameters’. See also   Minimum  Random  Rate.  The  random  selection  is  extremely  useful,  particularly  for quality control purposes. Customs  can  choose  to  use  selectivity  as  a  particular  management  strategy  that  assists  them  in intercepting high risk import or exports transactions without excessively delaying the movement of other, lower risk goods. The   effective   use   of   ‘Selectivity’   requires   staff   with   specialist   skills   and   good   procedures   for gathering,  recording  and  analysing  cargo  intelligence.  The  quality  and  effectiveness  of  Customs selections  relies  on  access  to  and  use  of  information  gathered  from  declaration  processing  and ASYCUDA++ provides the tools that allow the Customs Selectivity specialist to interface with the declaration processing system. The  selectivity  process  requires  decisions  by  Customs  on  which  particular  goods  or  transactions are to be intercepted. The Selectivity specialist ‘translates’ the decision into a format understood by the system. This is described as  ‘Selection Criteria’. The basic tools used in this process are the ‘Criteria’,  where  the  selection  criteria  is  formally  defined,  the  ‘List’,  that  can  aid  in  managing complex selection profiles and ‘Valuation Control Management’. These are described in detail in the following sections. Criteria There are 3 levels of Criteria -  ‘National’, ‘Regional’ and ‘Local’. These enable different priorities to be set within different levels of the Customs organisation. Access to the different levels is controlled by password. National  and  Regional  criteria  apply  to  all  offices  currently  configured  on  your server. Local criteria apply to the office that you are currently configured for. See Section 9  for details on multiple office configurations on the one server. To set National and Regional Criteria, the label ‘ANY’  is  used  for  the  Customs  office code.