MODSEL - SELECTIVITY MANAGEMENT IN ASYCUDA++ Ó UNCTAD - SITE (V1.15) 6.5 An Introduction to Selectivity MODSEL  gives  Customs  the  ability  to  control  the  selection  and  flow  of  declarations  through  the Customs declaration processing system. It contains the controls necessary to block assessment of selected declarations, and has a range of query and reporting functions. To effectively apply selection requires the skills of a specialist team. For users of the system in the Customs Declaration Processing office, a lower level of access is provided. This allows viewing of selected declarations and their respective selection criteria, and the ability to re-route declarations after any necessary Customs checks have been carried out. Declarations  are  entered  into  Modules   MODCBR or   MODBRK  and  the  data  on  the  declaration validated  for  compliance  with  database  requirements.  This  checks  if  the  data  is  in  the  correct format, whether the codes used are valid and if data is provided in all the necessary boxes on thew SAD - according to the national declaration configuration. The System carries out the equivalent of a 'face vet' check on the submitted declaration. However, System checks alone cannot verify the validity of the data in the declaration. All Customs administrations need procedures to verify that the declared descriptions agree with any supporting documents and that the documents and the SAD declaration correctly describe the goods. To verify the validity of the submitted declaration details, Customs can compare the declaration to the goods - by physically examining the goods and checking the supporting documents. Treatment According to Customs Risk It is recognised that certain goods present a greater risk to Customs controls than other goods or classes of goods. The experience of the Customs officer may show that examinations of certain goods over a period have found no errors. In this case continued examination of each shipment may not be needed. In other   cases,   goods   from,   or   to,   certain   companies,   may   be   often   in   error.   These   particular companies   can   be   classified   as   'high   risk'   and   Customs   may   wish   to   closely   examine   each shipment   destined   for   this   category   of   company.   In   addition   to   companies,   certain   countries, commodities,  declarants,  or  other  categories  of  control  may  be  identified  as  'high  risk'  and  justify closer Customs attention. Connecting to the Server Some of the operations within the selectivity module require connection to the server. For example, to view a list of selected declarations the system retrieves the relevant declaration details from the server database files, according to declaration status as at that date and time. Selectivity Management When using   'Selection  Management',  many  different  pieces  of  data  from  the  submitted  SAD declarations can be used by Customs to select particular declarations for special treatment before any  assessment  is  made.  This  menu  option  provides  the  means  of  implementing  decisions  on processing channels, which are named  'Red', 'Yellow', 'Blue' and  'Green'. Control over the rates of random selections and ‘expected rates’ means that Customs Office management or supervisors have  the  means  to  match  daily  workload,  the  numbers  and  levels  of  declarations  selected  for check, to the capacity of the Office to cope with those checks.