As of January 2012, all Customs offices in Turkey started to use New Computerised Transit
System (NCTS), which is a European wide system of electronic declaration and processing that
enables traders to submit community transit declarations electronically. The system provides a
reduction of costs which are incurred in relation with the paper-based system of declaring goods.
NCTS also allows less time spent waiting at customs, by declarations sent electronically beforehand.
The system has a significant contribution to increased efficiency of transit operations, prevention and
detection of fraud, and acceleration of transit transactions.