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Guam Legislature backs ASYCUDA adoption to modernize customs, recoup potentially millions in lost revenue
Summary
Legislators advanced bill 234‑38 to adopt the ASYCUDA (referred to as Asakuta) automated customs system; sponsors argued a roughly $2 million implementation could help recover tens of millions in uncollected use tax, improve border controls and integrate customs data with revenue and public‑health systems.
Senator Hahn presented bill 234‑38 to require adoption of the automated customs data system known as ASYCUDA (locally referred to as Asakuta) as Guam’s official customs management platform and to authorize implementation agreements with UNCTAD.
The sponsor said the system is widely used globally and regionally and cited…
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