Our main mission
The main mission of the Société d'Exploitation du Guichet Unique du Bénin (SEGUB) is to facilitate foreign trade procedures through the establishment and operation of an integrated platform enabling economic operators to complete all formalities related to the passage of goods, including obtaining the pre-clearance documentary package through:
- Operation of the Single Window
- Automation of procedures and formalities for the passage of ships and goods;
- Dissemination of general and specific information useful to the port community;
- Operation of the application of billing and collection procedures;
- Issue of single expense slip (BFU).
Our specific responsibilities
SEGUB is responsible for:
Collect and remit revenue from the payment of BFUs
Issue the BFU, enable payment by all possible modern means and pay out to beneficiaries within the time limits (currently 24 hours at the most);
Train and assist stakeholders in using the platform
Provide training and technical assistance programs to users of the platform, ensuring optimal use of the services offered by the Single Window;
Centralize and secure the collected data
Collect, process and disseminate statistics related to foreign trade, thus contributing to the transparency of trade and to strategic decision-making by the competent authorities;
Make the One-Stop Shop platform available 24/7
Ensure the development, maintenance and evolution of the Single Window technological platform, guaranteeing its availability for economic operators and partner administrations;
Optimizing procedures for trade facilitation
Implement the complete dematerialization of procedures and documents related to foreign trade, thus reducing processing times and administrative costs for economic operators;
Carry out operational monitoring of compliance with procedures
Ensure compliance with business processes and ethics in the completion of formalities by stakeholders on the platform.
Strategic objectives
Reduced hassle for operators
Dematerialize procedures and processes as much as possible in compliance with regulations;
Reduction of costs and time taken to pass goods
Minimize processing times for commercial operations and the passage of goods;
Transparency of “Business-Administration” transactions
Provide a fair, reliable and competitive economic environment by guaranteeing total transparency of procedures and costs related to foreign trade for all economic operators;
Securing and increasing tax and customs revenues
Centralize the collection and payment of customs and tax revenues, then facilitate their reconciliation with the administration and partners listed on the BFU.
Production of reliable data and statistics
Use the database thus created on foreign trade and produce indicators and key figures to assist in decision-making;
Increasing Benin's administrative competitiveness on a global scale
Participate in the positioning of Benin as a leading regional hub in the facilitation of foreign trade.
Legal framework
SEGUB was established by concession agreement No. 0409/MDCEMTMIP-PR/DC of 10/11/2010. Its powers and operation are governed by decree No. 2020-044 of 22/01/2020, approving the statutes of the Société d'Exploitation du Guichet Unique du Bénin.