The '''Automated System for Customs Data''' ('''ASYCUDA''') is a [[compute]]rized system designed by the [[UNCTADUnited Nations Conference on Trade and Development]] (UNCTAD) to administer a countriecountry's customs. In 2004 there were more than 50 operational projectprojects with expenditures exeedingexceeding US$7 million US$. It is the largest [[technical cooperation]] programme of the UNCTAD, covering over 80 countries and 4 regional projects.
Currently thereThere are three different generations of ASYCUDA in use: ASYCUDA version 2.7, ASYCUDA++<ref>{{Cite andweb ASYCUDA|url=https://asycuda.org/pdf%20docs/sffunct.pdf World|title=Asycuda ++ |access-date=2017-02-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160910063915/http://www.asycuda.org/pdf%20docs/sffunct.pdf |archive-date=2016-09-10 All|url-status=dead of}}</ref> and ASYCUDA World. themThey were built using different paradigms and solutions available at the time of conception,.{{what|date=May being2014}} ASYCUDA World is the most recent oneversion. and[[Cape lessVerde]] usedadopted souse farof (earlyASYCUDA 2009)World in January 2016.<ref>[http://www.asycuda.org/wnfiles/CAPVERT-Article-GB.pdf Official ASYCUDA World Launch ceremony in Cap Verde] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519074408/http://www.asycuda.org/wnfiles/CAPVERT-Article-GB.pdf |date=2017-05-19 }}, 12 January 2016, accessed 1 February 2017</ref>
UNCTAD's premiseaim was to build a computer system to assist customs authorities (or their local equivalentequivalents) all over the world to automate and control their core processes and obtain timely, accurate and valuable information to support government projections and planning.
