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202327
Fri, 08/19/2011 - 12:18
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ASEAN OFFICIALS IN TALKS ON FASTER CARGO CLEARANCE
JAKARTA, Aug 19 (Bernama) -- Some 30 trade and customs officials from Asean countries gathered in Singapore this week to discuss streamlining specific import and export processes to prepare for implementation of the Asean Single Window (ASW).
Effective cargo clearance processes throughout the supply chain are a pivotal first step to allow efficient information flow for the paperless customs processing.
The Asean Secretariat said in a statement on Friday that the activity was part of a capacity building program sponsored by the US government in partnership with Asean.
Asean member countries have agreed to establish their national single windows (NSWs) by 2012 and to connect them through a regional single window, a cornerstone of establishing the Asean Economic Community by 2015.
"Through a NSW, traders electronically submit forms for export, import, and transit procedures only once, and they are processed and cleared by multiple government agencies in a single integrated process.
"The ASW will provide a secure architecture that allows NSWs to exchange cargo clearance data electronically," said the Asean Secretariat.
The workshop helped to kick start the analysis needed to streamline these processes at both national and regional levels.
Participants discussed logistics along the supply chain in cross-border trade, and different actors’ roles and responsibilities in each process.
They also began prioritising key business processes for further analysis and possible implementation in the Asean Single Window environment.
In addition, the government participants were also engaged with a private sector panel which provided business views of supply chain challenges.
Companies, including Nike, DHL, and Procter and Gamble, stressed that streamlining business processes through national and regional single window, would facilitate and promote trade in the region.
Seven Asean member countries would soon pilot test a regional data exchange platform towards the full implementation of the ASW, the Asean Secretariat said.
-- BERNAMA
Effective cargo clearance processes throughout the supply chain are a pivotal first step to allow efficient information flow for the paperless customs processing.
The Asean Secretariat said in a statement on Friday that the activity was part of a capacity building program sponsored by the US government in partnership with Asean.
Asean member countries have agreed to establish their national single windows (NSWs) by 2012 and to connect them through a regional single window, a cornerstone of establishing the Asean Economic Community by 2015.
"Through a NSW, traders electronically submit forms for export, import, and transit procedures only once, and they are processed and cleared by multiple government agencies in a single integrated process.
"The ASW will provide a secure architecture that allows NSWs to exchange cargo clearance data electronically," said the Asean Secretariat.
The workshop helped to kick start the analysis needed to streamline these processes at both national and regional levels.
Participants discussed logistics along the supply chain in cross-border trade, and different actors’ roles and responsibilities in each process.
They also began prioritising key business processes for further analysis and possible implementation in the Asean Single Window environment.
In addition, the government participants were also engaged with a private sector panel which provided business views of supply chain challenges.
Companies, including Nike, DHL, and Procter and Gamble, stressed that streamlining business processes through national and regional single window, would facilitate and promote trade in the region.
Seven Asean member countries would soon pilot test a regional data exchange platform towards the full implementation of the ASW, the Asean Secretariat said.
-- BERNAMA
