The Bureau of Customs (BOC) is eyeing a new system that will allow the lodging of standardized information on import and export requirements nationwide and in neighborhood countries.
This comes after a Public-Private Partnership proposal received from the Department of Information and Communications Technology to develop a new National Single Window (NSW) system.
The BOC last May 3 participated in the special session of the NSW Steering Committee, which Finance Undersecretary Charlito Martin R. Mendoza chaired to discuss the proposal.
The committee instructed the Customs to convene a special session of the NSW Technical Working Group to discuss further and study the NSW proposal.
Customs Acting Deputy Commissioner Michael Fermin, who also chairs the special session, stressed the important role of the Technical Working Group in ensuring that the NSW development would not only meet the needs of the agencies but also boost trade facilitation in the country.
During the session, the Technical Working Group discussed the position papers received from trade regulatory government agencies (TRGAs) after a copy of the proposal for NSW was circulated for their review and comments.
The final output of the Technical Working Group will be presented to the NSW Steering Committee in June 2024.
Currently, four trade regulatory government agencies are already using the TradeNet NSW system, while 18 additional TRGAs have been onboarded onto the staging and testing environment.
Last year, the finance department inked an agreement that will develop the TradeNet system as the country's NSW platform.
This initiative aligns with our strategic goals of promoting smooth and harmonious trade processes, ultimately benefiting stakeholders across diverse sectors of the economy, BOC Commissioner Bienvenido Y. Rubio said.
Executive Order 482, established in 2005, allowed the implementation of NSW wherein the Customs is mandated to oversee the Technical Working Group.