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Regional Single Window Initiative: Asia

Regional Single Window Initiative: Asia. “ UN/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop: UNeDocs Oct. 3, 2006 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India Sangwon Lim, UN/CEFACT Rapporteur For Asia. Asia is. Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region.

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Regional Single Window Initiative: Asia

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  1. Regional Single Window Initiative: Asia “UN/CEFACT Capacity Building Workshop: UNeDocs Oct. 3, 2006 India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India Sangwon Lim, UN/CEFACT Rapporteur For Asia UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  2. Asia is Asia is the largest and most populous continent or region - 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area, or 29.4% of its land area - more than 60% of the world's human population - About 1/3 of World GDP(PPP): US$18.077 trillion [World: US$59.38 trillion] UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  3. Single Window Definition A facility that allows parties involved in trade and transport to lodge standardized information and documents with a single entry point to fulfill all import, export and transit- related regulatory requirements. Single Window is basically built at the national level. (Single Window) aims to expedite and simplify information flows between trade and government. (UN/CEFACT Rec. 33) UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  4. Why Regional Single Window? Recent Trade Facilitation Trend/Environment - Unclear prospect for trade agreement at the world level (DDA) - Proliferation of FTA/RTA Advantage of regional single window approach - Facilitation of national SW establishment (Top-down approach) - Facilitation of interoperability among SWs (Standard for information flows) UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  5. Regional Bodies in Asia SAARC UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  6. ASEAN Association of Southeast Asian Nations Lao PDR Myanmar Viet Nam Thailand Brunei Darussalam Philippines Cambodia Malaysia Indonesia Singapore UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  7. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) Background ASEAN Heads of State agreed to establish the ASW to expedite cargo clearance - 9th ASEAN Summit - Bali,Indonesia, Oct 2003 ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Meeting agreed to establish anASEAN Inter-Agency Task Force to design an appropriate model for the ASW - Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 19-20 Jan 2004 UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  8. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) Inter-Agency Task Force - Customs Authorities - 10 ASEAN Members - Ministry of International Trade - Main Ministry - Other Government Agencies (OGA) involved in cargo clearance processing such as permit/license processing, cargo inspection, etc - ASEAN Secretariat - ASEAN-EU Programme for Regional Integration Support (APRIS) UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  9. APRIS - 3-year technical assistance programme - Co-financed by the European Commission, EuropeAid, and the ASEAN Secretariat - The APRIS Programme Management Unit is at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta. UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  10. Meeting History UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  11. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) Definitions ASEAN Single Window (ASW) “the environment where National Single Windows of Member Countries operate and integrate.” National Single Window (NSW) - “Single submission of data and information, - “Single and synchronous processing of data and information,” and - “Single decision-making for customs release &clearance” (Agreement to Establish and Implement the ASW, AEM, 09 Dec 2005) UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  12. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) ASW Model (Bottom-up of NSW) UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  13. Intermediary Intermediary Banking & Insurance Industry Other Government Agencies National Single Window (Regionally Compliant) Intermediary National Single Window Intermediary ASEAN/ International Link Customs Transport Industry Intermediary Transport Industry Intermediary Trading Community ASW (ASEAN Single Window) UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  14. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) SECURE CONNECTIVITY UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  15. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) ASW Agreement Timeline for NSW • 2008 • Brunei Darussalam • Indonesia • Malaysia • Philippines • Thailand • Singapore • 2012 • Cambodia • Lao PDR • Myanmar • Vietnam UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  16. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) Technical Guide The Technical Guide of ASW and NSWs Implementation is the compilation of relevant internationally accepted standards, procedures, documents, glossary, technical details and formalities to be adopted as deemed appropriate by Member Countries, subject to regular reviews and updates in line with new technology and development as deemed necessary by Member Countries. UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  17. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) Models & methodologies of the Architecture of ASW • WCO • UNTDED • UMM • UML • UN & Other International Conventions UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  18. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) Thailand-Philippines Pilot Project - Signed MOU in December 2005 - APRIS-supported - 2 Bilateral Technical Meetings in Manila and Bangkok - Identified pilot systems (based on UNeDocs) ASEAN Preferential Certificate of Origin (ASEAN CEPT D) ASEAN Export Declaration - Technical Tests ongoing - Meeting in Bangkok 21 Mar 2006 & May 30, 2006 UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  19. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) UN TDED UN Recs. UN Layout Key UMM UN CC Library UN CCTS UML UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  20. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) UNeDocs DM Local Data Element UNeDocs ASEAN Docs ASEAN CEPT D Customs Declaration ASEAN Data Element UNLK TDED UNeDocs ASEAN Docs DM UN NDR XML UNeDocs ASEAN Docs Mapping Alignment Mapping Generating UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  21. ASW (ASEAN Single Window) Capacity Building Activity - APRIS-Supported - Regional Workshops Manila – March 2006 Bangkok – May 2006 - Tour of Single Window Systems - National Workshops UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  22. APEC UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  23. Leader’s Meeting Sectoral Ministerial Meetings APEC Business Advisory Council Ministerial Meeting Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) Committee on Trade and Investment Economic Committee SOM Committee on ECOTECH UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  24. APEC Single Window Initiative • - Initiated by SCCP (Sub-Committee on Customs Procedure) • under CTI (Committee for Trade & Investment) in Sep., 2006 - At the very initial stage - To collaborate with other APEC fora, WCO & UN/CEFACT - SW Working Group to be formed - Questionnaire to collect requirements - Workshop to be held for the development plan UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  25. SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Bangladesh Afghanistan India Bhutan SAARC Nepal Maldives Sri Lanka Pakistan UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  26. SAARC Single Window Initiative? Time to Initiate? UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  27. In Summary ▣ There are increasing trend of Regional SW initiatives ▣ Regional SW initiative can be an effective platform for facilitating regional and global trade. ▣ Pioneering regional SW initiative [ex) ASEAN] is a good bench-marking reference for other regional bodies [ex) SAARC] for future implementation. ▣ In initiating regional SW initiative, full consideration should be given to the use of available international standard [ex) UNeDocs], scalable, adaptable and accommodating global trade, for information flows. UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

  28. Thank you Sangwon Lim UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia Tel.: 82-2-528-5020 Fax: 82-2-528-5719 email: swlim@KIEC.or.kr UN/CEFACT Rapporteur for Asia

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