PART I

ASEAN Single Window

The ASEAN Connectivity Towards

ASEAN Economic Community

What is ASW

Implementation Plan

Status of Development

Critical Success Factors

Challenges

Conclusion

OUTLINE

What Is ASW

ASW is the environment where national Single Windows (NSWs) of ASEAN Member States operate and integrate, providing an infrastructure for electronic data/information/document exchange and communication among Member States.

NSW as the single point of connectivity and communication with other Member States’ NSWs in the ASW environment.

Trade data reside in the national domain under the purview of the respective Member State.

ASW in phases:

Component 1 to identify and develop the ASW Architecture design.

Component 2 to set up the ASW architecture endorsed in Component 1 for pilot implementation.

(Component 2 is split into 2 stages: ‘Scaled-down’ and ‘Full-fledged’ due to constraint of funding).

Component 3 to carry out an evaluation on the ASW Architecture implemented under the ASW Pilot Project Component 2 (Full-fledged)

Implementation Plan

• ASW Pilot Project (Component 1) to develop the ASW architecture design.

• Innovation Workshop on ASW for public and private sectors.

• The ASW Sustainability Study.

• The ASW Pilot Project Component 2 (Scaled-down)

• The ASW Web Portal (official launching scheduled in May 2013).

Status of Development…..cont.

Major Activities Completed

Architectural Environment of the NSW and ASW Coexistence

• The ASW Cross-Border Business Process Analysis Project started in December 2012 and is scheduled to complete in August 2013.

• ASW Legal Framework Agreement is still in progress.

• Review recommendations of the Study for the ASW Sustainability

• Work on the content of the ASW web portal

• Finalization of the TOR (Terms of Reference) of the ASW Pilot Project Component 2 (Full-fledged)

Work In Progress

Status of Development…..cont.

• Development and finalization of the business processes with related documents and information to be exchanged in the ASW.

• Implementation of the ASW Pilot Project Component 3

• Finalization of the ASW Legal Framework.

• Establishment of an effective governance structure and business model for the operation and sustainability of the ASW.

• On-going consultation with Economic Operators and Private Sector.

• On-going collaboration with other ASEAN working groups on works related to ASW.

Critical Success factors

Challenges

• ASEAN’s decision making based on consensus and compromise solutions takes time;

• Member States have their own customs regime and legislation as well as different levels of automation;

• Planning and preparation costs could be high and financial constraints remain an issue and implementation of the ASW Pilot, for example, is very much dependent on external funding;

• Operating and maintaining the ASW at the regional level will require sustainable source of revenue, a budget to manage expenditures, and agreed location(s) to house staff and the Regional Services server, etc.;

Challenges…..cont.

• Effective regional and NSW Legal Frameworks need to be in place and such legal matters tend to be complex;

• The NSW is one of the pre-requisites in the ASW; implementation and its implementation has its own many sub-challenges; and

• Business process reengineering needs to be carried out to streamline the cross-border processes.

Conclusion

• The ASW has taken the best features of a regional mechanism

• The hybrid of a “hub-less” (NSW-to-NSW) data exchange approach combined with common Regional Services for better synchronization of data exchange would allow both increased economic integration within ASEAN and support Member States’ who wish to participate in the WCO’s Globally Networked Customs initiative.

PART II

National Single Window

The Malaysian Experience

BACKGROUND NSW PROJECT

National Single Window (NSW) is one of the initiatives under the trade facilitation program

Commitment of Malaysia at ASEAN level to put in place its NSW to be later integrated with ASW

NSW Project not a ‘green field’ project – based on existing EDI infrastructure provided by EDI service provider DNT since 1995

CIS-DNT Interface System implemented in 1995 allows electronic data exchange between CIS and its clients through a value-added network

NSW BASIC SERVICES

EF

T

e-Declare

e-Permite-Manifest

e-PCO

NSW

Service

s

ASW

Exchange

Existing Services Under CIS-DNT Interface System

e-Declaree-Permit :

Import/Export

EFT :

Payment of duties

E-Manifest :

Sea mode

e-PCO : Preferential

Certificate of Origin

ASEAN Single Window

Exchange

Portal MyTradelinkwww.mytradelink.gov.my

Homepage

Single Sign On

Issues & Challenges Faced

Implementation Complexity of

Project

Lack of in-house expertise

Inadequate telecommunication

infrastructure

Cooperation & commitment from

all parties

Summary

Malaysia NSW Project is still

evolving1

NSW with a new Operating model is

underway2

Success of NSW/ASW Project needs

commitment from all parties 3

NSW/ASW Exchange pilot is in progress

under the ASW Pilot Project4

Thank You