The implementation of the National Single Window (NSW) in the country will soon become a common system used by the exporters and importers when trading goods to other Asean member countries. This is one of the updates given to businessmen and manufacturers especially those engaged in the agri-fisheries business to help them compete when the Asean Economic Community (AEC) happens in 2015. The Philippines is already at 82 percent completion of the first phase for the NSW implementation, said Dr. Erlinda Medalla, Philippine Institute for Developmental Studies (PIDS) Senior Research Fellow during the forum on the Asean Economic Integration in Cebu City. "That includes the preparatory measures, implementation of the NSW business processes and technical components and live implementation, Medalla said. "The Philippines ranks fourth in the Asean Customs Modernization and NSW Implementation scoring 82 percent behind Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore,” she said.
Single window system to help traders compete in 2015
