Information and Communications Technologies are transforming our world on a
daily basis. In a fast-moving global economy, international trade, by adopting
electronic technologies, could save billions of dollars every year. Switching from
paper documents would increase security and transparency in supply chains and
provide Governments and the private sector with higher revenues. So, The Asia
Region, under APEC and ASEAN, is making enormous efforts to facilitate Paperless
Trade.
This paper describes the situation and characteristics of Paperless Trading among
countries(ASEAN 6 countries : Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,
Viet Nam) in ASEAN and APEC. The main focus of this paper is to conduct
comparative analysis with Government import and export licenses(permits),
Certificates of Origin, Customs documentation.
In case of Singapore, nearly 100% of all customs and trade declarations are
submitted electronically through the TradeNet?system, which complies with the
UN/EDIFACT standards. and exporters are able to issue e-certificates of origin and
standards certification in electronic records. But, ASEAN other countries(Malaysia,
Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam), All of customs and trade declarations
are not submitted electronically through the TradeNet?system, which complies with
the UN/EDIFACT standards. also, exporters oblige to forward certificates of origin
and standards certification in paper documents.
So, To be successful ASEAN National Single Window in ASEAN(Malaysia,
Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam), We have to support ASEAN 5 Countries
with United Nations, APEC, ASEAN, ADB, Developed Countries(Korea, United
States, Japan, Singapore).