Indonesia plans 'single window' for trade permits
Friday, 7 December 2007
JAKARTA, Dec 6 (AFP): Notoriously bureaucratic Indonesia is set to open a so-called "national single window" for importers and exporters to receive trade permits, the trade minister said today.
"Basically we are trying to create a single window for... the submissions and the applications of documents related to export and import procedures," trade minister Mari Pangestu told a press briefing.
This would be followed by "single synchronised processing of these documents and then a single conclusion to the whole process, when an actual permit to export or import comes out," she said.
A pilot is currently underway with the government aiming to introduce the system, to be mandatory across Indonesia, by the end of September next year, according to a ministry statement.
"Basically we are trying to create a single window for... the submissions and the applications of documents related to export and import procedures," trade minister Mari Pangestu told a press briefing.
This would be followed by "single synchronised processing of these documents and then a single conclusion to the whole process, when an actual permit to export or import comes out," she said.
A pilot is currently underway with the government aiming to introduce the system, to be mandatory across Indonesia, by the end of September next year, according to a ministry statement.