Summary About Asean Single Window (ASW)

So far, 7 countries including Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Viet Nam, the Philippines, Brunei already announced their readiness for Nation Single Window System (NSW), the transitional step for ASW; of which, 5 countries already announced their readiness for ASW since December 2015; including: Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Viet Nam.

ASW was initiated since 2005 but due to various reasons, was not really carried out until now. To prepare for ASW, the member countries take the NSW as transitional step; of which, all related national managing / controlling organizations will be combined in 1 single window.

When all member countries are ready, to carry out ASW, all members just need to connect their NSW to ASW.

Advantages of ASW

1. Customs formalities:

• No big change so far, each country still follow their current procedure.
• The time frame will be shortened as all steps will be done online on NSW and ASW.
• Managing / controlling organizations will check and approve on the system, any adjustment / amendment will be done online as well to reduce time of paper transferring.
• Will be a disadvantage for those companies that do not comply transparent business.
• Exporters of member countries should declare commodity name, HS code exactly and inform importer of member countries so that they can declare in accordingly.

2. Certificate of Origin (C/O):

• Apply and issue C/O online.
• If members have agreement, the online C/O will replace paper C/O.
• All adjustment / amendment or investigation will be done online as well and hence, saving time.

3. Transportation:

• International port system, Ministry of Transportation approval system will be linked

In general: companies can save time, managing / controlling organizations can manage / control better.

Above are information from media, details of deployment will be updated.