Pakistan Single Window to Improve Customs Process
The Pakistan Single Window is set improve trade and reduce customs clearance times, Pakistan’s Federal Board of Revenue said in an Aug. 21 press release. The single window aims to “bring together all the stakeholders on one single platform” to…
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improve trade into and out of the country, in line with best practices under the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement. Pakistan Customs official Jawwad Owais Agha said the window is “the most significant cross border trade facilitation initiative” Pakistan has undertaken. Pakistan held a “stakeholders’ workshop” Aug. 19 on the single window coordinated with the U.S. Agency for International Development, Pakistan said. The stakeholders included industry representatives, government officials, trade bodies and business associations, Pakistan said.