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New border system marks milestone
Hon Nicky Wagner
Minister of Customs
26 June 2014
Media Statement
New border system marks milestone
Customs Minister Nicky Wagner today
announced 500,000 inward transactions have now been
processed through the Joint Border Management System.
The Trade Single Window component of the system, which has been developed by Customs and the Ministry for Primary Industries, was launched in 2013 for importers and exporters to submit shipment details electronically to a single point of contact, rather than dealing with several government agencies.
“The immediate benefits to industry have been the elimination of data duplication, a reduction in transaction costs and improved response times.
“More than 37 per cent of all inward border transactions and 100% of outward transactions are now processed via Trade Single Window, and more traders are moving to the new platform all the time,” Ms Wagner says.
Fonterra and DHL are the latest importers and exporters to transition to it.
On average
transactions through Trade Single Window are processed in
under 30 seconds. Further functionality for the Joint
Border Management System will be rolled out this year and
next.
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