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integrate processing and decision-making by
the Customs authorities and relevant Ministries
of AMS.
The ASW Pilot project to determine the most
appropriate network architecture and technical
infrastructure for the electronic exchange of
information among the AMS will be carried out
in three components:
• Component 1 - Engage contractor/
consultant to conduct study on the most
feasible network architecture and approach
for conducting the ASW Pilot Project;
• Component 2 - Engage contractor/
consultant to set up the network
infrastructure including software and
hardware agreed by AMS to implement the
ASW Pilot Project; and
• Component 3 - Engage contractor/
consultant to conduct the evaluation
of outcomes of the Pilot Project and
formulation of recommendations for the
eventual ASW.
A Consultant has been engaged by the
ASW Technical Working Group to carry out
Component 1.
Technical Feasibility Initiative for Electronic
Exchange Of CEPT Form D
Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines have
implemented a Technical Feasibility Initiative
for the electronic exchange of the Preferential
Certificate of Origin, CEPT Form D. The
objective of this initiative is to test technical
feasibility, as well as viability of long term
exchange of large amount of data between
NSW Systems of ASEAN Member States.
The scope of the initiative:
• CEPT Form D will be electronically
exchanged between the NSWs of Malaysia,
Indonesia and the Philippines;
• Malaysian exporters will submit the
CEPT Form D application electronically
through Malaysia’s NSW using the e-PCO
application. Upon approval, the CEPT
Form D data will then be transmitted to
Indonesia NSW or the Philippines NSW.
The respective NSWs will then transmit
the data to Indonesian or the Philippines
Customs for validation; and
• exporters from Indonesia or the Philippines
will submit the CO application electronically
through the Indonesia NSW or the
Philippines NSW, which will then transmit
the data to the Malaysia NSW and will
be passed to the Malaysian Customs for
validation.
Malaysia and Indonesia began exchange of
live data on 1 July 2009. The Philippines has
begun exchanging live data with Malaysia and
Indonesia on 19 October 2009. As at May
2010, Malaysia had successfully transmitted
9,305 CEPT Form D to Indonesia and 3,486
CEPT Form D to the Philippines.
The next step will be to invite other AMS such
as Singapore, Brunei Darussalam, Thailand
and Viet Nam to participate in this initiative.
ROADSHOW BY DELEGATES FROM 5 SOUTHERN PROVINCES OF
THAILAND TO 5 NORTHERN STATES IN MALAYSIA
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H.E. Alongkorn Ponlaboot, Deputy Commerce
Minister of Thailand, led a roadshow to five
key Northern States in Peninsular Malaysia,
i.e. Kelantan, Penang, Perak, Kedah and
Perlis from 10 - 12 June 2010. The roadshow
comprised 34 business delegates from
the five Southern Provinces of Thailand,
namely Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Songkhla
and Satun. The delegates focused on five
economic sectors, i.e., trade, logistics,
investment, tourism and halal. Objectives of
the roadshow, include:
• strengthening cooperation between
the business communities from the five
Southern Provinces of Thailand and the
five Northern States in Peninsular Malaysia
in the identified economic sectors;
• enhancing and advancing the “Dasar
Lima” initiative (5 – 5 – 5), i.e., cooperation
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