{"id":14745,"date":"2019-08-21T16:01:27","date_gmt":"2019-08-21T11:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zameenihaqaiq.com\/?p=14745"},"modified":"2019-08-21T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2019-08-21T11:01:27","slug":"fbr-and-usaids-jointly-organized-workshop-on-pakistan-single-window","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/article\/14745","title":{"rendered":"FBR and USAIDS jointly organized workshop on Pakistan Single Window"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Islamabad, 21 August 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

News Desk <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Pakistan Regional Economic Integration Activity (PREIA), jointly organized a one-day Stakeholders\u2019 workshop on Pakistan Single Window (PSW) for managing Pakistan\u2019s external trade at a local hotel in Islamabad. The objective of the workshop was to encourage stakeholders\u2019 participation and collaboration in making trade related processes more efficient, effective and transparent in line with globally accepted best practices under the World Trade Organization\u2019s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Single window is a key trade facilitation tool that helps countries improve efficiencies in the area of custom clearance, increase the speed at which goods can move, and reduce the overall cost of trade. The Pakistan Single Window is therefore one of the most important reforms needed to improve Pakistan\u2019s trade competitiveness, and ultimately stimulate economic growth and prosperity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The conference brought together more than 70 participants from the public and private sector including government officials from key trade regulators, members of various chambers of commerce, trade bodies and business associations, and representatives of the international donor community collaborating with FBR on various aspects of the PSW.
\nWhile speaking at the event, the Member Customs Mr. Jawwad Owais Agha said, \u201cPakistan Single Window is the most significant cross border trade facilitation initiative to have been undertaken by the Government of Pakistan.\u201d He added, \u201cIn order to successfully implement this program, Pakistan Customs has not only deployed capable resources but has also allocated part of the GD fee fund to fast track the in-house development and early deployment of the PSW. We hope that with continued support from participating government departments and development partners, Pakistan Customs will be able to implement this program in time.\u201d
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\nThe Pakistan Single Window will provide an electronic platform for the provision of services to traders. It is hoped that introduction of PSW will bring together all the stakeholders on one single platform that will further improve the process of cross-border trade, enabling businesses to expand their operations and effectively reduce the clearance time.
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\nWhile delivering remarks at the conference, USAID\u2019s Acting Director for Office of Economic Growth and Agriculture Mr. Malick Haidara said, \u201cToday\u2019s workshop is a continuation of our collaborative efforts with Pakistan Customs and FBR to enhance the understanding and capacity of the stakeholders to manage the complex reforms resulting from PSW implementation.\u201d
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\nPakistan Regional Economic Integration Activity (PREIA), US AID is providing active technical assistance to the PSW initiative since its inception in order to ensure the development and early deployment of the PSW system. Implementation of the PSW is one of the many activities that USAID supports in Pakistan to contribute towards economic growth of the country and is indicative of the United States Government\u2019s commitment to support Pakistan\u2019s economy by fostering a business friendly environment and expanding trade opportunities. In the end, FBR thanked all development partners especially (PREIA), US AID for their active support to PSW.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Islamabad, 21 August 2019. News Desk The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) through its Pakistan Regional Economic Integration Activity (PREIA), jointly organized a one-day Stakeholders\u2019 workshop on Pakistan Single Window (PSW) for managing Pakistan\u2019s external trade at a local hotel in Islamabad. The objective of the workshop was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14746,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zameenihaqaiq.com\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}