Ease of Doing Business - Launch of Customs SWIFT (Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade) clearances

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..... ister, as part of the Ease of Doing Business initiatives, the Central Board of Excise and Customs, Government of India has launched Customs SWIFT (Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade) clearances. The Customs SWIFT enables importers/exporters to file a common electronic Integrated Declaration on the ICEGATE portal. The Integrated Declaration compiles the information requirements o .....

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..... ken-up by the Directorate General of Systems. To introduce the Single Window and the Integrated Declaration , IT Systems government departments and private sector agencies also had to be changed. The whole exercise has been co-ordinated well and all this was possible due to unstinting efforts put in by officers of Directorate General of Systems and Single Window team. The Single Window system .....

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..... ording to the Chairman, CBEC Shri Najib Shah, the time and cost associated with import and export clearances has been a matter of concern for the Government. In order to reduce the transaction costs and decrease cargo release time, a number of steps have been initiated by the Central Board of Excise and Customs. A significant leap in this direction is the launch of the Customs Single Window. Shri .....

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