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

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..... oing 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 of Customs, FSSAI, Plant Quarantine .....

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..... 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 is a crucial implementation of trade f .....

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..... 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 Shah added that there was strong willing .....

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