Singh urges customs to form ASEAN Lane<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): Secretary-General of ASEAN Adjit Singh has urged
\nthe members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to
\nsynchronize their customs procedures to create a smoother and
\nfaster movement of goods.<\/p>\n
Singh said yesterday in his opening remarks at a two-day
\nmeeting of ASEAN's director generals of customs in Malang, East
\nJava, that the establishment of such procedures at various
\ncustoms entry points in the region would allow goods to be
\nhandled on a priority basis and cleared quickly.<\/p>\n
Singh called the procedure the ASEAN Lane for Common Effective
\nPreferential Tariffs (CEPT) products.<\/p>\n
\"It will be a big boon for our ASEAN exporters and importers,\"
\nhe said.<\/p>\n
ASEAN groups Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines,
\nSingapore and Thailand.<\/p>\n
The Malang meeting was the second held by the director
\ngenerals, following the first held in Bali last January which
\nlooked into the harmonization of tariff nomenclature, customs
\nvaluation and customs procedures to support the CEPT scheme for
\nthe ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA).<\/p>\n
The proposals, if recommended by the Malang meeting, will be
\nput forward at the ASEAN summit meeting slated to take place in
\nBangkok in December, Singh said, adding that the adoption of the
\nproposals will clearly demonstrate the seriousness of ASEAN in
\nimplementing the agreement on AFTA.<\/p>\n
Intra-ASEAN trade for products covered by the CEPT increased
\nby 43 percent from US$84.2 billion in 1993 to $91.5 billion in
\n1994.<\/p>\n
The rising volume of trade, coupled with the rapid growth of
\nASEAN industries and the increasingly diversified structure of
\nexports, will require greater response from customs
\nadministrations to facilitate the flow of goods, Singh said.<\/p>\n
The Malang meeting is also being attended by observers from
\nVietnam, which will become an ASEAN member on July 28. (kod)<\/p>",
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