The government brings in the full National Single Window (NSW) online service for export services in large ports starting early 2010, so that enterprises can and must process all permits on the Internet.
NSW technical team chief Susiwiyono Mugiharso said Monday that the implementation of the NSW concept was included as one of the flagship achievements for the government's first 100 days in office.
"Hopefully, we can pursue *the implementation of the scheme* within the first 100 days," he said. The new government will be sworn in Oct. 20.
The NSW scheme requires all exporters and importers to register and submit one document to the NSW portal www.insw.go.id.
Once the single sign-on system is effective, each trader will have one user ID and password to access all related portals, Susiwiyono said. The system "can minimize human errors", he added.
First introduced in December in 2007 at Jakarta's Tanjung Priok Port, the NSW scheme is designed to shorten the time needed to verify the identity of importers to a maximum of 7.5 hours, or one working day. Without the scheme, importers previously had to wait several days for such clearance.
Susiwiyono said the NSW scheme had become mandatory for imports through Tanjung Priok Port, Surabaya's Tanjung Perak Port in East Java, and Tanjung Emas Port in Central Java's Semarang, as well as Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta.
The scheme would become mandatory at Belawan Port in North Sumatra starting Oct. 21.
For exports, part implementation of the NSW scheme has already been in operation at Tanjung Priok Port since July, while Tanjung Emas Port and Tanjung Perak Port would start requiring exporters to register at the NSW portal in November and December, respectively.
Around 60 percent of all imports arrive at Tanjung Priok port.
Indonesia has enacted the scheme as part of its commitment to comply with the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) project by 2009, together with Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines are due to have tested the system by the middle of this month.
Meanwhile, Indonesian Employers Association (Apindo) chairman Sofjan Wanandi said he welcomed both the NSW and ASW systems as being more "efficient and simple".
"But Indonesia, which has had no success story on the system yet, must be prudent, not to embarrass itself due to the many technical constraints that still exist," he told The Jakarta Post
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