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Indonesia will enter in the implementation of an integrated system of the ASEAN Single Window (ASW) along with six other ASEAN countries. Meanwhile, the ASW will be complete in 10 ASEAN countries in 2012.

“Target end 2010, six have joined ASEAN in ASW agreement,” said Chief Executive Susi Wiyono Technical Budiharso National Single Window (NSW), after the press conference launching the NSW system in Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT), Tanjung Priok, Jakarta, yesterday.

The six countries are Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, and Brunei Darussalam. Meanwhile, four other Indochina countries will follow in 2012 namely Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and Myanmar.

In addition, four new countries will join later because it is still stuck in the legal aspects of each country. “Crossboarder barriers of data exchange,” he added.

Meanwhile, Chief Executive of the NSW Eddy Putra Irawady stated that in 2012 the government will have an independent agency to deal with the ASW. “The plan in 2012 we had a new institution for it (ASW), it is in conformity with our work plan,” he said.

As is known, was inaugurated yesterday in the five NSW ports and airports in Indonesia is carried out symbolically by President SBY. Later management of the implementation of import-export documents and customs will be done online, while the four ports will be open 24 hours a day service, seven days a week.