Ministry of Commerce is trying to promote an online application for import/export permits system which call Trade Net 2.0 in order to transfer Myanmar’s trade sector development

The Ministry of Commerce said they are now developing a system to provide an online application for import/export permits. The system will be called Trade Net 2.0.

“Since we are going online, we a needed budget. We requested USAID for the required funds, and thankfully they agreed to provide them,” said U Min Min, Director General of Trade Department under the Ministry of Commerce.

The Ministry relaxed the procedures for import/export permit applications after negotiating with other related ministries.

Trade Net 2.0 began development in 2018, and is expected to launch next year. It was implemented with the goal of supporting the country’s effort to build a national single-window system for trade.

A single-window system enables international (cross-border) traders to submit regulatory documents at a single location.

After considered the existing policies and procedures of Myanmar, it was developed in line with the expanding global trade situation of the world. Through the new system, import/export permits will be accepted online in addition to all other required documents and payments.

The Ministry of Commerce shifted from a paper-based system to computer applications in 2004, the goal was to digitalize the whole process.

After a decade of doing so, the ministry found some shortcomings of the system, which is still partially manual because applications need to be signed, and some shown in person.

In 2017, the ministry launched import/export permit application for border trade and started accepting the required fees through MPU cards in the 2018 fiscal year.

(Myanmar Business Today: https://www.mmbiztoday.com/articles/trade-net-20-set-transform-myanamr-s-trade-sector )

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