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A guide on concurrent implementation of national and cross-border paperless trade
UNESCAP
2025.06.24
The digital transformation of trade processes through electronic Single Window (SW) systems is essential to enhancing efficiency, reducing administrative costs, and accelerating the movement of goods across borders. However, to realize the full benefits of such digitalization, it is imperative that policymakers ensure that National Single Window (NSW) environments are not only tailored for domestic trade facilitation, but are also designed to enable seamless cross-border interoperability with partner countries. Interoperability - across organizational, legal, semantic, and technical dimensions - is foundational to achieving a truly paperless trade ecosystem. This guide presents a comprehensive framework for the concurrent implementation of national and cross-border paperless trade systems, highlighting how such an approach can avoid rework, foster collaboration, and create a more integrated digital trade infrastructure. By addressing national and cross-border paperless requirements from the outset, countries can address regulatory and technical challenges early on, build systems that are mutually compatible, and accelerate the realization of trade facilitation goals. This guide outlines best practices, standards, and a phased implementation strategy that supports the concurrent planning, design, and deployment of interoperable digital trade platforms. Drawing on real-world case studies from Asia and the Pacific and other regions, this guide illustrates how concurrent implementation is not only feasible but also highly beneficial - especially when aligned with international frameworks such as UN/CEFACT, WCO, IPPC, and the Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Cross-border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (CPTA). These case studies underscore the importance of integrating interoperability principles from the outset to enable national systems to scale seamlessly into cross-border operations.