Azerbaijan, Baku, May 13 / Trend , U.Ismayilova/
The Azerbaijani State Customs Committee presented electronic technology to be applied to 'single window' system during inspecting goods and vehicles at checkpoints, the agency's official newspaper wrote.
Applying the technology will create conditions to conduct import0export operations in line with modern standards, save the time, and eliminate re-inspections, Head of the Committee's Statistical and Information Technology (IT) Department Igbal Babayev said at the presentation.
The 'single window' system enables to implement all work, including registration of transport, customs control (sanitary-quarantine, phytosanitary, veterinary), payment of road tax, obtaining forms for permits, registration of traffic schedule at one stage when passing checkpoints.
The Azerbaijani State Customs Committee operates in line with the 'single window' principles since Jan. 1 in 2009 under the Azerbaijani president's decree, dated Nov. 11, 2008.
Earlier, head of the committee Aydin Aliyev said shift to this principle will save the time of passing checkpoints from several hours to 20 minutes.
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