Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 12 /Trend, A.Akhundov/
State Customs Committee (SCC) of Azerbaijan began to introduce "single window" in the head customs administrations of Baku and Sumgayit, the head of the Committee Aydin Aliyev told reporters.
"The principle of "single window" is applied not only on the border. Already its gradual introduction in the head customs administrations of Baku and Sumgayit begins. Soon it will be introduced to all customs administrations of the country," said Aliyev.
He said the customs system of the country is expanding the use of e-services, and internal correspondence in the SCC is already carried out electronically. "Also specific steps are taken to use e-services for customs registration," said Aliyev.
He said the Customs Committee will perform all the tasks assigned to the customs authorities under the state e-government program.
Sept. 12-13, Baku hosted third international scientific conference on "E-customs services: a look at future."
The conference was organized by SCC jointly with the Federal Customs Service of Russia. It was attended by about 200 representatives of governmental and non-governmental organizations from 25 countries.
The conference discussed issues of ICT and e-customs services, the role of ICT in cooperation between customs and business, as well as providing e-services in state agencies.