Fiji to have reduced time and cost associated with trade after receiving blueprint

Fiji will now have reduced time and cost associated with international trade after receiving a Blueprint with the European Union to develop the first Single Window System that intends to pave the way for work on developing and optimizing the country's existing capabilities of the customs management system.

While receiving the blueprint the Minister for Trade, Cooperatives, SMEs and Communications Manoa Kamikamica says the release of the blueprint for Fiji's future electronic single window will lay the foundation for government departments to seamlessly accelerate the trade processes internationally.

He says this will not only reduce the time and costs associated with trade but also improve the ease of doing business and will help to reduce paper usage and carbon emissions generated when traders physically travel to different government agencies to clear consignments.

While handing over the blueprint, the Chargé d’Affaires of the European Union to Fiji and the Pacific, Dr Erja Askola highlighted that both countries aim to strengthen their trade relations based on the EU-Pacific Economic Partnership Agreement, allowing Fijian businesses to export all their goods to the 27 EU Member States without duties and quotas and help Fiji’s exports to the EU market.

She says to give the trade a further boost, they recently launched the Fiji-EU Trade and Investment Forum as a platform for interactions between Fijian and European businesses and other relevant actors that will tremendously facilitate Fiji’s trade with Europe and the rest of the world.