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Issue No. 51 - February/March 2010
eBook in electronic lodgement coup
Proactive Technology Group’s eBook technology is playing a vital role in helping world trade compliance to go fully electronic.
Recently, TradeFacilitate Australia Director, Robert Pashley called at Proactive’s office in the Tomorrow Studio in Wakefield St. By 9pm that day he had briefed colleagues at head office in Europe on how the Proactive eBook was going to fit into TradeFacilitate’s model of cutting red tape, increasing competitiveness and reducing the cost of doing business.
TradeFacilitate, founded in 2006, is a global company with offices in Port Adelaide which grew out of revolutionary moves from the European Union and USA to streamline international trade.
For the first time in 400 y ears, trade data must come before the goods. This means customs authorities require accurate information on import and export to be submitted electronically, 24 hours before the goods arrive.
Robert says TradeFacilitate is eliminating inefficient, paper-based international trade transactions by offering low-cost ‘software as a service’ solutions for cross-border import and export of alcohol. The service facilitates compliance with electronic customs legislation across the globe, making trade faster, cheaper and greener.
TradeFacilitate is one of nine Microsoft global e-trade partners and offers scalable and secure SaaS services through Azure ‘cloud’ technology. The firm has also partnered with CV Starr to offer low-cost marine freight insurance online.
“The CBP Importer Security Filing in the USA is changing the way traders do business; information must now be supplied electronically and in advance as of 26 January 2010,” Robert says. “This ‘No Filing, No Loading’ rule means that without this information, goods will not receive permission to be loaded; for EU imports there is a phased rollout from 1 July 2009 to 31 December 2010.”
Under the new legislation, exporters who stick with paper systems risk parki...
