What is PSW (Pakistan Single Window)
A Single Window is a facility that permits parties involved in trade and transport to lodge standardized information and documents with a single entry point to fulfill all import, export, and transit-related regulatory requirements. If information is electronic, then individual data elements should only be submitted once.
Features of PSW (Pakistan Single Window)
- Connect Government’s 49 Trade Regulators
- Decrease Cost and Time
- Registration Process Super Easy & Paperless/ Contactless
- Eliminate Form-E and EIF Form
- Government Departments Issues Documents Online in PSW
- Perform Joint Inspection
- Port Community System
Connect Government’s 49 Trade Regulators
- Pakistan Customs
- State Bank of Pakistan
- Departments of Plant Protection
- Pakistan Standards & Control Authority
- Inland Revenue Services
- Animal Quarantine
- Livestock Wing
- PSI pre-shipment inspection agencies (12 in number)
- Mercantile Marine Department
- EPC (Export Price Certificate from APTMA)
- Certificate from Sialkot Material Testing Laboratory
- Drug Regulatory Authority Pakistan
- Ministry of Commerce
- Ministry of Interior
- Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations & Coordination
- Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority
- Narcotics Control Division
- Federal Seed Certification & Registration Department
- Ministry of Climate Change
- Provincial EPAs
- DG Immigration & Passport
- Engineering Development Board
- Ministry of Defense
- Trade Development Authority of Pakistan
- OGRA/ Hydrocarbon institute of Pakistan
- Pakistan Nuclear Regulatory Authority
- Pakistan Engineering Council
- PVT/ Ministry of Information
- Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
- NCCW (CITIES)
- Department of Explosives
- Chief Inspector of Boilers
- Pakistan Cotton Standard Institute
- Certificate from Pakistan Tobacco Board
- Aviation Division
- National Ozone Unit
- Fisheries Development Board
- Textile Division
- Intellectual Property Organization
- Trading Corporation of Pakistan
- National Tariff Commission
- Export Processing Zones
- Pakistan Gems & Jewelry Development Commission
- Strategic Export Control Division
- Provincial Revenue Authorities (7 in members)
- Forestry Wing
- Port Authorities (Sea, Land, Air, and Border)
Benefits for the Government
- Increase revenue yield
- Improved compliance
- Enhanced security/ controls
Benefits for the Traders
- Reduced costs and time
- Faster clearance
- Transparency & Predictability
- Less Opportunity for interpretation of laws, regulations etc.