Trade Facilitation / Single Window Background - Business drivers

1. Single Window Development and ImplementationExperiences from Hong KongUlf Persson (upersson@axway.com)Senior Product Manager, Axway

2. Trade Facilitation / Single Window Background - Business drivers • Competitive environment • Government to Business (G2B) and Business to Government (B2G) • The need for business collaboration within and between governments and enterprises, different industries such as trade facilitation, transport, logistics, etc. • Technology initiatives • XML (ebXML), Web Services etc. • Open e-business organisations within the region • Center for E-Commerce Infrastructure Development (CECID), Pan-Asian e-Commerce Alliance (PAA), ebXML Asia Committee (eAC)...

3. Trade Facilitation / Single Window initiatives in Hong Kong since 2000 ebXML ebXML EDIINT EDI EDI/XML ebXML EDI/XML DTTN GETS EMAN/CUSTOMS Time 2002Government Electronic Trading Services 2000Electronic MANifest/Hong Kong Customs 2004Digital Trade and Transportation Network

4. Single Window Development and ImplementationA look forward: DTTN - the Single Window for Trade Facilitation in Hong Kong UNECE CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ON TRADE FACILITATION IMPLEMENTATION: TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES 18 – 20 October 2004, Geneva

5. Business model • The development and operation of the non-exclusive DTTN has been awarded to Tradelink(http://www.tradelink.com.hk/) • Tradelink has set up a subsidiary “Digital Trade and Transportation Network Limited”, which will be owned: • 51% by Tradelink • 21% by Government • 28% by industry associations • Establishing DTTN Standards Group

6. Design and development process Source: Study for the Development of a Digital Trade and Transportation Network (DTTN) System to Support the Development of Hong Kong as an International Logistics Hub, Final report November 2002

7. Structure and services Source: Study for the Development of a Digital Trade and Transportation Network (DTTN) System to Support the Development of Hong Kong as an International Logistics Hub, Final report November 2002

8. Technology and Interoperability Source: Study for the Development of a Digital Trade and Transportation Network (DTTN) System to Support the Development of Hong Kong as an International Logistics Hub, Final report November 2002

9. Architecture Access Channels DTTN Secure Message Over HTTP Gateways DTTN Web Portal Services & Applications Communication Gateways FTP, SMTP, HTTP Trade Partner Management Customer Care Load Balancer and Hardware & Software Secure Message Over SMTP Reporting Analysis Message Routing Tradelink Client Support User Profile Manager Web Browser Message Processing Storage Services Gateways Security Services E-mail Client Message Transformation Other Services ebXML Secure E-mail ebXML Secure HTTP Business Activity Monitoring End-to-End Logging and Tracking Services Secure FTP

10. Participants and Clients Sellers Buyers/ Buying Offices Freight Forwarders Carriers Carriers Portals - GTNexus - INTTRA Value- Adding Service Providers -Tradelink DTTN Core Messaging Infrastructure Communications Gateway Security Services Web Services ~53,000 import / export traders Government & Agencies (via ASP) Regional/ Global Service Providers * bolero.net * TradeCard * PAA Document Exchange & Transformation User Management Reporting Terminals Banks & Financial Institutions Inspection Agencies Insurance Institutions ~132,000 Pan-Asian traders

11. What are the costs to using DTTN? • Low-Cost Community Infrastructure • Charges based on each successfully transformed and delivered document • Initial connectivity, annual & customisation fees will apply • Final pricing details to be determined closer to launch

12. What are the business benefits from DTTN? • Cut operation costs through reduced delays, double handling / data entry & minimized errors • Save time and cost for document delivery • Better financial management, for example: credit, cash flow • Easy, cheap & fast to interconnect with trading partners • any-to-any protocol & document transformation • Retain existing business against competition • more timely and accurate, with value-added services • Significant business and efficiency opportunities • just-in-time supply chain management • e-access to more trading partners

13. Lessons learned –> Guiding Principles • Neutrality • Non-exclusivity • Transparent, accountable & responsible operations • Minimum intervention to any participant’s business processes & relationships • Facilitate & respect market forces • Easy to access & use

14. Future plans for the Single Window • Project kicked off in Q3 2004 - Ongoing design and development • Applications • Business Processes • Message Repository • Infrastructure • Etc. • Target to launch the DTTN in Q4 2005 upon completion of 13-month development phase

15. Single Window Development and ImplementationExperiences from Hong KongUlf Persson (upersson@axway.com)Senior Product Manager, Axway UNECE CAPACITY BUILDING WORKSHOP ON TRADE FACILITATION IMPLEMENTATION: TOOLS, TECHNIQUES AND METHODOLOGIES 18 – 20 October 2004, Geneva