1. 2018/9/12
Project proposal of International Trade Integrated Service (ITIS) for MSMEs
Dapeng (Max) Liu,
Kepeng Li,
October, 2017

2. Outline
What is ITIS？
ITIS in SSP(Single Window Submission Portal) Project
Proposal of ITIS project
Summary and Discussions

3. PART 1:
What is ITIS (International Trade Integrated Service)?

4. Traditional traders is a combination of trade and service.
2018/9/12 `
Background: The traditional international trade
 business
SUPPLIER
Country A
dealer 1
dealer 2
dealer 3
BUYER
Country B
 Retailers
Circulation Cost
Communication costs
Trust cost
Size
Distance
Fund
Transportation
Language
Law
Credit
Quality
Customs Clearance
Culture
After-sales
Traditional traders is a combination of trade and service.

5. `
The bottleneck of Micro small and medium enterprises in Global trade facilitation
CROSS-BORDER E-COMMENCE PROVIDEs MORE MSMES THE OPPORTUNITY TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE
The bottleneck : circulation &  trust costs
Circulation Cost
Communication costs
Trust costs
Distance
Size
Fund
Transportation
Law
Language
Credit
Quality
Customs Clearance
Culture
After-sales

6. Cross-border E-commence ecosystem`
Multinational Retail & Cross-border Information
Cross-border trade platform
Buyer
MSEMs Supplier
Customs
Inspection
Storage
Transportation
Foreign exchange
Insurance
Banking
Taxation
International Trade Integrated service
（ITIS)

7. `
What is ITIS
ITIS（International Trade Integrated Service） can assemble the service providers and service partners to provide MSMEs professional international trade services.
Service providers and service partners
Customs broker
Freight forwarding
Logistics service providers
Warehouses
Export agencies
Banks
Insurance companies
Law firms
Etc.
Professional international trade services
Clearance
Foreign exchange settlement
Logistics
Insurance
Financing
Legal advice
Etc.

8. Some principles of ITIS`
What is ITIS
Vision of ITIS
Some principles of ITIS
private-sector driven service
Worldwide Implementation
Inclusive to all MSMEs
Service of both traditional commerce and e-commerce cross-border trade
Help MSMEs to participate into the cross-border trade and e-commerce easily.
Objective of ITIS
Based on the Internet and data to establish the new service mode for MSMEs and improve the competitiveness of cross-border trade of MSMEs.

9. ITIS Concept A B A B C A+B+C= ` ITIS logical capability chart
A：Extension of single window
B：Single Submission Portal
C：Commercial services
Provide standard information of MSMEs to Single Window
An extension of both National and Other country‘s Single Window
Applied in the country without Single Window
Act as private-driven Single Window
Provide services for MSMEs
Cooperation with Service providers and service partners `
ITIS Concept
Customs
Inspect
Foreign Exchange
Tax
Other
gov dept
Government
Others PCS,CCS。。。
Single Windows from other countries or regions A
This part function of ITIS acts as the extension of single window
International e-commerce
platform B
National
Single Window A
This part function of ITIS acts as Private-driven Single Window
International Trade Integrated Service (ITIS) platform B
SMEs C
A+B+C=
The whole positioning of the concept
ITIS is :”enabling MSMEs to participate into the cross-border trade and e-commerce easily”
Customs
Broker
Freight
Forwarding
Warehouse
Banks
Financial
Other cross-border
service providers

10. PART 2:
ITIS (International Trade Integrated Service ) in SSP（Single Window Submission） project

11. SSP project purpose and scope`
The private sector are launching facilitation platforms now and traders – especially micro and small-medium enterprises – are able to immediately reap the benefits.
These private-sector driven initiatives correspond to what the UN/CEFACT Terminology paper calls a “Single Submission Portal.”
The SSP project proposes to provide recommendations and guidance on such trade-driven initiatives, including
e-Commerce platforms
International Trade Integrated Service (ITIS) Platforms
Port Community Systems
Cargo Community Systems
Data Pipelines
Interorganizational Operating Information Systems

12. ITIS in SSP project –Function B
ITIS logical capability chart
A：Extension of single window
B：Single Submission Portal
C：Commercial services
Provide standard information of MSMEs to Single Window
An extension of both National and Other country‘s Single Window
Applied in the country without Single Window
Act as private-driven Single Window
Provide services for MSMEs
Cooperation with Service providers and service partners `
ITIS in SSP project –Function B
Propose how such it can provide the same or similar trade facilitation mechanisms as a National Single Window.
Customs
Inspect
Foreign Exchange
Tax
Other
gov dept
Government
Others PCS,CCS。。。
Single Windows from other countries or regions A
This part function of ITIS acts as the extension of single window
International e-commerce
platform B
National
Single Window A
This part function of ITIS acts as Private-driven Single Window
International Trade Integrated Service (ITIS) platform B
SMEs C
A+B+C=
The whole positioning of the concept
ITIS is :”enabling MSMEs to participate into the cross-border trade and e-commerce easily”
Customs
Broker
Freight
Forwarding
Warehouse
Banks
Financial
Other cross-border
service providers

13. Project Proposal of ITIS (International Trade Integrated Service )
PART3:
Project Proposal of ITIS
(International Trade Integrated Service )

14. Project Purpose MSMEs barrier to international trade`
Project Purpose
MSMEs barrier to international trade
Lack of access to trade finance
Lack of access to quality logistics services
Limited of access to Single Window and eBusiness solutions
Lack of professional skills
Not qualified as AEOs (Authorized Economic Operators)
Recommendation and guidelines of ITIS are needed to encourage the development of ITIS, and then to promote trade facilitation of MSMEs.

15. Project Scope `
Develop generic recommendation and guidelines to support the ITIS for MSME.
The potential stakeholders
The services such systems can provide (Functions A+B+C)
Potential management responsibilities
Transportation and logistical processes,
Potential business and ownership models
Related international standards and translation between different standards to allow submission in multiple formats (eg. EDIFACT, XML, WCO Data Model, IATA Cargo XML etc.

16. Project Scope - Function A of ITIS：Extension of single window`
Government
Agency
Customs Clearance
Inspection
Taxation
 Administration of  Foreign exchanging
Others
Single window
ITIS platform serves as single entry point for
both MSMEs and Single Window.
ITIS ①
ITIS ②
ITIS ③ N
Service provider N
SUPPLIER N
BUYER N
DEAL
Service provider

17. Project Scope – Function B of ITIS： Single Submission Portal`
Propose how such it can provide the same or similar trade facilitation mechanisms as a National Single Window, will introduced in the SSP project.
Project Scope – Function C of ITIS： Commercial Services `
Provide services for MSMEs
Cooperation with Service providers and service partners
International e-commerce
platform
Others PCS,CCS，…
International Trade Integrated Service (ITIS) platform
SMEs C
Customs
Broker
Freight
Forwarding
Warehouse
Banks
Financial
Other cross-border
service providers

18. Project Deliverables Recommendation on ITIS for MSME`
Project Deliverables
Recommendation on ITIS for MSME
Guidelines on ITIS for MSME
Online files for Case Study Repository

19. International guidance and standards`
Work in close collaboration with UN/CEFACT Single Window domain, WCO, UNCTAD, in order to ensure harmonization of terms, concepts, standards and recommended practices.
In the future, this project will need to build a system, and coordinate with existing recommendation and standards.
ITIS will have the potential data harmonization among different parties
E.g., Single Window, PCS, e-commence platform, Data Pipeline Carrier in Transportation and Logistics Domain etc.

20. Summary and discussions
PART4:
Summary and discussions

21. Summary and discussions`
Summary and discussions
ITIS is not only a form of SSP(Single Submission Proposal)
ITIS concept
A (Extension of Single Window) +
B (SSP) +
C (Commercial services for MSMEs)
Kick-off a new ITIS project

22. Thank you!