A total of 72 trade-related and other government agencies are set to be onboarded to the National Single Window–Integrated Trade Facilitation Platform (NSW-ITFP) to improve the ease of doing business in the country, the Department of Finance (DOF) said Tuesday.

The NSW-ITFP is a centralized digital platform that enables the submission, processing, and exchange of trade-related permits and regulatory documents through a single electronic gateway.

Developed under a Build-Operate-Transfer Public-Private Partnership framework with TradeX Network Inc., the NSW-ITFP is implemented by the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), with the DOF serving as the lead policy and oversight body for trade facilitation reforms.

As part of the initial rollout, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) successfully completed User Acceptance Testing for the onboarding of the Authority to Release Imported Goods (ATRIG) and Import Commodity Clearance (ICC).

Both agencies began live operations with selected pilot clients on June 22, 2026.

“The National Single Window will reduce red tape, lower costs, and speed up trade transactions. By digitalizing regulatory processes, we are making it easier to do business in the Philippines and strengthening our competitiveness in the global economy,” Finance Secretary Frederick Go said in a statement.

In a separate statement, BIR Commissioner Charlito Mendoza said the NSW-ITFP will help make government transactions easier and more efficient for businesses.

“President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has directed government agencies to streamline services, reduce bureaucratic delays, and accelerate digital transformation. Integrating eATRIG into the National Single Window helps us do exactly that under the Digital and Data Transformation pillar of the BIR DARES Reform Agenda and supports our ongoing efforts to make compliance simpler and government services more efficient,” he said.

Mendoza added that eATRIG is one of the bureau’s priority digitalization projects for 2026 “because of its direct impact on importers, manufacturers, logistics providers, and other businesses involved in international trade.”

“Through the NSW-ITFP, eATRIG will help replace the manual ATRIG process with a more efficient, standardized, and secure digital workflow,” he said. (PNA)