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contributing to the overall goal of trade facilitation aligned to the trade policy objectives. The
key objectives for the period 2016 to 2026 of the business strategy are:
 Reduce export costs by 50 per cent;
 Reduce export time by 50 per cent;
 Raise Ghana’s global Trading Across Borders37 ranking from 171 to 99.
Future and Planned GCNet Integration
The Government launched the Ghana National SW (GNSW) Strategic Plan and Roadmap
programme on 1 December 2015 to enhance the country's trade and economic development,
secure, and increase government revenue. The key recommendations for the development and
implementation of the GNSW programme over the next 10 years38 are:
 Internal Workflow Automation of each government agency – Continuous simplification
and automating of agencies business processes;
 Automation of the “Customs Long Room” – to fully transform the physical procedures
into automated and paperless procedures;
 Paperless exchange control form- paperless exchange that will eliminate the
paperwork and replace the current practice (form must be filled in by the exporter and
then be submitted endorsed by the exporter’s commercial bank at the bank’s office).
 Integrated Risk Management and Inter-Agency Coordinated Inspection – integrated
risk management system for balance of security control and facilitation of legitimate
trade (over 90 % of goods are subject to physical control);
 Integrated Business and Product Registrations - one-stop service for business entities
to register and obtain business licenses and service for product registrations;
 Port Community Integration - improvement and integration of the services among the
various actors along the trade and transport chain of operations (traders, customs
house agents, freight forwarders, terminal operators/ ground handling agents (GHAs),
vessels/shipping lines/airlines and trucks, as well as with the authorities involved at
the port of entry and exit).
2.3.4 Coverage, Services and Functionalities
The GCNet connects different users from the private and public sector –se
37 World Bank Group, Trading Across Borders in Ghana, under -
trading-across-borders (accessed October 2016).
38 Government of Ghana, Ghana National Single Window. Strategic Action Plan and Roadmap under
accessed October
2016).