YANGON, March 23 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar has launched an automated cargo clearance system at its border town of Tachilek in eastern Myanmar's Shan state to facilitate trade with neighboring Thailand, the official daily The Global New Light of Myanmar reported on Saturday.
During the launch event on Friday, Deputy Minister for Planning and Finance U Maung Maung Win said that the Myanmar Automated Cargo Clearance System (MACCS) would facilitate faster and more dynamic bilateral trade between Myanmar and Thailand.
He also underscored the ministry's commitment to integrating modern technologies into trade activities and improving trade processes in line with international standards, the report said.
"The implementation of this MACCS system will bring about benefits such as smoother trade flows and more accurate data," Ye Yint Aung, an official from MACCS Division of Myanmar Customs Department, told Xinhua on Saturday.
According to the Customs Department, the system is also currently operational in Yangon, as well as the Myawady, Muse and Chinshwehaw borders. ■
