The Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) and the National Tobacco Administration (NTA) were successfully onboarded during the initial rollout of the National Single Window–Integrated Trade Facilitation Platform (NSW-ITFP), a major step toward modernizing government services and improving the ease of doing business in the Philippines.
A total of 72 trade-related government agencies (TRGAs) and other government agencies (OGAs) are scheduled to be onboarded to the platform between 2026 and 2028.
Both agencies, BIR and NTA, successfully completed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) 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 pilot go-live operation of the platform marks an important milestone in the government’s digital transformation efforts.
By bringing import, export, and transit-related processes into a single online system, the NSW-ITFP enables faster transactions, reduces paperwork, helps minimize smuggling, and improves coordination among government agencies.
Finance Secretary Frederick D. Go underscored the importance of the initiative in strengthening the country’s competitiveness and investment climate.
“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,” Sec. Frederick Go said.
Developed under a Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) Public-Private Partnership (PPP) 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.
