PAN-ASIAN E-COMMERCE ALLIANCE to Launch a New Roadmap for Collaboration in Paperless Trade
Thailand, 9 December 2016 – The 54th Pan-Asian e-Commerce Alliance (PAA) Steering Committee meeting, hosted by CAT Telecom Public Company Limited (CAT), was held from 8th to 9th December 2016 in Thailand. Members from 11 economies embarked on new initiatives for PAA and cross border paperless trade from their discussion and domain knowledge sharing.
At the welcome dinner, Mr. Somyot Tanapirunthorn, Executive Vice President of CAT welcomed PAA members and appreciated their contribution in enhancing trade facilitation. He also shared the developments in CAT which is evolving its ecommerce business from exchanging electronic documents to electronic payment services. Facing the advancements in information technology, both CAT and PAA should rise to the challenges and tap the market potential.
PAA Chairman, Mr. Francis Lopez, drew attention to the PAA members’ effort to strengthen our market position in our respective economies by their comprehensive domain knowledge. “By leveraging on the PAA platform, PAA members not only benefits from the experience sharing solutions in paperless trade, we also expand our businesses through different bilateral cross border projects. In this meeting, two MOUs were signed to accelerate cross border connectivity. The first was between InterCommerce (Philippines) and Trade-Van (Taiwan) and the second was between DagangNet (Malaysia) and Trade-Van (Taiwan). Further, the recognition and appreciation from the international organizations fully demonstrate PAA’s value and influence in paperless trade on the global stage.” Mr. Lopez said.
To maintain the leading position in paperless trade and seize the market opportunity, PAA members discussed a new roadmap for PAA. Learning from the experience in projects and connectivity among members, the PAA members would be able to provide a platform for trade, logistics and financial information exchange.
The Pan Asian Exchange, PAA's B2B eMarketplace is growing steadily, and the food and beverage sector was identified as focus area to support initiatives on agri-food supply chain, SME development and food security.
The 55th PAA Steering Committee Meeting will be held in Taipei on 10th to 11th May 2017. PAA will take this opportunity to improve public and private partnership with government agencies at the Taipei meeting.
About Pan-Asian e-Commerce Alliance
The Pan-Asian e-Commerce Alliance (“PAA”) aims to promote and provide secure, trusted, reliable and value-adding IT infrastructure and facilities to enhance seamless trade globally. PAA was founded in 2000. Current PAA Members comprise CAT of Thailand, CIECC of China, CrimsonLogic of Singapore, Dagang Net of Malaysia, InterCommerce of the Philippines, KTNET of Korea, NACCS of Japan, TEDMEV of Macao SAR, Tradelink of Hong Kong SAR, Trade-Van of Taiwan and PT EDI-I of Indonesia. Combined customer base of the PAA members now exceeds 340,000 organisations, representing almost all active trading enterprises in the Asian market. For more information about PAA, visit http://www.paa.net.
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PAA Secretariat
Attention: Iris Tsang
Direct: +852 2161 4370
Fax: +852 2506 0188
Email: iris.tsang@tradelink.com.hk