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project (co-funded by the European Commission), ETN has
already become established in European Commission
workgroups and the World Customs Organisation (WCO).
Kewill is currently developing Kewill CustomsXchange, a
fully integrated global solution bringing simplicity, local
expertise and transparency to customs compliance – which
uses the standards created as part of the ETN initiative.
This “network” solution can flexibly connect various
local country customs applications via a central technical
gateway, without users having to get into the detail of
various local requirements. If necessary, local support is
provided by the respective country partner, who is able
to explicitly deal with the characteristics of the local
customs administration and can draw on countryspecific
expertise accordingly.
The global span of Kewill means that CustomsXchange is
not limited simply to the European stage, it also has
connectivity into customs administrations in Asia and
North America.
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Trade and Logistics
The difficulties in operating one central global customs
application, described in the above paragraphs, have led
many companies to move towards the philosophy of a
“network” solution which maintains local presence and
expertise – and one which looks at the challenges of a
global customs network in a pragmatic way.
● About the author: Wolfgang Schwab started his career
working in IT in the insurance industry. In 1986 he
founded Computersoftware für Fachanwendungen (CSF),
a company focused on the development of software to
provide electronic customs clearance in Germany. Within
20 years, CSF became the market leader in the sector and
employed 80 people across four offices in Germany and
Switzerland. In 2006, CSF was acquired by Kewill and
Wolfgang remained as the Chief Operating Officer for
Kewill CSF. In April 2008, Wolfgang was appointed to his
current role of Chief Strategy Officer for Customs acting as
Kewill’s foremost expert on customs.
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The global
span of Kewill
means that
CustomsXchange
is not limited
simply to the
European stage,
it also has
connectivity into
customs
administrations
in Asia and
North America.
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