MONDAY, JULY 9, 1990
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MORE FIRMS USING DISKETTE SUBMISSION SCHEME
MORE
TRADING
FIRMS ARE NOW USING THE DISKETTE AND MORE
IN JULY LAST YEAR, TO INTRODUCED
LODGE SUBMISSION SCHEME,
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS DECLARATIONS, IMPORT AND EXPORT STATISTICS DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (MONDAY).
THEIR AND
ARE PARTICIPATING
EACH MONTH,
"BY THE END OF LAST MONTH, ABOUT 500 FIRMS IN THE SCHEME, SUBMITTING MORE THAN 40,000 DECLARATIONS HE SAID.
JULY
1989 1, THE SCHEME WAS INTRODUCED IN INCREASING NUMBER OF FIRMS NOW HANDLING THEIR TRADE COMPUTERS.
OF
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IN VIEW
THE DOCUMENTATION BY
"IT PROVIDES TRADING FIRMS WITH AN ADDITIONAL OPTION TO DECLARATIONS ON MICRO-COMPUTER DISKETTES.
SUBMIT
CAN PREPARE AND LODGE "THROUGH THE USE OF COMPUTER, TRADERS
EFFICIENT THEIR IMPORT AND EXPORT DECLARATIONS IN A MORE ACCURATE AND WAY,
THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"THE NUMBERS OF PARTICIPATING FIRMS AND DECLARATIONS IN THE SCHEME ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO GROW STEADILY,
HE SAID FEEDBACK FROM PARTICIPANTS INDICATED WORK, THEIR DECLARATION HAD GREATLY FACILITATED PREPARATION, SUBMISSION AND SIGNING OF DECLARATIONS.
"
SUBMITTED
HE ADDED.
THAT THE SCHEME PARTICULARLY
THE
PREPARING MINUTES
ACCORDING TO THE PARTICIPANTS, THEIR EFFORT SPENT ON DECLARATIONS HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLY REDUCED, FROM ABOUT EIGHT
TO FOUR MINUTES, PER DECLARATION BEFORE JOINING REPRESENTING A REDUCTION OF 50 PER CENT.
THE
SCHEME
THE SPOKESMAN SAID AS ASSESSMENT OF DECLARATION CHARGES AT
WAS NOW BEING DONE
COMPUTER, BY DECLARATION COLLECTION OFFICES
AND CHARGES AT TRADE DECLARATIONS EFFICIENCY IN COLLECTING COLLECTION COUNTERS HAD BEEN IMPROVED CONSIDERABLY.
THE
THE
TO
THAN FOUR LESS NEED
SPEND, ON AVERAGE, "TRADERS ONLY
MORE THAN 100 CONTAINING IN
A DISKETTE SUBMITTING MINUTES
NO
THE REQUIRED MORE QUEUING DECLARATIONS. THERE IS VIRTUALLY COLLECTION OFFICES FOR USERS OF THE SCHEME.
AT
"FOR DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED IN PAPER, IT
THE
MINUTE TO PROCESS EACH DECLARATION HENCE 50 MINUTES WILL BE REQUIRED FOR PROCESSING 100 DECLARATIONS.
ON THE SAME DISKETTE,
SUMMARY FORM,"
HE
"MOREOVER, FOR DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED ONLY ONE SIGNATURE IS REQUIRED TO BE ENTERED ON A SAID.
AT
TAKES ABOUT HALF A COLLECTION COUNTERS
AND
/TO TRADERS