by Eleanor A. Rapanut
THE NTA Governing Board has approved the guidelines and procedure for the mandatory online transactions in its regulatory functions, in a board meeting held October 13 at the NTA Central Office in Quezon City.
Mandatory online transactions include application, processing and issuance of license to import, export and transship tobacco leaf, tobacco products, heated tobacco products, other tobacco-related supplies, materials and spare parts, and application, processing and issuance of import/export/transshipment commodity clearances.
According to Regulation Department Manager Atty. Rohbert A. Ambros, the said guidelines and procedure is a requirement for the integration of the regulatory processes into a fully online and interoperable platform with other trade regulatory government agencies (TRGAs) with TradeNet, the Philippine government’s online trading facilitation portal.
“Aside from streamlining our processes in compliance with the requirements of Ease in Doing Business and Efficient Government Services Delivery Act of 2018, NTA will adopt no-contact policy to protect the health of our clients and employees in compliance with the government directive for stringent social distancing and community quarantine measures to contain the spread of COVID 19,” said Ambros.
To proceed with online transactions, applicants for licenses and clearances must have their own TradeNet account and profile. Upon activation, they must fill out license/clearance forms provided by the TradeNet and upload digital copies of required documents.
Payments of processing and other necessary fees shall be deposited to NTA Transhipper Account at Land Bank of the Philippines. After payment, the applicant must upload the copy of bank validated deposit slip to TradeNet. Once approved, the applicant will receive an electronic notification.
The guidelines will take effect after 15 days of publication and upon the availability of the TradeNet.gov.ph portal to the public.
For further queries, applicants may call the Regulation Department at telephone numbers 8372-3178 or send your message to rd_nta07@yahoo.com.