KABUL ONE-STOP SHOP UNITES AIR CARGO PROCEDURES

A ONE-stop shop has been opened, integrating controls for air cargo routed through Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport, Afghanistan. The goal is simplifying complex customs procedures hampering the export of goods by air.The unit will integrate administration required by the Afghanistan customs department; the ministries of finance; information and culture; mines and petroleum; public health; agriculture, irrigation, and livestock; and the Afghanistan National Standards Authority. The facility “significantly reduces the time required to export goods by ...


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