Customs authorities in Vanuatu say the early digitisation and streamlining of their border processes is paying dividends for the country's trade amid the pandemic.
All of the Pacific Island country's imports and exports are done online through a customised electronic single window system that is one of the most technologically advanced among the Pacific Island nations.
The manager of the project Stanley Trief joins me now.
Welkam wantok maybe first of all if you can explain the reason why Vanuatu decided very early on to ditch its paper based systems?
Cruise ship leaves Port Vila Photo: RNZ Walter Zweifel
