Press Release
For Immediate Release
Date: 7 May 2013
Total: 3 pages

NACCS CONCLUDES SERVICE PROVIDER AGREEMENT WITH
‘Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited’REGARDING ADVANCE FILING RULES

Kawasaki, Japan- 7 May 2013- Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated
System, Inc. (NACCS Center) concluded service provider agreement with ‘Tradelink
Electronic Commerce Limited’ (Hong Kong, China) to enable Carriers and NVOCCs inforeign countries, the filers of the newly enacted Japan’s Advance Filing Rules, toreport electronically through NACCS to Japan Customs.
With 12 service providers (10 overseas and 2 Japanese) in total including Tradelink
Electronic Commerce Limited, NACCS Center is building a cooperative framework tobe fully ready for the electronic filings from overseas.

■Contact Information on this PR:
Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc.
Planning and Research Department (Takaaki Kanrei, Hidetoshi Aramaki)
Solid Square West Tower 8th Fl. 580 Horikawa-cho, Saiwai-ku,
Kawasaki city, Kanagawa, Japan
E-mail: afr-c@naccs.jp
For further information, please visit Advance Filing Rules website. NACCS Center opens thissite as an integrated information platform of the rules. Information on operational issues ofthe rules, list of authorized Service Providers, and information on 'Advance Filing Rules
Educational Seminars' at major cities in the world will be available on thissite. http://www.naccscenter.com/afr/.

1◆ Nippon Automated Cargo and Port Consolidated System, Inc.
Mr. Takuo Yoshimoto, President & CEO
I am very pleased to inform you that NACCS Center and Tradelink concluded the service
provider agreement on Advance Filing Rules today.
Headquartered in Hong Kong, the third largest port in the world by the yearly container
throughput, Tradelink has provided numerous customers in Hong Kong with considerable
logistics solutions such as e-submission services of government documents. In this respect,welcoming Tradelink as a service provider which has strong ties with Carriers and NVOCCs,
the filers of Advance Filing Rules, makes a significant step to ensure smooth operations ofthe Rules.
Tradelink and NACCS Center have been building cooperation as a member of PAA(Pan-Asian e-Commerce Alliance: consists of 11 companies providing electronic system forinternational logistics in Asia). We are further going to keep cooperating closely to build thesystem and also to provide information to relevant parties.

◆ Service Provider (Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited)
Mr. WU Wai Chung, Michael, Executive Director & CEO
Established in 1988, Tradelink Electronic Commerce Limited is a leading provider ofe-commerce services for both Hong Kong and international business communities. Over theyears, by perfecting its infrastructure and developing services that meet users’ needs,
Tradelink has earned the trust and support of the trading community; enabling it to standfirmly as dominant player in the e-commerce market. Since 1997, Tradelink has beenproviding Government Electronic Trading services (GETS) for the trading community, initiallywith a 7-year exclusive franchise (1997-2003), followed by two renewed licences of a periodof six years (2004-2009) and seven years (2010-2016) respectively. On 28 October 2005,
Tradelink was listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (StockCode: 0536).
“We are delighted to announce our partnership with NACCS as an authorized service
provider that offers solutions to our carrier customers for submission of cargo information
through NACCS in compliance with Japan’s new Advance Filing Rules. We are devoted tofacilitating our customers’ cross-border trading by providing comprehensive, efficient andsecure e-commerce services to meet local and overseas Customs requirements. We havebeen offering similar services for advance cargo information submissions to the US,
Canadian and the EU Customs since their implementation of the relevant regulations. And
through our local partner in China, our customers can provide manifest submissions to HK
Customs and PRC Customs through one common user interface. With the introduction of2

the Advance Filing Rules in Japan, our close cooperation with NACCS allows us to extend
our solutions further to meet Japan’s new Customs regulations; enriching our service
offering and enabling us to better serve our customers.” said Mr. Michael WU Wai-Chung, ,Chief Executive Officer of Tradelink.

(Note)
1. Both parties reached a settlement on concluding the service provider agreement during
the period of 43rd PAA meeting (25-26 April, 2013).
2. Picture was taken at Sheraton Hong Kong Hotel & Towers.
(The venue of 43rd PAA meeting)
3. Person on the left: Mr. Takuo Yoshimoto, President & CEO, NACCS Center.
Person on the right: Mr. WU Wai Chung, Michael, Executive Director & CEO, Tradelink.

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