A Joint Border Management System (JBMS), to modernize the customs and for enabling quick processing of goods passing in and out of New Zealand, has been launched by New Zealand’s Customs Service and Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI). This large project worth of NZD 89 million (USD 70.9 million) is being rolled out in two phases (tranches) to ensure thorough testing prior to delivery. In the meantime, the existing border systems will continue till December 2014 when the new system will get mandatory. The first phase of the project features the Trade Single Window (TSW) that allows exporters, importers, brokers, agents and other concerned in the cargo industry to submit all shipment details electronically at a single place rather than to various Government Agencies thus reducing the processing time. The current craft and cargo reporting messages are now replaced with the new messages based on version 3 of World Customs Organization’s international trade data model. Also known as WCO3, these new messages contain the information needed by each of the Government Agencies. In the second phase of the project, plans are there to fully replace background systems with JBMS and to further enhance the TSW.