Trade facilitation

Trade and transport facilitation and development Trade facilitation and regional integration Private sector expectations from the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation Implementation of trade facilitation measures Conclusions and the way forward

Priority three International trade and trade facilitation

Trade facilitation and logistics

(iv) World Trade Organization (WTO) WTO Trade Facilitation

Trade facilitation and regional integration

Implementation of trade facilitation measures

Trade facilitation was also important.

Trade and transport facilitation and development

Trade and transport facilitation and development

Mr. David Wakeford, Trade Facilitation Alliance

Trade facilitation as an engine for development

Status of WTO negotiations on trade facilitation

Introduction to implementation issues in trade facilitation

One of those issues was trade facilitation.

The secretariat was also providing technical assistance to LDCs on identifying needs and priorities for trade facilitation and establishing trade facilitation platforms.

Mr. Omar E. Odarda, Trade Facilitation Alliance, Switzerland

Efficient transport and trade facilitation to improve participation

Topic Trade facilitation as an engine for development

The single window concept is a particularly important trade facilitation measure, as it provides a platform on which to build further trade facilitation programs.

(e) Establishment of a regional network in support of the above stated activities, using existing groups for trade facilitation and liberalization and national trade facilitation bodies, establishing a virtual community of users of innovative trade facilitation and information exchange tools

Regional organizations will play a key role in advancing trade facilitation and in implementing measures that may result from a multilateral agreement on trade facilitation.

Trade facilitation offers a development dividend for all countries.

Some experts highlighted the need for trade facilitation measures.

Capacity building in trade facilitation was of critical importance.

Efficient transport and trade facilitation to improve participation by developing countries in international trade

The implementation of trade facilitation measures needs to rely on local knowledge, build on regional trade and transport facilitation networks, and make use of existing tools.

South South and intra regional trade in particular would benefit from multilateral trade facilitation agreements.

Theme Efficient transport and trade facilitation to improve participation by developing countries in international trade

Expert Meeting on Trade Facilitation as an Engine for Development

Private sector expectations from the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation

(ii) Mr. Douglas Cruikshark, USAID Trade Facilitation and Investment Project

A number of UNCTAD member countries have introduced trade and transport facilitation committees with a view to improving coordination between different agencies when implementing trade and transport facilitation measures.

Developing countries stand to gain the most from improving trade facilitation.

Trade facilitation was one of the most requested topics for 2005.

This event addressed the basic issues of trade facilitation and the progress made by the WTO Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation (NGTF), taking into account the perspective of landlocked developing countries.

UNCTAD coordinated its activities in the field of trade and transport facilitation with other international organizations through the Global Facilitation Partnership (GFP).

However, trade facilitation issues too have received increased attention in recent years.

Experts said that trade and transport facilitation must not exclude physical infrastructure.

Ms. Marelia Martínez Rivas, Trade and Facilitation Consultant, Washington DC, United States

(ii) World Customs Organization (WCO) The World Customs Organization and Trade Facilitation

(iii) United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) Trade and Transit Transport Facilitation Recent Developments in UNCTAD

Experts analysed the relationship between trade and transport facilitation and development, trade facilitation in the context of regional integration, private sector expectations from the WTO negotiating process, as well as implementation issues.

E. Capacity building in support of trade integration, with emphasis on integrated trade information flow management and trade facilitation in Central Asia

to be effective and sustainable. One such mechanism is the Global Facilitation Partnership for Transportation and Trade (GFP), which provides extensive information on trade and transport facilitation, including documents, events and recent developments.