International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

Mr. Sandro Consoli, International Federation of Freight Forwarders Associations

Red passage declared freight is subject to detailed inspection Yellow passage declared freight is subject to partial inspection Green passage declared freight is released without inspection

Freight (15 ) 17 400

10. Air and surface freight

Commercial freight and cartage 17.5

J. Air and surface freight

The estimate also provides for other freight and related costs, including freight charges for the replenishment of the strategic deployment stocks.

2. Commercial freight and cartage 17 500

Physical infrastructure is inadequate or non existent rail freight in Africa is under 2 per cent of the world total, marine freight capacity amounts to 11 per cent and air freight less than 1 per cent.

Mr. Solomon A. Kasa, Tanzania Freight Forwarders Association, Dar es Salaam

Norway looks forward to discussing the way forward with the Afghan authorities and the international community in London in January.

drivers of passenger and freight vehicles (based on a list approved by the Government).

Draft article 2 put forward a wider definition of armed conflict to include both international and non international conflicts.

In terms of cargo tonnage, Singapore is behind Shanghai with 423 million freight tons handled.

In such cases the freight rate excludes the cost element for loading and or discharging.

A groundswell of new international initiatives will soon emerge to move this agenda forward.

We look forward to the international community's conclusion of a comprehensive convention against terrorism.

Major sea ports at Larne and Belfast carry passengers and freight between Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

In light industry, the impact in the form of higher prices and excess freight charges totalled 12,402,800.

It was suggested that the words an undertaking for should be inserted between the words against and the payment of freight to avoid the risk that the phrase against the payment of freight could be narrowly construed to exclude cases of future payment.

But foreign currency speculators and international investors are not looking forward to either of these scenarios.

We look forward to early progress in the International Criminal Court investigation into human rights violations.

His delegation looked forward to the high level dialogue on international migration and development in 2006.

Serious face to face talks, in accordance to international law and with the help of the international community, are the only way forward.

Indian roads carry 80 per cent of the country's passengers and 60 per cent of its freight traffic.

In addition, expenses were incurred for freight forwarding and associated insurance services for a total amount of 1,366,074.

It called upon the international donor community to come forward in support of such voluntary repatriation programmes.

His Government looked forward to continued participation in the process of harmonizing and unifying international trade law.

We urge the international community, especially the Arab world, to come forward and support the Iraqi people.

Higher freight rates of course also affected the competitiveness of those steel producers that mainly depend on export markets.

It would free both Serbia and the EU to move forward on Serbia s domestic reforms and international integration.

Accordingly, we look forward to the Third International Conference on Early Warning, to be held Bonn next March.

The Council has succeeded in keeping the momentum moving forward on international support for peace in the Sudan.

We look forward to the continued, timely publication of the next series of International Court of Justice reports.

We look forward, therefore, to increasing our cooperation with you and with the international community in this domain.

The official freight forwarder engaged for the Congress by the Thai National Organizing Committee is the Elite Transportation Service Ltd. The company offers a full range of services to international clients participating in conferences, exhibitions and similar events.

One big loser in this world will be the freight business (along with junkyards, logistics companies, and centralized recycling operations).

In 2002, the transport sector saw a revival of river transport and a marked increase in the volume of road freight, while air freight, which had begun to decline several years earlier, continued its downward trend, owing to its prohibitive cost, weak purchasing power and a sluggish domestic economy.

In Peru, some of our banks have worked with international freight forwarders to connect remote villages and small businesses to export markets through national postal services, turning more than 300 small firms into exporters, most for the first time.

Recent and ongoing activities include the establishment of an electronic trading platform, sanitary and phytosanitary import controls, export transaction analysis, shipping lines charges, implementation of conventions on international transport of goods (ATA TIR), and professional standards for freight forwarders.

In international negotiations, there is always a way forward if the benefits of an agreement are shared by all.

(e) Consider the way forward on developing the international arrangement on forests, including the necessary institutional and financial modalities.

We are looking forward to joining the International Thermonuclear Energy Reactor project involving nuclear fusion, as a full partner.

Given that positive momentum, the international community committed itself to support the parties in moving the peace process forward.