Implementation of trade facilitation measures

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

Some experts highlighted the need for trade facilitation measures.

Trade facilitation

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.

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.

(b) Trade facilitation

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Trade facilitation and logistics

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Subprogramme 4. Trade facilitation

SUBPROGRAMME 4. TRADE FACILITATION

Priority three International trade and trade facilitation

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.

quot (v) Trade facilitation production of a compendium of trade facilitation measures and efforts applicability to different types of countries proposals to diminish transaction costs and documentation related tasks

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

Trade facilitation and regional integration

Trade facilitation was also important.

and facilitation of trade (ASYCUDA)

The issue of the cost of trade facilitation measures was raised several times, and fears were expressed that the gap between LDCs and developed countries would increase because of the lack of available financial resources to implement trade facilitation measures.

Trade and transport facilitation and development

Trade and transport facilitation and development

Mr. David Wakeford, Trade Facilitation Alliance

(UN C 25 640) Trade facilitation

Important benefits of trade and transport facilitation measures relate to time savings, which often outweigh direct cost savings.

facilitation measures in the region. It was argued that differing capacities among countries in the region and individual circumstances require an overarching body to oversee and coordinate implementation of trade and transport facilitation measures.

The Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) initiated a trade transport facilitation project designed to set up a consultative mechanism through which key stakeholders involved in international trade and transport could agree on trade facilitation policy measures.

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.

(i) Advisory services briefing and training of national Governments on WTO issues briefing and training on trade facilitation measures

(b) Trade development promotion and facilitation to increase intra PTA trade

In fact, several specific trade facilitation measures, including those related to transit trade and coordination at border crossings, are often included in the trade promotion agendas of regional organizations.

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

Experience in some African countries suggests that successful implementation of trade facilitation measures relies on public private partnerships, cooperation with regional trade and transport facilitation networks, political will, and the inclusion of private sector stakeholders in capacity building programmes.

Several reports on national experiences suggested that trade and transport facilitation measures can have positive effects for a country's general development.

Trade facilitation offers a development dividend for all countries.

Capacity building in trade facilitation was of critical importance.

E. Interregional cooperation in energy, trade facilitation and transport

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