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

(b) Trade facilitation

4. Trade facilitation

Implementation of trade facilitation measures

and facilitation of trade (ASYCUDA)

Trade facilitation and logistics

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Subprogramme 4. Trade facilitation

SUBPROGRAMME 4. TRADE FACILITATION

Priority three International trade and trade facilitation

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

Trade facilitation and regional integration

Trade facilitation was also important.

Status of WTO negotiations on trade facilitation

One of those issues was trade facilitation.

Trade and transport facilitation and development

Trade and transport facilitation and development

Mr. David Wakeford, Trade Facilitation Alliance

(UN C 25 640) Trade facilitation

Capacity building in trade facilitation was of critical importance.

Trade facilitation as an engine for development

Introduction to implementation issues in trade facilitation

(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

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

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.

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

The Almaty Programme of Action identified trade facilitation as a priority.

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

Trade facilitation offers a development dividend for all countries.

Some experts highlighted the need for trade facilitation measures.

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.

Paragraph 32.51 In the first sentence, replace quot Trade Facilitation News quot with quot The UN ECE Journal on Trade Facilitation and EDIFACT quot .

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

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.

At the end of subparagraph (b), add quot , business information for trade, trade facilitation and telecommunications quot .

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.

Expert Meeting on Trade Facilitation as an Engine for Development

Private sector expectations from the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation