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ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework: Guiding Tool for Trade Facilitation

This framework aims to assess, prioritize, and implement trade facilitation measures to reduce bottlenecks in international trade. It includes guidelines and activities for institutional capacity building and trade document alignment.

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ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework: Guiding Tool for Trade Facilitation

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  1. UNSCAP Trade FacilitationActivities Kaori Yasuoka Economic Affairs Officer Trade and Investment Division

  2. UNESCAP TRADE FACILITATION FRAMEWORK A Guiding Tool for Trade Facilitation

  3. ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework Objectives • To assess the levels and stages of trade facilitation • To identify problem areas where trade facilitation measures are not in place • To prioritize the facilitation needs • To identify corresponding facilitation measures • To identify ESCAP roles

  4. ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework Stage Ai Collect feedback, analyze, assess and prioritize the needs Stage Aii Establish the Facilitation Institutional Structure Trade Finance Infrastructure Development Stage Bii Simplify, standardize and harmonize import-export and Customs procedures and documentation Stage Biii Implement effective trade and Customs enforcement Stage Biv Implement effective information dissemination Stage Bvi Review and assessment of results Stage Bi Revise Trade and Customs Laws and Regulations Stage Bv Apply Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

  5. ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework Guidelines and Country Status ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework

  6. ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework

  7. Institutional Capacity Building for Facilitating Trade and Transport in the landlocked and transit countries Objective: Governments adopt policies and plans to reduce non-physical bottlenecks in international trade and transport through establishing/strengthening national trade and transport facilitation committees

  8. Institutional Capacity Building for Facilitating Trade and Transport in the Landlocked and Transit countries Activity I - Institution Development To set up a structure for public-private partnership in support of trade facilitation • Review the progress and effectiveness of the national and inter-country coordination • Review the UN recommendations and other good practices for trade and transport facilitation • UNCEFACT Recommendation No. 4 • Recommend national and inter-country coordination mechanism and work programmes

  9. Institutional Capacity for Facilitating Trade and Transport in the landlocked and transit countries Activity II: Trade Document Alignment To reduction the number of documents and procedures in the short term • Collect trade documents in use • Map out the flow of trade documents and procedures together with responsible government agencies • Identify and propose the simplification and harmonization of trade documents and procedures to the governments

  10. Collected 76 trade documents in use – Cambodia, Myanmar and Viet Nam Aligned 49 trade documents to the UN Layout Key Combined 22 documents into 11 documents Removed non critical fields Recommended the use of ISO codes for currency, country and port Submitted the aligned trade documents to the Governments ESCAP Capacity Building - Trade Documentation

  11. Thank you

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