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Trade Facilitation for Efficient Global Business Processes

This article discusses the importance of interoperable and intersectoral standards in trade facilitation, involving government ministries, customs and border control agencies, exporters, importers, freight forwarders, software companies, banks, and SMEs. The article highlights the most requested priorities, such as the development and implementation of eBusiness standards, and explores other opportunities and concerns mentioned by various stakeholders.

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Trade Facilitation for Efficient Global Business Processes

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  1. UN/CEFACT Country Stakeholder Perspectives Virginia Cram-Martos Director UNECE Trade and Timber Division UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS United Nations Economic Commission for Europe

  2. Countries need interoperable, intersectoral standards Government Ministries of trade, transport, etc. Customs, Border Control Agencies, etc. Exporters, importers, freight forwarders, software companies banks, SMEs etc. Big companies and associations in various sectors Business

  3. Countries need Trade Facilitation Transport Customs TRADE FACILITATION “Simplification and standardisation of procedures and associated information flows required to move goods internationally from buyer to seller and to pass payment in the other direction” Exporters Freight Forwarders Finance Customsbrokers Insurance Importers Regulatory agencies ……..

  4. To Increase efficiency & competitiveness Government Customs, Border Control Agencies, etc. Ministries of trade, transport, etc. Exporters, importers, freight forwarders, software companies banks, SMEs etc. Big companies and associations in various sectors Business

  5. The most requested priority: The Development of eBusiness Standards • Including: • e-Invoicing (6 countries) • e-Procurement and e-Tendering (5 countries) • e-Customs, (1 country) • e-Phytosanitary certificates (1 country) • e-Transport (1 country)

  6. The 2nd most requested priority:Implementation (6 Countries) • As well as other, related priorities & opportunities: • Developing more case studies (1p+3o) • Increasing recognition, use and reference by national, regional & international organizations (2p) • Providing more implementation assistance (3o) • Increasing involvement by business and government (2p+1o) • Trade facilitation (1p) • WTO agreement implementation (1p)

  7. Other Priorities requested by 3 or 4 Countries Single Windows and related recommendations Cooperation with UBL and migration from UBL Standardization & Standards supporting interoperability UN electronic Trade Documents (UNeDocs)

  8. Priorities mentioned by 2 Countries • Buy-Ship-Pay (entire supply chain) • Establishment of Registry/Global trade data directory • Policy Guidance from Governments to CEFACT • Increased transparency, in particular more accessible information

  9. Opportunities/Concerns mentioned by 4 to 8 countries • Accelerate production of outputs (8) • Preparing more information materials: Case studies, implementation examples, non-technical information (4) • Clarifying UNeDocs next steps (4)

  10. Opportunities/Concerns mentioned by 3 countries • Improving Secretariat support: • For UN/CEFACT • For liaison • For support to national «Pro» organizations • Looking at backward compatibility issues and the timing of releases • Improving promotion and the website • Providing more assistance to countries for implementation

  11. Opportunities/Concerns mentioned by 2 countries • Making more information available in Russian • Increasing use/referencing by the European Commission • Improving public sector input and participation • Improving transparency

  12. Opportunities/Concerns mentioned by 1 country • Expanding the work to include other standards based on the core components technical specification • Implementing IPR Task Team Report Recommendations • Establishing a monitoring group to review project requests • Implementing the electronic Business, Government and Trade (eBGT) project • Making better use of current participants to promote UN/CEFACT recommendations

  13. UN/CEFACT Collaboration • With other Standards Development Organizations: through the e-business MoU and, in particular, with ISO TC154, OASIS (its UBL group) and ISO 20022. • With WCO: by reinforcing their participation and the MoU between UNECE and WCO • With WTO: by reinforcing UN/CEFACT’s input and supporting any eventual agreement on trade facilitation • With other international organizations: in the Global Facilitation Partnership for Trade and Transport with the World Bank, WCO, UNCTAD, ICC and UNIDO • With other UN regional commissions

  14. UN/CEFACT = Government and Business Working Together Government Business

  15. UN/CEFACT SIMPLE, TRANSPARENT AND EFFECTIVE PROCESSES FOR GLOBAL BUSINESS.

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