UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch: Contribution to transport and trade facilitation issues

1. UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch:Contributiontotransport and trade facilitation issues

2. UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch Sections:Trade Facilitation Transport Legal and Policy

3. UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch Activities:Meetings and seminars Research and publications Technical cooperation projects

4. UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch Activities:Meetings and seminars Research and publications Technical cooperation projects

5. Expert Meetings on Trade Facilitation

6. Expert and intergovernmental meetings • Experts meetings: • Trade Facilitation, Nov. 2002 • MT & logistics services, Sept. 2003 • Transit transport arrangements, Nov. 2004 • TF as an engine for Development, Sept. 2005 • ICT Solutions to Facilitate Trade at Border Crossings & Ports, Oct. 2006 • Intergovernmental meetings: • Almaty Parallel Event on Trade Facilitation, Aug. 2003 • Meeting of Trade Ministers of LLDCs to facilitate their effective participation in the Doha Round of trade negotiations, Asunción, Paraguay, 10 August 2005

7. Conference on ICT and Logistics

8. Workshops on WTO – Negotiationson Trade Facilitation

9. Port Training Programme in Cambodia

10. UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch Activities:Meetings and seminars Research and publications Technical cooperation projects

11. Review of Maritime Transport

12. UNCTAD Transport Newsletter Quarterly Electronic distribution Articles, and news about publication and events

14. Studies e.g. on legal aspects of international trade

15. UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch Activities:Meetings and seminars Research and publications Technical cooperation projects

16. Global Projects: e.g. “Capacity building in developing countries to support their effective participation in the WTO Negotiations Process on Trade Facilitation” Technical Notes Workshops

17. Global Projects:e.g. “Support to trade facilitation platforms in developing countries” Focus on two types of trade facilitation platforms: facilitation bodies single window facilities.

18. Global Projects:e.g. “Capacity Building in Trade and Transport Facilitation for Land Locked and Transit Developing Countries ” Cluster-corridor approach • Corridor stakeholders are linked by a demand and supply relationship. • Clusters to improve day-to-day operations and find medium and long-term solutions.

19. Sea Cluster Inland Cluster Border Cluster Networked clusters Land Locked Country Transit Country

20. Corridor performance “shareholders” • Transport Ministry • Customs • Customs brokers • Freight forwarders • Carriers • Port authorities • Terminal operators • Shipping lines

21. Corridor:Arica – La Paz Corridor:Bangkok - Vientiane Corridor:Walvis Bay - Gaborone Three Pilot Sites

22. Clusters versus Committees • Committees: • Top down government led approach. • Emphasis on policy and regulations. • Require cooperation of higher ranked government and private sector representatives. • Clusters: • Peer to peer approach. • Emphasis on operational solutions. • Require information sharing and joint actions. • Clusters may be seen as local alternative to Committees.

23. Fit in regional activities • Synergies with institutional developments in ASEAN and GMS agreements. • National Transit Transport Coordinating Committees (NTTCC) and Transit Transport Coordinating Board (TTCB). • National Transport Facilitation Committee (NTFC). • National initiatives and programmes in Lao PDR and Thailand – Viet Nam. • Relationship with Integrated Framework activities. • Trade and transport facilitation diagnostic.

24. Global Projects: e.g. Customs Automation

25. Transit CUSCAR, DCI Manifest Cargo arrival Selectivity & Risk Management Transit shed Storage of goods CUSDEC, DTI Declaration Temporary Admission Economic & suspense procedures Customs Warehouse Temporary Export Inward/Outward Processing Electronic payments Accounting Deferred payment, Pre-payment, Cash Transit shed Cargo release Trade balance, Data mining ... Statistics & Audit ASYCUDA Covers the Full Clearance Process

26. Statistical Database Data Consolidation National Customs Database ASYCUDA Standards & User-defined Reports Customs Offices Data Extraction Ad Hoc developed applications And commercial packages National Statistics agency, Eurotrace, Intl. organizations WHAT ? WHO ? Reports, Drawings, Charts, On line queries…

27. ASYCUDA Achievements • Since 1982 • More than 80 countries using ASYCUDA to clear goods • Implementation of norms and standards: WCO SAD ISO • Customs administration capacity building • Foundation of an international group of 100 experts • Development of the ASYCUDA software products

28. ASYCUDA World operation • 15,000,000 Customs clearance operations per year: • 60,000 Declarations per working-day (255d/year) • 7,500 Declarations per working-hour (8h/day) • 50,000,000 Database transactions per year: • Distributed on 22,000 computers • User interface in 18 languages • Impact on: • 241 billion $ [3.9%]of world imports values* (CIF) • 230 billion $ [3.7%] of world exports values* (FOB) * Source: UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics

29. Integrated country projects: e.g. Afghanistan • Emergency Customs Modernization and Trade Facilitation project To increase Government revenues from Customs through: (a) better administration and collection of existing customs revenues; and (b) facilitating trade and transit to increase the customs revenue base. Incl. ASYCUDA

30. Key areas of intervention • Customs Automation (ASYCUDA) • TF Policy and Strategy Developmentat MoCe • Operational Audit of TF-related MoCe depart.s & recommendations • Setting up a National Trade Facilitation Committee • Assistance towards accession to WTO • Benchmarking Trade Facilitation costs/times • Information, Education and Communication (IEC) on TF issues • Reform and Modernization of Goods Transport and Transit • Review & improvement of key bi-, multi-lateral and regional transit agreements • Customs Transit Regime and TIR Implementation • Reform and modernization of trucking and freight forwarding industries • Alignment of procedures & documents on international standards & practices

31. Integrated country projects: e.g. Pakistan • Promotion of trade andtransport sectors Addressing trade and transport facilitation measuresand its implementation

32. Cooperative work • With all UN Regional Commissions and other agencies such as: ITC, UNIDO, IMO, WB, IMF; • With intergovernmental organizations such as WTO, WCO, OECD; • With business sectors institutions such as ICC, FIATA, IAPH.

33. Need for Partnerships • Partnerships can play an important role in the effective implementation of trade and transport facilitation measures by increasing developing countries’ participation in global trade. • Multilateral platforms assist in achieving this goal: • The UN-Trade Facilitation Cooperation Scheme; • The Global Facilitation Partnership for Transportation and Trade (www.gfptt.org).

34. www.gfptt.org

35. www.gfptt.org Topics covered

36. www.gfptt.org 800 reference readings

37. www.gfptt.org Regularly updated agenda

38. www.gfptt.org Also…News, information on projects and training, discussion fora, et al. GFP meetings twice per yearRegistered partners receive e-mail updates on topics selected by them

39. www.gfptt.org Core Partners

40. www.gfptt.org 187 regular partners and you can become a partner too!

41. Maxence Orthlieb(maxence.orthlieb@unctad.org) José Rubiato(jose.rubiato@unctad.org) Regina Asariotis(regina.asariotis@unctad.org) Jan Hoffmann(jan.hoffmann@unctad.org) THANK YOU! Peter Faust(peter.faust@unctad.org) Trade Logistics Branch Division for Services Infrastructure for Development and Trade Efficiency