The Trade Facilitation Program supports individuals and organizations seeking assistance for their cross boarder trade. We assist individuals and organizations in identifying their particular trade and transport facilitation needs and priorities, and help them program the implementation of specific trade and transport facilitation measures.
We provide relevant information and training material, and provide technical assistance through projects.
We help clients to ;
- Identify existing constraints to cross-border trade
- Design and plan for practical reform strategies
- Increase the predictability, transparency, and harmonization of systems in line with international standards covering import, export, and transit activities.
Areas of Assistance
- Supporting and meeting the related notification requirements
- Undertaking Assessments and implementation of reform action plans
- Supporting the establishment and strengthening of Trade Facilitation Committees
- Assisting with the design of risk-based approaches to help with border clearance
- Leveraging regional partnerships and knowledge sharing to ensure optimal delivery of support
Our program helps reduce the burden of complying with border procedures while strengthening cross-border trade relations reducing the time and cost of moving goods around and promoting more inclusive trade reducing trade cost.
