TABLE of CONTENTS

Preface

Abbreviations

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

PART ONE: Background

I. INTRODUCTION

A. Scope of ICT facilitation

B. Methodological approach

II. CHALLENGES IN DEVELOPING TRADE AND TRANSPORT

A. Building relations with transit neighbours

B. Challenge or opportunity of landlocked developing countries

1. Administrative procedures

2. Major constraints in border processing .

3. Infrastructural development for rail and road transit

PART TWO: GUIDELINES ON ICT APPLICATIONS FOR TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION

III. ICT IN TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION

A. How ICT can facilitate trade and transport?

B. Driving forces of ICT integration in trade

1. Technological advances

2. E-commerce development

3. Economic pressure for WTO accession

C. Regional and national stakeholders

D. Policy perspectives .

IV. THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF AN AUTOMATED TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION REGIME

A. Fundamental building blocks

B. Trading partner communications

C. The role of the electronic “Single Window”

D. Types of data exchanged in the trade process

E. Automating internal processes

F. ICT audit for trade and transport facilitation

V. GUIDELINES TO ICT APPLICATIONS IN TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION

A. Overview

B. Phase I: Preparation

1. Deciding on institutional arrangements

2. Mapping of stakeholders, potential partners, and sources of influence

3. Researching “Best Practice”

4. Assessing awareness among key stakeholders

5. Assessing of e-readiness

6. Mapping transaction processes and documents

a. Typical responsibilities of importers

b. Typical responsibilities of exporters

c. Documents used in processing import

d. Documents used in processing export

7. Examining legal and regulatory framework

8. Consulting stakeholders

C. Phase II: Planning

1. Creating a vision

2. Reengineering the process

3. Gauging the gap to be closed: Gap Analysis

4. Developing the plan

5. Determining the risk analysis

D. Phase III: implementation

1. System design and specifications

2. Bidding and selection of contractor

3. Preparation of contract

4. Project implementation

E. Phase IV: Monitoring and evaluation

VI. OVERVIEW OF COUNTRY SITUATIONS

A. Kazakhstan

B. Kyrgyz Republic

C. Lao People’s Democratic Republic

D. Mongolia

E. Tajikistan

F. Uzbekistan

VII. KEY INITIATIVES

VIII. BEST PRACTICES OF TRADE AND TRANSPORT FACILITATION USING ICT

A. Best practice vision

B. Clusters of TTF automation

1. Supply chains and trade professionals

2. Customs automation

3. Automated PIA

4. Port community systems

5. Airports

6. River ports

7. Border crossings and landlocked countries

8. Inland (dry) ports

9. Dangerous goods

10. Extended customs services: cooperative international systems

11. Intelligent transport systems (ITS)

C. Current examples of best practice

D. Best practice TTF model

E. Case of Singapore

F. Representative LLDC TTF practice and model

G. Impact of processes on costs

H. LLDC TTF practices: comments

REFERENCES

ANNEX

Annex I   Country Reviews

A. Kazakhstan

B. Kyrgyzstan

C. Lao People’s Democratic Republic 0

D. Mongolia

E. Tajikistan

F. Uzbekistan

Annex II   Examples of global supply chain initiatives

Annex III  ICT applications in trade and transport facilitation: Legal issues

Annex IV   ASYCUDA and global customs automation