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ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework: A guiding tool (English, Russian)


Author(s): Trade and Investment Division (TID)
Economic Sector(s): (1) Trade expansion, trade promotion and export development
ESCAP Reference No.: ST/ESCAP/2327
Division/Office: Trade and Investment
Published Date: 21 June 2004
Country: {Non-country Specific Publication}
Hard Copy Price: US$ 12.00


ESCAP Trade Facilitation Framework is a guiding tool for Governments to assess problems, bottlenecks and stages of the trade facilitation system. The Framework is intended to assist Governments to prioritize trade facilitation requirements as well as formulate trade facilitation policies and strategies. The Framework covers the major stages of trade facilitation, including assessment of needs; establishment of a trade facilitation institutional structure; revision of trade and customs laws and regulations; simplification, standardization and harmonization of trade documentation and procedures; trade and customs enforcement; implementation of information dissemination; and application of information and communication technologies.




(Russian  version)
CONTENTS


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INTRODUCTION
  1. Trade development and its economic significance
  2. Trade development stragegy
  3. Implications of trade facilitation
  4. Key components of trade facilitation
  5. Development of the ESCAP trade facilitation framework
  6. ESCAP trade facilitation framework
    Stage Ai:   Collect feedback, analyse, assess and
    prioritize needs
    Stage Aii:  Establish the trade facilitation
    institutional structure
    Stage Bi:    Revise trade and customs laws and regulations
    Stage Bii:   Simplify, standardize and harmonize import-
    export documentation and customs procedures
    Stage Biii:   Implement effective trade and customs
    enforcement
    Stage Biv:   Implement effective information dissemination
    Stage Bv:   Applying information and communication
    technology
    Stage Bvi:   Review and assessment of results
Annex
  1. Study of the current trade facilitation situation
  2. Case study: Electronic trade document system development
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