| |
|
|
Regional Expert Group Meeting on Trade and
Transport Facilitation for Export Competitiveness
Date
|
25-26 September 2008 |
Venue
|
Yangzhou, China |
Organizers
|
UNESCAP Trade and Investment Division
The Municipal Government of Yangzhou, China |
Objective
|
The objectives of the Regional Expert Group Meeting are as follows:
- Examine the links between trade/transport facilitation and export competitiveness;
- Assess the impact of trade/transport facilitation on export competitiveness;
- Explore ways to enhance export competitiveness through trade/transport facilitation;
- Identify the best practices of enhancing export competitiveness through trade/transport facilitation;
- Share information on the latest development of trade facilitation in the region;
- Provide policy recommendations on follow-up actions and programmes on trade/transport facilitation for export competitiveness.
|
Documentation
|
Summary
Opening
statement
 Dr. Noeleen Heyzer, Under-Secretary-General of the
United Nations and Executive Secretary of UNESCAP
Presentations:
Session 1: Enhancement of Export Competitiveness through Trade
and Transport Facilitation
Regional Trade Facilitation and Export Competitiveness:
The Role of UNESCAP
Joong-Wan Cho, Chief, TPS/TID, UNESCAP
Enhancing Asia’s Trade: Transportation Costs Matter
Prabir De, Fellow, RISDC, India
Regional Transport Facilitation - Challenges and Way
Ahead
Li Yuwei, Economic Affairs Officer, Transport
Division, UNESCAP
Cambodia Logistics
Mr. Sin Chanthy, Cambodia Freight Forwarder
Association
uTradeHub - Korea’s strategy for trade facilitation
Youngman Koh, Korea Paperless Trade Center,
Korea International Trade Association(KITA)
The Cost of Not Implementing Trade Facilitation
T. Shanthi A. De Silva, Chief Technical Advisor,
Trade Facilitation Consultancy Service, Sri lanka
Session 2: Regional Cooperation on Trade and Transport
Facilitation to Enhance Export Competitiveness
Regional Cooperation on Trade and Transport
Facilitation to Enhance Export Competitiveness
Florian A. Alburo, School of Economics, University
of the Philippines, Center for the Advancement of
Trade Integration and Facilitation
Enhancing export competitiveness through trade
and transport facilitation
Simon Molloy, Associate Expert, Institute for
International Trade, Australia
Services Liberalization: Global and Regional
Perspectives
Shintaro Hamanaka, Asian Development Bank
Session 3: National Experiencde in Enhancing Export Competitive-
ness through Trade and Transport Facilitation
National Experience in Enhancing Export
Competitiveness Through Trade and Transport Facilitation
Mustafa Mohiuddin, Joint Secretary(export), Ministry of
Commerce, Bangladesh
Cambodia's Experience in Enhancing Export
Competitiveness Through Trade and Transport
Facilitation
Nop Sophorndara, Department of Multilateral Trade,
Ministry of Commerce, Cambodia
Customs Modernization and Implications for Export
Competitiveness: China Customs Experience
Zhang Shujie, Technical Attaché, WCO Regional Office
for Capacity Building (ROCB)
eTrade – Facilitating international trade in India
R.K. Arora, Deputy General Manager (Systems),
eTrade Project, India
Trade and Transport Facilitation: The Malaysian
Experience and Milestones
M.H. Md. Damiri, Services Development Division,
Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI),
Malaysia
Trade and Transport Facilitation in Pakistan
Javaid Mansoor, Executive Secretary, National
Trade and Transport Facilitation Committee, Pakistan
Enhancing Export Competitiveness through Trade
and Transport Facilitation: Sri Lankan Experience
Suwendrani Jayaratna, Institute of Policy Studies of
Sri Lanka
e-Customs Thailand Experiences
Leck Kasemsuksakul, Chief Appraiser, Customs
Standard Procedure and Valuation Bureau, Thailand
National Experience in Enhancing Export Competitiveness
Through Trade and Transport Facilitation
Mustafa Mohiuddin, Bangladesh
Lao's experience on trade and transport facilitation for
export competitiveness
Khemdeth Sihavong, Director, Department of Import
and Export, Ministry of Industry and Commerce,
Lao PDR
Mongolia: Trade and Transport Facilitation for Export
Competitiveness
BayarbatSangajav, Deputy Director, Policy
Coordination & Strategic Planning Department,
Ministry of Industry and Trade
AEO Pilot Scheme in Vietnam Customs
Hoang Huy Hoang, General Department of Viet Nam
Customs
|
Participants
|
Programme
List of participants |
Contact
|
Mr. Joong-Wan Cho
Chief, Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section
Trade and Investment Division, UNESCAP
Tel: (66-2) 288-2077
Fax: (66-2) 288-1027, 288-3066
E-mail: choj@un.org
Mr. Peng Bin
Economic Affairs Officer
Trade Efficiency and Facilitation Section
Trade and Investment Division
UNESCAP
Tel: (66-2) 288-2456
Fax: (66-2) 288-1027, 288-3066
Email: pengb@un.org |
|
|
Last updated: 20 October 2008 |
|
|
