Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)


Trade Facilitation Handbook for the Greater Mekong Subregion
(ST/ESCAP/2224)






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CONTENTS

List of abbreviations
Foreword
  1. AN INTRODUCTION TO TRADE FACILITATION
    1. Trade Facilitation: Definitions
    2. Trade Facilitation and Trade Development Strategy
    3. Importance and Benefits of Trade Facilitation
    4. The Costs of Trade Facilitation
    5. Parties Involved in Trade Facilitation
    6. Trader's Trade Facilitation Needs
    7. Toward a Consensus on Trade Facilitation in
      Asia and the Pacific
    8. Conclusion
    9. For Further Reading...

  2. TRADE FACILITATION PROGRAMMES OF
    INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
    1. Trade Facilitation and the World Trade Organization
    2. Trade Facilitation and the World Customs Organization
    3. Trade Facilitation and the United Nations
    4. Trade Facilitation and other international organizations
    5. Trade Facilitation and the Asia Pacific Economic
      Cooperation
    6. Trade Facilitation and the ASEAN Free Trade Area:
      A Case Study
    7. Conclusion
    8. For Further Reading...

  3. TRADE AND CUSTOMS LEGISLATIONS
    1. Trade Legislation
    2. Features of a Conducive Trade Related Legal
      Framework
    3. Highlights of Trade Legislations
    4. Conclusion
    5. For Further Reading...

  4. IMPROVING TRADE DOCUMENTATION
    1. Registration of Importers and Exporters
    2. Import and Export Permits
    3. Rules and Certificate of Origin
    4. Improving the Paper Flow
    5. Conclusion
    6. For Further Reading...

  5. SERVICE ORIENTATION AND PRIVATE/ PUBLIC
    SECTOR COLLABORATION
    1. Improving Customer Service
    2. Fostering Public/Private Sector Cooperation
    3. Case Study of SITPRO, NTFB of the United Kingdom
      of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    4. Conclusion
    5. For Further Reading...

  6. EFFECTIVE TRADE CONTROLS AND ENFORCEMENT
    1. The Role of Trade and Customs Enforcement
      Authorities
    2. Risk Management for Selective Inspection
    3. Trade Monitoring
    4. Other Measures for Effective Enforcement
    5. A Case Study of Thai Customs Trade Facilitation
      Programmes and Services
    6. Conclusion
    7. For Further Reading..

  7. ELECTRONIC TRADE DOCUMENT SYSTEM
    DEVELOPMENT
    1. Singapore's TradeNet System
    2. Issues for System Development and Implementation
    3. Critical Success Factors
    4. Total Trade and Customs Documentation System
    5. Conclusion
    6. For Further Reading...

  8. AN INTRODUCTION TO TRADE FINANCE
    1. Trade Financing Instruments
    2. Export Credit Insurance
    3. Export Credit Guarantees
    4. The Role of Governments in Trade Financing
    5. Conclusion
    6. For Further Reading...

  9. TRADE FACILITATION IN THE GREATER MEKONG
    SUBREGION
    1. Trade Facilitation in Cambodia
    2. Trade Facilitation in China
    3. Trade Facilitation in the Lao People's Democratic
      Republic
    4. Trade Facilitation in Myanmar
    5. Trade Facilitation in Thailand
    6. Trade Facilitation in Viet Nam
    7. Conclusion
    8. For Further Reading...

    CONCLUSION

    APPENDIX
    1. Summary of Some of the Major Estimates on Trade
      Transaction Costs and Trade Facilitation Benefits
    2. SCCP Collective Action Plan Implementation Schedule
    3. Example of a National Trade Facilitation Body in
      the GMS
    4. National Trade Facilitation Action Plan
      1. Institutional Strengthening
      2. Trade Facilitation Legal Framework
      3. Trade Facilitation Measures
      4. Computerisation and Automation
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    Last updated: 3 February 2003