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UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch:Contribution

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transport and trade facilitation issues

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UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics BranchUNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch

Sections:

Trade FacilitationTransportTransportLegal and PolicyLegal and Policy

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UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics BranchUNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch

Activities:

Meetings and seminarsResearch and publicationsResearch and publicationsTechnical cooperation Technical cooperation projectsprojects

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UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics BranchUNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch

Activities:

Meetings and seminarsMeetings and seminarsResearch and publicationsResearch and publicationsTechnical cooperation Technical cooperation projectsprojects

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Expert Meetings Expert Meetings on Trade Facilitationon Trade Facilitation

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Expert and intergovernmental meetingsExpert and intergovernmental meetings• Experts meetings:

– Trade Facilitation, Nov. 2002– MT & logistics services, Sept. 2003– Transit transport arrangements, Nov. 2004– TF as an engine for Development, Sept. 2005– ICT Solutions to Facilitate Trade at Border Crossings & Ports,

Oct. 2006 • Intergovernmental meetings:

– Almaty Parallel Event on Trade Facilitation, Aug. 2003– Meeting of Trade Ministers of LLDCs to facilitate their effective

participation in the Doha Round of trade negotiations, Asunción, Paraguay, 10 August 2005

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Conference on ICT and LogisticsConference on ICT and Logistics

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Workshops on Workshops on WTO – NegotiationsWTO – Negotiationson Trade Facilitationon Trade Facilitation

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Port Training Programme Port Training Programme in Cambodiain Cambodia

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UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics BranchUNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch

Activities:

Meetings and seminarsResearch and Research and publicationspublicationsTechnical cooperation Technical cooperation projectsprojects

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Review of Review of Maritime TransportMaritime Transport

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UNCTAD UNCTAD Transport NewsletterTransport Newsletter

QuarterlyQuarterly

Electronic distributionElectronic distribution

Articles, Articles,

and news and news

about publication about publication

and eventsand events

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StudiesStudies

e.g. on legal aspects e.g. on legal aspects

of international of international

tradetrade

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UNCTAD’s Trade Logistics BranchUNCTAD’s Trade Logistics Branch

Activities:

Meetings and seminarsMeetings and seminarsResearch and publicationsResearch and publicationsTechnical cooperation Technical cooperation projectsprojects

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Global Projects: Global Projects: e.g. “Capacity building in developing e.g. “Capacity building in developing countries to support their effective participation in the WTO countries to support their effective participation in the WTO

Negotiations Process on Trade Facilitation”Negotiations Process on Trade Facilitation”

Technical Notes Workshops

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Global Projects:Global Projects:e.g. “Support to trade facilitation platforms in e.g. “Support to trade facilitation platforms in

developing countries”developing countries”

Focus on two types of trade facilitation

platforms: facilitation bodies

single window facilities.

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Global Projects:Global Projects:e.g. “Capacity Building in Trade and Transport e.g. “Capacity Building in Trade and Transport

Facilitation for Land Locked and Transit Facilitation for Land Locked and Transit Developing Countries ”Developing Countries ”

Cluster-corridor approach• Corridor stakeholders are linked by a

demand and supply relationship.

• Clusters to improve day-to-day operations and find medium and long-term solutions.

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Networked clustersNetworked clusters

Sea Cluster

Border Cluster

Inland Cluster

Transit CountryTransit CountryLand Locked CountryLand Locked Country

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Corridor performance Corridor performance “shareholders”“shareholders”

• Transport MinistryTransport Ministry

• CustomsCustoms

• Customs brokersCustoms brokers

• Freight forwardersFreight forwarders

• CarriersCarriers

• Port authoritiesPort authorities

• Terminal operatorsTerminal operators

• Shipping linesShipping lines

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Three Pilot SitesThree Pilot Sites

Corridor:Walvis Bay - Gaborone

Corridor:Arica – La Paz Corridor:

Bangkok - Vientiane

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Clusters versus CommitteesClusters versus Committees• Committees:

– Top down government led approach.– Emphasis on policy and regulations.– Require cooperation of higher ranked government

and private sector representatives.

• Clusters:– Peer to peer approach.– Emphasis on operational solutions.– Require information sharing and joint actions.

• Clusters may be seen as local alternative to Committees.

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Fit in regional activitiesFit in regional activities• Synergies with institutional developments in

ASEAN and GMS agreements.• National Transit Transport Coordinating

Committees (NTTCC) and Transit Transport Coordinating Board (TTCB).

• National Transport Facilitation Committee (NTFC).

• National initiatives and programmes in Lao PDR and Thailand – Viet Nam.

• Relationship with Integrated Framework activities.

• Trade and transport facilitation diagnostic.

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Global Projects: Global Projects: e.g. Customs Automatione.g. Customs Automation

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ASYCUDA ASYCUDA Covers the Full Clearance ProcessCovers the Full Clearance Process

Transit shed

Cargo release

Deferred payment, Pre-payment, Cash

Accounting Electronic payments

Statistics& Audit

Trade balance, Data mining ...

Transit

CUSDEC, DTI Declaration

Temporary Export

Customs Warehouse

Temporary Admission

Inward/Outward Processing

Economic & suspense

procedures

Storage of goods Transit shed

Cargo arrival CUSCAR, DCI Manifest

Selectivity &

Risk Management

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NationalCustomsDatabase

Customs

Offices

ASYCUDA Standards &User-defined

Reports

National Statistics agency, Eurotrace, Intl. organizations

Reports, Drawings, Charts, On line queries…

DataExtraction

Ad Hoc developed applicationsAnd commercial packages

WHAT ? WHO ?

DataConsolidation

Statistical DatabaseStatistical Database

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ASYCUDA AchievementsASYCUDA Achievements

Since 1982Since 1982

More than 80 countries using ASYCUDA to clear goods

Implementation of norms and standards: WCO SAD ISO

Customs administration capacity building

Foundation of an international group of 100 experts

Development of the ASYCUDA software products

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ASYCUDA World operationASYCUDA World operation

15,000,000 Customs clearance operations per year:15,000,000 Customs clearance operations per year:

60,000 Declarations per working-day 60,000 Declarations per working-day (255d/year)(255d/year)

7,500 Declarations per working-hour 7,500 Declarations per working-hour (8h/day)(8h/day)

50,000,000 Database transactions per year:50,000,000 Database transactions per year:

Distributed on 22,000 computersDistributed on 22,000 computers

User interface in 18 languagesUser interface in 18 languages

Impact on:Impact on:

241 billion $ [3.9%]241 billion $ [3.9%] of world imports values* (CIF)of world imports values* (CIF)

230 billion $ [3.7%] of world exports values* (FOB)230 billion $ [3.7%] of world exports values* (FOB)* Source: UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics

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Integrated country projects: Integrated country projects: e.g. Afghanistane.g. Afghanistan

• Emergency Customs Modernization and Trade Facilitation project To increase Government revenues from Customs through: (a) better administration and collection of existing customs revenues; and (b) facilitating trade and transit to increase the customs revenue base. Incl. ASYCUDA

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Key areas of interventionKey areas of intervention1. Customs Automation (ASYCUDA)

2. TF Policy and Strategy Development at MoCe 1. Operational Audit of TF-related MoCe depart.s & recommendations2. Setting up a National Trade Facilitation Committee3. Assistance towards accession to WTO4. Benchmarking Trade Facilitation costs/times5. Information, Education and Communication (IEC) on TF issues

3. Reform and Modernization of Goods Transport and Transit

1. Review & improvement of key bi-, multi-lateral and regional transit agreements

2. Customs Transit Regime and TIR Implementation  3. Reform and modernization of trucking and freight forwarding

industries4. Alignment of procedures & documents on international standards &

practices

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Integrated country projects: Integrated country projects: e.g. Pakistane.g. Pakistan

• Promotion of trade andtransport sectors Addressing trade and transport facilitation measuresand its implementation

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Cooperative workCooperative work

• With all UN Regional Commissions and other agencies such as: ITC, UNIDO, IMO, WB, IMF;

• With intergovernmental organizations such as WTO, WCO, OECD;

• With business sectors institutions such as ICC, FIATA, IAPH.

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Need for PartnershipsNeed for Partnerships• Partnerships can play an important role in the

effective implementation of trade and transport facilitation measures by increasing developing countries’ participation in global trade.

• Multilateral platforms assist in achieving this goal:– The UN-Trade Facilitation Cooperation Scheme;

– The Global Facilitation Partnership for Transportation and Trade (www.gfptt.org).

www.gfptt.org

Topics coveredTopics covered

www.gfptt.org

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800 reference readings800 reference readings

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Regularly updated agendaRegularly updated agenda

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Also…Also…

News, information on projects and News, information on projects and training, discussion fora, et al. training, discussion fora, et al.

GFP meetings twice per yearGFP meetings twice per year

Registered partners receive e-mail Registered partners receive e-mail updates on topics selected by themupdates on topics selected by them

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Core PartnersCore Partners

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187 regular partners 187 regular partners and you can become a partner too!and you can become a partner too!

Peter Faust(peter.faust@unctad.org)

Maxence Orthlieb(maxence.orthlieb@unctad.org)

José Rubiato(jose.rubiato@unctad.org)

Trade Logistics Branch

Division for Services Infrastructure

for Development and Trade Efficiency

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!

Jan Hoffmann(jan.hoffmann@unctad.org)

Regina Asariotis(regina.asariotis@unctad.org)