WTO National Trade Facilitation Self-Assessment of Needs and Priorities

The project aims to contribute to Sri Lanka’s inclusive trade-led growth and regional integration
through increased trade competitiveness of Sri Lankan SMEs in regional/SAARC
and EU markets. The trade facilitation component of the project contributes strive to enhance efficiency of SMEs to comply with cross-border procedures, and is focused on four key activities: 1) strenghtening the NTFC as a platform to facilitate SMEs involvement and TFA implementation; 2) organizing public-private dialogues to complement the Single Window Blueprint; 3) embedding additional tools and functionalities to the Trade Facilitation Portal; 4) improving SMEs' capacity to comply with export management requirements.

The project aims at strengthening the participation and competitiveness of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), located in secondary growth centres in Sri Lanka, in international markets. To reach this objective, the projects will: a) improve the user-friendliness and accessibility of the Sri Lanka Trade Information Portal (SLTIP) for the business community; b) provide description of export procedures of up to 10 agriculture products, with a focus on organic ones, as well as provide assistance and technical support for the simplification of export procedures in Sri Lanka related to selected products; and c) strenghten representation of SMEs in the NTFC

Developing the regulatory and operational framework for the establishment of Multi-Country Consolidation (MCC).