Recursos generales

COVID-19 Trade Facilitation Repository

The COVID 19 Crisis and Trade Facilitation - Survey Results

WTO World Trade Report 2015 - Speeding up trade: benefits and challenges of implementing the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

FAO/UNECE/UNNEXT/UNESCAP -  Information Management in Agrifood Chains:  Towards an Integrated Paperless Framework for Agrifood Trade Facilitation

UNCTAD - ASYCUDA in action- Compendium 2019

UNECE -  White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020)

UNECE -  Public-Private Partnerships in Trade Facilitation. Recommendation 41 (2017)

UNECE - Consultation Approaches: Best Practices in Trade and Government Consultation on Trade Facilitation Matters.Recommendation No. 40 (2015)

UNECE -  UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation:  UNECE Regional Report 2019

UNECE -  Summary of UNECE Trade Facilitation Recommendations (2015)

UNECE -  Trade Facilitation Terms: an English-Russian-Chinese Glossary

UNECE -  Trade Facilitation Terms: An English-Russian Glossary

UNECE -  UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation:  UNECE Regional Report 2019

UNECE -  White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020)

UNECE -  Trade Facilitation White Paper on Smart Containers (2019)  

UNESCAP - UN Digital an Sustainable Trade Facilitation Global Report 2019

UNESCAP - UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation implementation database

UNESCAP – Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation in Asia and the Pacific (2021)

USAID - The Trade Facilitation Agreement: A World of Opportunities for MSMEs (2021) 

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USAID- TFA: A World of Opportunties for MSMEs (2020)

Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005)

BUSAN PARTNERSHIP FOR EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION

OECD - Harmonising Donor Practices for Effective Aid Delivery (2003)

OECD - Harmonising Donor Practices for Effective Aid Delivery. Vol 2 (2006)

OECD - Managing Aid (2005)

OECD - Development Assistance Manual DAC (1992)

Aid Effectiveness: Implementing the Paris Principles (2008)

Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005)

• UNECE - Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide (2018)
• WCO's Implementation Guidance (2018)
• Guidelines for Single Window Implementation in Africa (2017)
• UNCTAD - The new frontier of competitiveness in developing countries - Implementing Trade Facilitation
• UNECE - Guide to drafting a National Trade Facilitation Roadmap
• ITC - SMEs and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement - A training manual (2015)
• USAID's implementation guide - second edition (2015)
• ITC - A Business Guide for Developing Countries (2013)
• World Bank - Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment - A practical toolkit for country implementation (2010)

• UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation (2015-2021)
• Aid for Trade Country Profiles (2018)
• Global Express Association Customs Capabilities (2018)
• World Bank - Logistic Performance Index (LPI) (2018)
• IATA- Air Cargo Border Efficiency (2017)
• OECD - Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFIs) (2017)
• Indicators for Trade Facilitation: A Handbook (UNESCAP, OECD)
• Institutional Profiles Database (IPD) (2016)
• OECD - Aid for Trade Facilitation interactive database (2016)
• World Bank - Doing business (2015)
• UNECE - Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanisms.  Recommendation 42
• UNECE - Assessing regulatory and procedural measures in trade:  An Evaluation Methodology (2014)
• UNECE - Risk Management in Regulatory Frameworks: Towards a Better Management of Risks (2012)

• Willl the Trade Facilitation Agreement’s Novel Architecture and Flexibilities Have Unforeseen Consequences? An Analysis in the Context of WTO's Accessions by Ben Czapnik (2017)
• Do trade facilitation provisions in regional trade agreements matter? by Yann Duval, Nora Neufeld, Chorthip Utoktham (2016)
• Implementing the Trade Facilitation Agreement: From Vision to Reality by Nora Neufeld (2016)
• WTO-OECD - Aid for Trade at a Glance (2015)
• The long and winding road: how WTO Members finally reached a Trade Facilitation Agreegement by Nora Neufeld (2014)
• Trade Facilitation provisions in Regional Trade Agreements - Traits and Trends by Nora Neufeld (2014)
• USAID - Assessing the Benefits of the Trade Facilitation Agreement for Agricultural Trade

• UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation (2019)
• Aid for Trade Country Profiles (2018)
• Global Express Association Customs Capabilities (2018)
• World Bank - Logistic Performance Index (LPI) (2018)
• IATA- Air Cargo Border Efficiency (2017)
• OECD - Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFIs) (2017)
• Indicators for Trade Facilitation: A Handbook (UNESCAP, OECD)
• Institutional Profiles Database (IPD) (2016)
• OECD - Aid for Trade Facilitation interactive database (2016)
• World Bank - Doing business (2015)
• UNECE - Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanisms.  Recommendation 42
• UNECE - Assessing regulatory and procedural measures in trade:  An Evaluation Methodology (2014)
• UNECE - Risk Management in Regulatory Frameworks: Towards a Better Management of Risks (2012)

(Video) The Trade Facilitation Agreement: What does it mean for LDCs?- EIF Global Forum (2018)

Establishing well functioning national TF Bodies in the OIC Member States (2015) 

Working with Tajikistan to Develop Its First National Commodity Nomenclature of Foreign Economic Activities - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition (2017)

Handbook of best practices at Border Crossing - A Trade and Transport Facilitation Perspective (2012)

National SPS Coordination Mechanisms (2012)

Harmonizing Standards in the East African Community Partner States - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition (2017)

General Support on Trade Facilitation Reforms

UNCTAD Database of National Trade Facilitation Committees

UNCTAD Trade Facilitation e-Learning

UNCTAD Reform Tracker for National Trade Facilitation Committees

Publications on Trade Facilitation

Conventions & legal instruments

Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP) (as of January 2018)

Additional protocol to the Convention for the international carriage of goods by road (CMR) concerning the electronic consignment note (2008)

Convention on International Customs Transit Procedures for the Carriage of Goods by Rail under Cover of SMGS Consignment Notes (2006)

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (2000)

Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (1975) 

International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of goods (1982)

Customs Convention on containers (1972)

European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (1957)

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1956)

Customs Convention on the temporary importation of private road vehicles (1954)

International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for passengers and baggage carried by rail (1952)

International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for goods carried by rail (1952)

Publications

Railways role in intermodality and the digitalization of transport documents (2018)

TIR Handbook (2018) (UN Official languages)

Railway reform in the ECE region (2017)

eTIR: Towards Paperless Cross-border Trade (2016)

The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments (2016) (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)

eTIR Reference Model (2014) (English, French, Russian)

OSCE-UNECE Handbook of best practices at border crossings – A trade and transport facilitation perspective (2012) (English, Russian, Albanian, Serbian, Macedonian)

Conventions & legal instruments

Additional protocol to the Convention for the international carriage of goods by road  concerning the electronic consignment note (eCMR) (2008)

International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of goods (1982)

Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (1975)

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1956)

Publications

TIR Handbook (2018) (UN Official languages)

eTIR: Towards Paperless Cross-border Trade

The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments (2016) (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)

eTIR Reference Model (2014) (English, French, Russian)

OSCE-UNECE Handbook of best practices at border crossings – A trade and transport facilitation perspective (2012) (English, Russian, Albanian, Serbian, Macedonian)

Guidance note on the legal aspects of e-CMR (2018) (English, French, Russian)

Conventions & legal instruments

Additional protocol to the Convention for the international carriage of goods by road (eCMR) concerning the electronic consignment note (2008)

International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of goods (1982)

Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (1975)

Customs Convention on containers (1972)

Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1956)

Publications

Railways role in intermodality and the digitalization of transport documents (2018)

TIR Handbook (2018) (UN Official languages)

eTIR: Towards Paperless Cross-border Trade (2016)

The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments (2016) (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)

eTIR Reference Model (2014) (English, French, Russian)

OSCE-UNECE Handbook of best practices at border crossings – A trade and transport facilitation perspective (2012) (English, Russian, Albanian, Serbian, Macedonian)

Initiatives

UNECE Group of Experts towards Unified Railway Law Work Plan (2018) (English, French, Russian)

Joint Declaration towards unified railway law (2013)

UNECE Position Paper: towards Unified Railway Law in the pan-European region and on Euro-Asian transport corridors (2011) (English, Russian, French)

GIS platform:

UNECE International Transport Infrastructure Observatory (Forthcoming)

Transport infrastructure publications

Innovative ways for financing transport infrastructure (2018)

UNECE Trans-European Motorways (TEM) Project (2018)

TEM Project Strategic Plan 2017-2021 (2017)

Euro-Asian Transport Linkages – Paving the way for a more efficient Euro-Asian transport (2012) (English, Russian)

UNECE-UNESCAP Joint study on developing Euro-Asian transport linkages (2007) (English, Russian)

Transport and sustainable development publications:

SDGs and the UN Transport Conventions (2016) and The Way Forward

Transport for sustainable development - The case of inland transport (2015)

Sustainable urban mobility and public transport (2015)

Climate change impacts and adaptation for international transport networks (2014) (English, French, Russian)

Transport for sustainable development in the UNECE region (2011)

Transport statistics publications:

2017 Inland transport statistics for Europe and North America

United Nations - Global Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation Survey (2017)

UN Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation- Regional Reports (2017)

Making the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Work for SMEs Mainstreaming Trade (2016) (UNNEXT/UNESCAP/ITC)

TF and Paperless Trade Implementation Survey-Global Report (2015)

Assessing the Benefits Of The Trade Facilitation Agreement For Agricultural Trade (2019)

Impact of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement on Tariff Revenues and Border Fee Proceeds (2017)

USAID ICT Procurement Guide for Customs (2011)

Establishing and Implementing a Customs Program Management Process (2005)

FASTrade Risk Management Handbook (2004)

National Committees on Trade Facilitation (Nigeria and Sri Lanka) (2018)

Pakistan's experience in Trade Facilitation - TN/TF/W/135 (2006)

Malaysia's experience in Trade Facilitation - TN/TF/W/50 (2005)

​Thailand's experiences in Trade Facilitation - TN/TF/W/61 (2005)

Guatemala's experience - express conseignments - TN/TF/W/65 (2005)

• Promoting SME Competitiveness in Kenya (ITC) 2019
• Promoting SME competitiveness in Francophone Africa: Improving access to finance for inclusive growth (ITC) 2019
• Diversifying Trade in Africa: New strategy approaches for the African Continental Free Trade Area (ITC) 2019
• TFWA - Small-scale, Cross-border Trade in West Africa (video)
• Trade Facilitation in West AFrica (TFWA)

• Asia-Pacific (ESCAP) Report

• Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2019

• South-West Asia (ESCWA) report

• ASEAN

• Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC)

World Bank - Trade Facilitation in the Caribbean:  The Case of Customs Performance

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• Middle East ESCWA Report

• Asia-Pacific (ESCAP) Report

• Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2019

• Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation Report (PIDES) 2019 

• Trade Facilitation Challenges for Women Traders and Freight Forwarders (WBG) 

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English (2016)

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WTO World Trade Report 2015 - Speeding up trade: benefits and challenges of implementing the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

FAO/UNECE/UNNEXT/UNESCAP -  Information Management in Agrifood Chains:  Towards an Integrated Paperless Framework for Agrifood Trade Facilitation

UNCTAD - ASYCUDA in action- Compendium 2019

UNECE -  White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020)

UNECE -  Public-Private Partnerships in Trade Facilitation. Recommendation 41 (2017)

UNECE - Consultation Approaches: Best Practices in Trade and Government Consultation on Trade Facilitation Matters.Recommendation No. 40 (2015)

UNECE -  UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation:  UNECE Regional Report 2019

UNECE -  Summary of UNECE Trade Facilitation Recommendations (2015)

UNECE -  Trade Facilitation Terms: an English-Russian-Chinese Glossary

UNECE -  Trade Facilitation Terms: An English-Russian Glossary

UNECE -  UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation:  UNECE Regional Report 2019

UNECE -  White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020)

UNECE -  Trade Facilitation White Paper on Smart Containers (2019)  

UNESCAP - UN Digital an Sustainable Trade Facilitation Global Report 2019

UNESCAP - UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation implementation database

UNESCAP – Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation in Asia and the Pacific (2021)

USAID - The Trade Facilitation Agreement: A World of Opportunities for MSMEs (2021) 

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USAID- TFA: A World of Opportunties for MSMEs (2020)