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Trade facilitation agreement ratified: March 8, 2017

 
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Coordinator(s) of National Trade Facilitation Committee:

The head(s) of the national trade facilitation committee (or task force)

Mrs. Victoria Meza

Asesora de Integración Centroamericana

8a. Avenida 10-43 zona 1, 4to nivel, Ministerio de Economía, Guatemala

Telephone: (502) 2336-7287

Mr. Mynor Alarcón Fong

Asesor en Integración Centroamericana

8a. Avenida 10-43 zona 1, 4o. nivel,
Ministerio de Economía
Guatemala

Telephone: (502) 2412-0428

Government official(s) responsible to coordinate with donors:

The person(s) or office responsible to oversee national TACB priorities and coordinate donor activity.

Mr. Mynor Alarcón Fong

Asesor en Integración Centroamericana

8a. Avenida 10-43 zona 1, 4o. nivel,
Ministerio de Economía
Guatemala

Telephone: (502) 2412-0428

Geneva Delegate(s):

The person in the Geneva mission that is responsible for trade facilitation.

Ms. Débora Ponce

Consejera

35-37 Avenue Giuseppe-Motta
1202 Genève
Suisse

Telephone: 0041 22 730 13 33

Fax: 0041 22 730 13 45

Reports, Studies, etc.

Aid4Trade Country Profile

TFA implementation assistance

Partner organizations

Long-term projects

Jan 2015, WBG, Central America Trade Faciliation Project

Medium-term projects

Nov 2019, Support for the implementation of the AEO Regional Recognition Arrangement in Latin America and the Caribbean

Short-term projects

Dec 2017, Follow-up Workshop on Risk Management with CAPTAC-DR and USAID for Central America

Jul 2017, Joint Workshop on Risk Management with CAPTAC-DR and USAID for Central America

Oct 2014, Needs Assessment

Mar 2008, Needs Assessment

Information Extracted from Article 22 Notifications

Information regarding Guatemala

Description of the assistance Committed / Disbursed Beneficiaries Implementing agencies Procedures for disbursements
2015
Canada
ITC Institutional Support: This grant supports the ITC's operational plan for 2015. The Centre provides assistance by making policy environments friendlier for export business, by strengthening the institutions that provide support to exporters, and by assisting small export enterprises and communities to reach global markets with products and services. Its activities take into account crosscutting development issues such as gender equality, sustainable development and poverty reduction. Committed CAD 950000 Disbursed CAD 950000 Latin America & The Caribbean, Asia, Africa International Trade Centre http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/d000971001
Support to the Regional Infrastructure Integration Fund: Fund will support the following priority areas to facilitate both public and private infrastructure investments: (1) Strengthening best practices in regional regulatory frameworks by removing regulatory bottlenecks at border crossings; (2) Promoting investments that reduce the logistics costs of regional trade by investing in infrastructure corridors, ports and maritime services, and improving market structures for air cargo services; and (3) Enhancing transnational regulatory frameworks for key regional markets, such as energy and telecommunications. Committed CAD 10000000 Latin America & The Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/m013611001
ITC Institutional Support: This grant supports the ITC's operational plan for 2015. The Centre provides assistance by making policy environments friendlier for export business, by strengthening the institutions that provide support to exporters, and by assisting small export enterprises and communities to reach global markets with products and services. Its activities take into account crosscutting development issues such as gender equality, sustainable development and poverty reduction. Committed CAD 950000 Disbursed CAD 950000 Latin America & The Caribbean, Asia, Africa International Trade Centre http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/d000971001
Support to the Regional Infrastructure Integration Fund: Fund will support the following priority areas to facilitate both public and private infrastructure investments: (1) Strengthening best practices in regional regulatory frameworks by removing regulatory bottlenecks at border crossings; (2) Promoting investments that reduce the logistics costs of regional trade by investing in infrastructure corridors, ports and maritime services, and improving market structures for air cargo services; and (3) Enhancing transnational regulatory frameworks for key regional markets, such as energy and telecommunications. Committed CAD 10000000 Latin America & The Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/m013611001
ITC Institutional Support: This grant supports the ITC's operational plan for 2015. The Centre provides assistance by making policy environments friendlier for export business, by strengthening the institutions that provide support to exporters, and by assisting small export enterprises and communities to reach global markets with products and services. Its activities take into account crosscutting development issues such as gender equality, sustainable development and poverty reduction. Committed CAD 950000 Disbursed CAD 950000 Africa, Latin America & The Caribbean, Asia International Trade Centre http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/d000971001
Support to the Regional Infrastructure Integration Fund: Fund will support the following priority areas to facilitate both public and private infrastructure investments: (1) Strengthening best practices in regional regulatory frameworks by removing regulatory bottlenecks at border crossings; (2) Promoting investments that reduce the logistics costs of regional trade by investing in infrastructure corridors, ports and maritime services, and improving market structures for air cargo services; and (3) Enhancing transnational regulatory frameworks for key regional markets, such as energy and telecommunications. Committed CAD 10000000 Latin America & The Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/m013611001
2017
European Union
Regional Economic Integration Project Committed EUR 21000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO
Regional Economic Integration Project Committed EUR 21000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO
Regional Economic Integration Project Committed EUR 21000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO
Regional Economic Integration Project Committed EUR 21000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO
Regional Economic Integration Project Committed EUR 21000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO
Regional Economic Integration Project Committed EUR 21000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO
Regional Economic Integration Project Committed EUR 21000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO
Regional Economic Integration Project Committed EUR 21000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO
Regional Economic Integration Project Committed EUR 21000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO
Japan
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 332000 Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Zimbabwe Kosovo
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 332000 Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Kyrgyz Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Mauritius, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Zimbabwe Kosovo
United States of America
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 40000 Disbursed USD 40000 Latin America Department of Energy (DOE) ADS 201
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 35000 Disbursed USD 35000 Latin America Department of Energy ADS 201
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 40000 Disbursed USD 40000 Latin America Department of Energy (DOE) ADS 201
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 35000 Disbursed USD 35000 Latin America Department of Energy ADS 201
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 40000 Disbursed USD 40000 Latin America Department of Energy (DOE) ADS 201
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 35000 Disbursed USD 35000 Latin America Department of Energy ADS 201
2016
United States of America
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 10120 Disbursed USD 10120 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Administrative procedures Committed USD 132270 Disbursed USD 132270 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 3129510 Disbursed USD 3129510 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border measures Committed USD 4527530 Disbursed USD 4527530 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 10120 Disbursed USD 10120 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Administrative procedures Committed USD 132270 Disbursed USD 132270 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 3129510 Disbursed USD 3129510 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border measures Committed USD 4527530 Disbursed USD 4527530 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 10120 Disbursed USD 10120 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Administrative procedures Committed USD 132270 Disbursed USD 132270 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 3129510 Disbursed USD 3129510 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border measures Committed USD 4527530 Disbursed USD 4527530 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 10120 Disbursed USD 10120 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Administrative procedures Committed USD 132270 Disbursed USD 132270 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 3129510 Disbursed USD 3129510 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Border measures Committed USD 4527530 Disbursed USD 4527530 Latin America US Agency for International Development (USAID) ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.
Canada
ITC Institutional Support 2016-2019: This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the International Trade Centre, the technical co-operation agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The Centre provides assistance by making policy environments friendlier for export business, by strengthening the institutions that provide support to exporters, and by assisting small export enterprises and communities to reach global markets with products and services. Its activities take into account crosscutting development issues such as gender equality, sustainable development and poverty reduction. Committed CAD 2850000 Disbursed CAD 950000 Latin America & The Caribbean, Asia, Africa International Trade Centre http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/D002475001
Support to the Regional Integration Fund: fund will support the following priority areas to facilitate both public and private infrastructure investments: (1) Strengthening best practices in regional regulatory frameworks by removing regulatory bottlenecks at border crossings; (2) Promoting investments that reduce the logistics costs of regional trade by investing in infrastructure corridors, ports and maritime services, and improving market structures for air cargo services; and, (3) Enhancing transnational regulatory frameworks for key regional markets, such as energy and telecommunications. Committed CAD 10000000 Latin America & The Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/m013611001
Central America, Panama, Dominican Republic Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CAPTAC-DR): support facilitates economic growth in the Centre’s member countries by strengthening National and regional public institutions’ economic, financial, and statistical management capacities. CAPTAC-DR responds to requests from the governments of member countries for macroeconomic technical assistance and training in areas such as central banking, monetary and exchange rate policy, tax policy and administration, customs policy and administration, and financial statistics. Committed CAD 10000000 El Salvador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica International Monetary Fund http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/D000916001
ITC Institutional Support 2016-2019: This grant represents Canada’s institutional support to the International Trade Centre, the technical co-operation agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development. The Centre provides assistance by making policy environments friendlier for export business, by strengthening the institutions that provide support to exporters, and by assisting small export enterprises and communities to reach global markets with products and services. Its activities take into account crosscutting development issues such as gender equality, sustainable development and poverty reduction. Committed CAD 2850000 Disbursed CAD 950000 Africa, Latin America & The Caribbean, Asia International Trade Centre http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/D002475001
Support to the Regional Integration Fund: fund will support the following priority areas to facilitate both public and private infrastructure investments: (1) Strengthening best practices in regional regulatory frameworks by removing regulatory bottlenecks at border crossings; (2) Promoting investments that reduce the logistics costs of regional trade by investing in infrastructure corridors, ports and maritime services, and improving market structures for air cargo services; and, (3) Enhancing transnational regulatory frameworks for key regional markets, such as energy and telecommunications. Committed CAD 10000000 Latin America & The Caribbean Inter-American Development Bank http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/m013611001
Central America, Panama, Dominican Republic Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CAPTAC-DR): support facilitates economic growth in the Centre’s member countries by strengthening National and regional public institutions’ economic, financial, and statistical management capacities. CAPTAC-DR responds to requests from the governments of member countries for macroeconomic technical assistance and training in areas such as central banking, monetary and exchange rate policy, tax policy and administration, customs policy and administration, and financial statistics. Committed CAD 10000000 El Salvador, Guatemala, Dominican Republic, Panama, Honduras, Costa Rica International Monetary Fund http://w05.international.gc.ca/projectbrowser-banqueprojets/project-projet/details/D000916001
Japan
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 7000 Latin America & The Caribbean Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 4000 Latin America & The Caribbean Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 350000 Albania, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Cameroon, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Kingdom of, Ghana, Guatemala, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanese Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Zimbabwe Kosovo Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 7000 Latin America & The Caribbean Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 4000 Latin America & The Caribbean Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 350000 Albania, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Cameroon, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Kingdom of, Ghana, Guatemala, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanese Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Zimbabwe Kosovo Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 7000 Latin America & The Caribbean Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 4000 Latin America & The Caribbean Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 350000 Albania, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Cameroon, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Kingdom of, Ghana, Guatemala, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanese Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Zimbabwe Kosovo Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 7000 Latin America & The Caribbean Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 4000 Latin America & The Caribbean Government of Japan ODA
Capacity building resources Disbursed USD 350000 Albania, Azerbaijan, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Cameroon, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Kingdom of, Ghana, Guatemala, Iraq, Jordan, Kyrgyz Republic, Lebanese Republic, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Zimbabwe Kosovo Government of Japan ODA
2017-2018
European Union
Regional Economic Integration Project (INTEC) Committed EUR 20000000 Disbursed EUR 20000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO Contact regional EU Delegation in Nicaragua
Regional Economic Integration Project (INTEC) Committed EUR 20000000 Disbursed EUR 20000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO Contact regional EU Delegation in Nicaragua
Regional Economic Integration Project (INTEC) Committed EUR 20000000 Disbursed EUR 20000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO Contact regional EU Delegation in Nicaragua
Regional Economic Integration Project (INTEC) Committed EUR 20000000 Disbursed EUR 20000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO Contact regional EU Delegation in Nicaragua
Regional Economic Integration Project (INTEC) Committed EUR 20000000 Disbursed EUR 20000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO Contact regional EU Delegation in Nicaragua
Regional Economic Integration Project (INTEC) Committed EUR 20000000 Disbursed EUR 20000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO Contact regional EU Delegation in Nicaragua
Regional Economic Integration Project (INTEC) Committed EUR 20000000 Disbursed EUR 20000000 Panama, Costa Rica, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala European Commission DG DEVCO Contact regional EU Delegation in Nicaragua
2018
Japan
Other programmes for capacity building resources Committed USD 360000 Disbursed USD 360000 Armenia, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Plurinational State of, Botswana, Cambodia, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guinea, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Lesotho, Madagascar, Marshall Islands, Mauritius, Moldova, Republic of, Mongolia, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Serbia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of, Zambia, Zimbabwe West Bank and Gaza Strip Government of Japan Official Development Assistance (ODA)
United States of America
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 105000 Disbursed USD 105000 Latin America & The Caribbean Department of Energy (DOE) ADS 201
Border and related agencies capacity building Committed USD 105000 Disbursed USD 105000 Latin America & The Caribbean Department of Energy (DOE) ADS 201

Information updated on 23.01.2021.

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