Trade Facilitation enables businesses from developing countries to make better use of the opportunities that international trade offers.

This film illustrates how German development cooperation supports its partners in the implementation of Trade Facilitation measures.

Transporting goods from the port of Mombasa to Kenya's neighbouring countries such as Uganda and Burundi has become much more efficient in recent years. Thanks to the WTO-led Aid for Trade initiative launched in 2006, various donors finance infrastructure upgrades and document processing reforms at the borders in developing countries. Jackson Mutua enjoys these improvements every day at work, and tells us how it has impacted his family life.

Trade Starts Here is a video series produced by the WTO. It showcases people who have benefited from trade in different parts of the world and with diverse backgrounds.