UNCTAD’s mandate in the area of trade facilitation dates back to the Final Act of its very first ministerial-level Conference in 1964. The Final Act of the Conference recommended that UNCTAD “should promote, within the United Nations family,…
The Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs) are faced with special trade and development challenges, due to their lack of territorial access to the sea and geographical remoteness from the international markets. Exports and imports of LLDCs are…
To help governments improve their border procedures, reduce trade costs, boost trade flows and reap greater benefits from international trade, OECD has developed a set of Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFIs) that…
The International Trade Centre (ITC) is the joint agency of the World Trade Organization and the United Nations. Our aim is for businesses in developing countries to become more competitive in global markets, speeding economic development and…
ICC is the institutional representative of more than 45 million companies in over 100 countries with a mission to make business work for everyone, every day, everywhere. ICC’s business network, comprising national and sub-national chambers…
The Global Alliance for Trade Facilitation is a public-private partnership supporting governments in developing and least developed countries to implement the World Trade Organization’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (…
The EIF is a multi-donor trust fund, which provides financial and technical support to build trade capacity in 48 LDCs and 3 graduated countries. The EIF is the only global Aid for Trade programme exclusively designed for the LDCs and is…