The project aims to unlock Afghanistan's trade potential by improving quality and standards- setting, strengthening export/investment promotion capacities, facilitating cross border trade including through removing regulatory and procedural barriers, supporting specific value chains and women’s participation in international business and trade. As part of the trade facilitation activities, the project will provide transparency of trade-related information through enhancing the National Trade Facilitation Portal (NTFP) established under AAT Phase I. It will continue feeding the required information on the NTFP, including new products and procedures. The project will also provide advisory services to set up the institutional framework for sustainability of the NTFP. Once the Portal is officially launched, the project will focus on reviewing trade procedures/documentation to identify simplification and optimization options in order to streamline cross border procedures and reduce their number/com-plexity.