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OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators : a tool to support and monitor the implementation of the WTO TFA
WCO Knowledge Academy, July 2014
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OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators
A tool to measure the impact of TF Measures on Trade Flows and Trade Costs
and provide an overview of country performance
A basis for prioritising trade facilitation actions by governments
A support for mobilising technical assistance by donors in a targeted way
Following the structure of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and covering 133 countries
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TFIs structureImport/export TFIs
a. Information availability
b. Involvement of the trade community
c. Advance rulings
d. Appeal procedures
e. Fees and charges
f. Formalities – Documents
g. Formalities – Automation
h. Formalities – Procedures
i. Border agency cooperation – internal
j. Border agency cooperation - external
k. Governance and impartiality
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Impact on trade costs – potential reductions
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Potential trade costs reductions for the “top three” sets of measures
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Application to Regions and countries
The trade facilitation indicators are a tool that allows exploring the importance of trade facilitation performance across different:
regions
countries
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TFIs: state of implementation
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Asia
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Sub-Saharan Africa
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Middle East and North Africa
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Latin America and the Caribbean
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Europe (outside the OECD area) and Central Asia
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People’s Republic of China
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United States
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Indonesia
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Peru
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Aid for Trade Facilitation
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Aid for Trade Facilitation by Region
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Thank you for your attention
evdokia.moise@oecd.org
OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators
http://www.oecd.org/tad/facilitation/indicators.htm
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