Trade Facilitation Results
Trade facilitation focuses on removing barriers to the international movement of goods to lower trade costs, at and around the borders, and along the supply chain, to make countries more competitive in regional and global markets. In the SASEC subregion, bottlenecks in trade facilitation are the leading non-tariff barriers that constrain intraregional trade. SASEC initiatives in trade facilitation aims to make cross-border trade and transport in the subregion faster, cheaper, and more predictable, while maintaining the security of the supply chain and ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of the institutions involved.
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EVENT MATERIALS
total items: 452022-01-03, Punakha, Bhutan
2017-02-07, Colombo, Sri Lanka
2016-08-22, Gelephu, Bhutan
2016-08-03, Thimphu, Bhutan
2016-05-09, Phuentsholing, Bhutan
2016-05-03, Phuentsholing, Bhutan
2016-01-11, New Delhi, India
2015-11-30, Phuentsholing, Bhutan
2015-10-19, Thimphu and Paro, Bhutan
2015-10-19, Singapore
2015-09-10, Paro, Bhutan
2015-09-08, Dhaka, Bangladesh
2015-09-07, Bhutan
2015-07-01, Bhutan
2015-06-22, Paro, Bhutan
2015-05-25, Thimphu, Bhutan
2015-04-14, Goa, India
2014-12-01, Bangkok, Thailand
International Organizations
World Trade Organization (WTO)
South Asian Network on Economic Modeling (SANEM)
South Asian Regional Standards Organization (SARSO)
Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF)
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)/ World Health Organization
Country Presentations
Issues and Approaches in Developing SASEC SPS and Standards Agenda
Additional Materials
STDF
- Establishing Priorities for SPS Capacity Building: A Guide to Multi‐Criteria Decision‐Making.
- Implementing SPS Measures to Facilitate Safe Trade
- Public-Private Partnerships to enhance SPS capacity: What can we learn from this collaborative approach?
UNIDO
- Bangladesh, Trade Standards Compliance Footprint
- Sri Lanka, Trade Standards Compliance Footprint
- Meeting Standards – Winning Markets: Trade Standards Compliance as a Contribution to Exports and Growth
Other Related Materials and Links
Africa Trade Policy Notes. "Regional Quality Standards for Food Staples in Africa: Harmonization not Always Appropriate"
International Trade Center. "Sri Lanka: Company Perspectives"
ITC NTM Business Survey: Bangladesh
ITC NTM Business Survey: Sri Lanka
OECD Food, Agriculture, and Fisheries Papers. no. 62. "Design and Implementation of Food-Import Related Regulations: Experiences from Some Regional Trade Agreements"
2014-07-21, Thimphu, Bhutan
2014-06-09, Thimphu, Bhutan
- ADB SASEC Trade Facilitation Program
- World Customs Organization and its Capacity Building Program
- Progress report on RKC Accession of Bhutan
- Benefits for Bhutan of Accession to RKC
- World Customs Organization and Revised Kyoto Convention Outlines (including World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade Facilitation implementation)
- RKC Provisions Relating to Business Partnership & Customs and Business Partnership/ Engagement (WCO Guidance Material)
- Japanese Practices to Satisfy RKC Requirement on Business Partnership
- Special Procedures for Authorized Persons
- Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) and Authorized Operator under the WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation (ATF)
- Japanese Experience in Implementing RKC Requirement on Special Procedures for Authorized Persons and Authorized Economic Operator (AEO)
- Specific Annex
- RKC Outlines and Major Provisions of General Annex
2014-05-03, Astana, Kazakhstan
2014-04-28, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Overview
BPA Methodology
- Module 2: BPA Intro
- Module 3.1: BPA Scoping
- Module 3.2: BPA Planning
- Module 4: BPA Techniques for Data Collection and Recording
- Module 5.1: Using BPA Techniques for Identifying Bottlenecks
- Module 5.2: BPA Recommending Improvement
TRS Methodology
- TRS Overview, Purpose, and Methodology
- TRS Members Experience
- TRS Process Mapping
- Practice on TRS Software
TCD Methodology
TTFMM Integrated Methodology
2014-03-10, Phuentsholing, Bhutan
TTFMM Workshop, Bhutan
TTFMM Integrated Methodology
BPA Methodology
- Module 2 BPA Intro
- Module 3.1 BPA Scoping
- Module 3.2 BPA Planning
- Module 4 BPA Capturing the As-Is
- Module 5 BPA Identifying Bottlenecks
- Module 6 BPA Recommending Improvement
- Module 7 BPA Exercise
TRS Methodology
- Introduction to TRS
- National Scope for TRS
- Bhutan process TRS
- TRS Overview
- TRS Software
- Draft TRS Environment Scan Sheet
- Draft WorkplanTRS
- Draft Daily Reporting Sheet TRS
TCD Methodology
- Introduction to TCD
- Study preparation for TCD
- TCD Implementation - TTFMM Workshop
- TCD Data collection-recording-processing
- TCD Template questionnaire for application of UNESCAP
- Templates of the questionnaires
2014-03-07, New Delhi, India
2014-02-03, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Country Reports
- Country Report Bangladesh
- Country Report Bhutan
- Country Report India
- Country Report Maldives
- Country Report Nepal
- Country Report Sri Lanka
Custom Valuation
- Session 3 - Principle of WTO Valuation Agreement
- Session 3 - Transaction Value Method Adjustments
- Session 3 - Transaction Value Method PAPP
- Alternative Methods in Customs Valuation
Workshop Materials
- Outline of Multi-Year Assistance for SASEC Countries on Customs Valuation & PCA
- Programme
- Country Report
- Discussion and Action Plan
- Case Study
SASEC Trade Facilitation Overview
2014-01-21, Thimphu, Bhutan
- Current Status of Cross Border and Transit Transport
- Bhutan Customs Clearance at Kolkata Port
- Secure Cross Border Transport Model -- Technological Solution for Transport Facilitation
- Secure Cross Border Transport Model -- Suggestions on Practical Implementation
- Examples of International Rules for Technical Conditions of Vehicles and Containers under Customs Seal
- Customs Facilitation Using Electronic Seal (eSeal) Technologies
2013-11-26, Bangkok, Thailand
- Business Process Analysis for Trade Facilitation
- Trade Facilitation in SASEC: Experiences with BPA 1
- Trade and Transport Facilitation Performance Monitoring System (TTFPM) Business Process Analysis Plus (BPA+)
- Time Release Study Overview
Country Presentations
- Greece Presentation - BPA in the context of National Trade Facilitation Strategy
- Korea Presentation - Time Release Study (TRS) in Korea Customs
- Thailand Presenation - Experiences of Thailand for TRS
- Bangladesh Country Presentation
- Bhutan Country Presentation
- India Country Presentation
- Nepal Country Presentation
2013-10-09, Bangkok, Thailand
- ADB Presentation on SASEC Transport and Trade Facilitation
- ESCAP-SSWA Presentation
- Trans-Customs Express Clearance Project Presentation
- Secure Cross Border Transport Model - Practical implementation Presentation
- Examples of International Rules for Technical Conditions of Vehicles and Containers for Customs Certification Presentation
- Time Cost Distance Methodology Presentation
- Secure Cross Border Transport Model ADB- ESCAP Workshop Presentation
2013-10-09, Kathmandu, Nepal
- The Role of Trade and Facilitation in Italy
- Japan National Trade Facilitation Body
- National Trade and Transport Facilitation Committee, Pakistan
- FINSIPRO
- Bangladesh Action Plan
- Bhutan Action Plan
- India Action Plan
- Nepal Action Plan
- Joint Statement by Multilateral Institutions on Trade Facilitation Assistance
2013-08-26, Paro, Bhutan
2013-05-03, New Delhi, India
2013-04-04, Panama City, Panama
2013-03-28, Bangkok, Thailand
2013-03-27, Bangkok, Thailand
2013-03-26, Bangkok, Thailand
2013-03-25, Bangkok, Thailand
2013-03-25, Bangkok, Thailand
2012-11-26, Thimpu, Bhutan
2012-11-08, Thimpu, Bhutan
2012-05-03, Manila, Philippines
2012-03-05, Kolkata, India
2011-10-20, Bangkok Thailand