TOOLS AND MEASURES FOR TRADE FACILITATION - Escap
TOOLS AND MEASURES FOR TRADE FACILITATION - Escap
TOOLS AND MEASURES FOR TRADE FACILITATION - Escap
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APPLICATION OF UNESCAP TF FRAMEWORK<br />
Country Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Mongolia Tajikistan Uzbekistan<br />
Stages<br />
Ai – Collect feedback, analyze, assess and prioritize needs<br />
Ai –1: Conduct detailed survey X X X X X<br />
Ai –2: Conduct focus group discussions X X X X X<br />
Ai –3: Document the findings X X X X X X<br />
Number of “” 3 0 0 0 2 0 0<br />
Aii – Establish the trade facilitation institutional structure<br />
Aii – 1: Designate a lead agency (LA) X <br />
Aii – 2: Establish a trade facilitation advisory committee X X X X X<br />
Number of “” 1 1 1 1 2 1 1<br />
Bi – Revise trade and customs laws and regulations<br />
Bi – 1: Obtain a clear understanding of the overall trade legislative X <br />
and regulatory framework<br />
Bi – 2: Review the import-export laws to determine relevance and X <br />
conformity with international conventions and obligations<br />
Bi – 3: Review customs act to assess conformity with international X <br />
conventions and recommendations<br />
Bi – 4: Review bilateral, regional and multilateral agreements on <br />
trade, transport and transit to determine whether existing legislation<br />
has incorporated elements of these agreements<br />
Bi – 5: Consolidate and streamline all trade related regulations X X X X <br />
Number of “” 4 5 4 3 5 2 5<br />
Bii – Simplify, standardize and harmonize import-export<br />
documentation and customs procedures<br />
Bii –1: Classify all tradable products and identify agencies involved <br />
in implementing trade controls<br />
Bii –2: Review current trade and customs procedures <br />
Bii –3: Streamline, simplify and harmonize trade document<br />
X X X X<br />
processing<br />
Bii –4: Align and simplify documents used in trade X X X X<br />
Number of “” 3 3 2 3 4 3 2<br />
Biii – Implement effective trade and customs enforcement<br />
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