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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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