Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation

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    Trade for Development News

    Trade for Development News (managed by the Enhanced Integrated Framework) focuses on the trade stories of least developed countries.

    Source: Enhanced Integrated Framework

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Capacity Building,
    Trade for Development News (managed by the Enhanced Integrated Framework) focuses on the trade stories of least developed countries.
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    Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA)

    The Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) is a computerized customs management system that covers most foreign trade procedures.

    Source: ISO (International Organization for Standardization), WCO (World Customs Organization) and United Nations

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Digital Trade & E-Commerce, Tariffs & Taxes,
    The Automated System for Customs Data (ASYCUDA) is a computerized customs management system that covers most foreign trade procedures.
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    EAD Customs Declarations app

    EAD Customs Declarations app provides mail items’ electronically advanced data capture, transmitting it to Postal operators and Customs.

    Source: Universal Postal Union

    Businesses: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Tariffs & Taxes,
    EAD Customs Declarations app provides mail items’ electronically advanced data capture, transmitting it to Postal operators and Customs.
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    Centers of Excellence and Expertise (United States)

    The Centers bring all of CBP’s trade expertise to bear on a single industry in a strategic virtual location.

    Source: World Customs Organization (WCO)

    Policymakers: Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation,
    The Centers bring all of CBP’s trade expertise to bear on a single industry in a strategic virtual location.
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    Japan Contact list of Customs Counselors

    The objective of the Customs Counselor System is to facilitate appropriate and smooth customs administration by providing proper knowledge on import and export procedures to concerned parties, clearing up misunderstandings, and if necessary, revising or improving import and expert procedures via consultations or hearing complaints.

    Source: Japan Custom

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Asia & Middle East,
    The objective of the Customs Counselor System is to facilitate appropriate and smooth customs administration by providing proper knowledge on import and export procedures to concerned parties, clearing up misunderstandings, and if necessary, revising or improving import and expert procedures via consultations or hearing complaints.
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    Transparency and Predictability Guidelines

    The Guidelines aim to provide Customs administrations with comprehensive and practical guidance on how to enhance and commit to their transparency and predictability, with a view to trade facilitation and integrity.

    Source: World Customs Organization (WCO), 2016

    Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards,
    The Guidelines aim to provide Customs administrations with comprehensive and practical guidance on how to enhance and commit to their transparency and predictability, with a view to trade facilitation and integrity.
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    WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation UNCTAD Trade Facilitation Technical Note No. 6

    This is the Technical Notes on Trade Facilitation Measures by UNCTAD.

    Source: The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), 2014

    Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation,
    This is the Technical Notes on Trade Facilitation Measures by UNCTAD.
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    Trade Facilitation Indicators: the potential impact of trade facilitation on developing countries’ trade

    This paper presents findings from the OECD analysis of indicators for assessing the relative economic and trade impact of specific trade facilitation measures on non-OECD countries.

    Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development(OECD), 2012

    Policymakers: Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation,
    This paper presents findings from the OECD analysis of indicators for assessing the relative economic and trade impact of specific trade facilitation measures on non-OECD countries.
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    How Legal Entity Identifiers Will Transform Small Business in Asia

    This Blog by Asian Development Bank explores how legal entity identifiers will transform small business in Asia

    Source: Asian Development Bank (ADB) , 2018

    Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards, Asia & Middle East,
    This Blog by Asian Development Bank explores how legal entity identifiers will transform small business in Asia
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    Recommendation on the use of Legal Entity Identifier (LEI)

    This Recommendation on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) requires all entities for which information is required under EU reporting obligations to obtain a pre-Legal Entity Identifier (pre-LEI) code for reporting purposes.

    Source: European Banking Authority

    Policymakers: Goods, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards, Europe,
    This Recommendation on the use of the Legal Entity Identifier (LEI) requires all entities for which information is required under EU reporting obligations to obtain a pre-Legal Entity Identifier (pre-LEI) code for reporting purposes.
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    Thematic Review on Implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier

    This report describes the findings of the peer review on implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier, including the key elements of the discussion in the FSB Standing Committee on Standards Implementation (SCSI).

    Source: Financial Stability Board (FSB), 2019

    Policymakers: Goods, Access to Finance, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Regulation & Standards,
    This report describes the findings of the peer review on implementation of the Legal Entity Identifier, including the key elements of the discussion in the FSB Standing Committee on Standards Implementation (SCSI).
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    ISO 17442 Part 2: The LEI in Digital Certificates

    This webpage introduces the LEI in Digital Certificates.

    Source: Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF)

    Businesses: Policymakers: Goods, Services, Border Procedures & Trade Facilitation, Digital Trade & E-Commerce,
    This webpage introduces the LEI in Digital Certificates.