Joint global survey to shed light on trade facilitation and paperless trade
View
Download
Published
2014-10Author(s)/Corporate Author (s)
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa.;Metadata
Show full item recordAbstract
The five United Nations Regional Commissions (UNRC) and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have recently launched a global survey to collect relevant data and information on trade facilitation and the implementation of paperless trade from their respective member states. The global survey is a key initiative under the framework of the Joint UNRC Approach to Trade Facilitation, which was agreed upon by the Executive Secretaries of the five UNRCs in Beirut, in January 2010. It will enable the UNRCs to present a joint (global) view on key issues in trade facilitation. The questionnaire for the global survey was jointly prepared and finalized by UNRCs and OECD. The data collected will also support the updating of the OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators. The global survey covers the implementation of some important measures included in the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) and of measures aimed at enabling paperless trade, that is, the conduct of trade using electronic rather than paper-based data and documentation. A recent ESCAP report found that “next generation” trade facilitation measures have just as much potential as more traditional measures to reduce trade costs and increase intra- and extra-regional trade.
Citation
“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa. (2014-10). Joint global survey to shed light on trade facilitation and paperless trade. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/34662”Collections
- African Trade Policy Centre [2507]
- Press Releases [7088]
- Trade [2779]
Related items
Showing items related by title, author, creator and subject.
Investment Facilitation to be central to impending AfCFTA negotiations, ECA Director says
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (2021-03). Investment Facilitation to be central to impending AfCFTA negotiations, ECA Director says. Addis Ababa :. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/45675”
African Continental Free Trade Area could expand opportunities for women, say ATPC-SADC webinar panelists
United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa
“United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa; United Nations. Economic Commission for Africa (2020-12). African Continental Free Trade Area could expand opportunities for women, say ATPC-SADC webinar panelists. Addis Ababa:. © UN. ECA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/44401”
Rapport : comité de la coopération de l'intégration régionale
Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique
“Nations Unies. Commission Economique pour l'Afrique (1999-04). Rapport : comité de la coopération de l'intégration régionale. NU. CEA Comité de la coopération de l'intégration régionale (1è session 1999, avr. 27-29 Addis Abeba, Ethiopie). Addis Abeba :. © NU.CEA,. https://hdl.handle.net/10855/1189”