UNCTAD | Trade Facilitation

Trade Facilitation

Long waiting times at borders, inappropriate fees, cumbersome formalities, and inadequate or unclear rules and regulations, can all become serious obstacles to trade, and as a consequence adversely affect investment, employment and trade-led development.

UNCTAD assists developing countries in identifying their particular trade and transport facilitation needs and priorities, and helps them program the implementation of specific trade and transport facilitation measures.

UNCTAD organizes workshops and seminars at the regional and national levels, publishes relevant information and training material, and provides technical assistance through numerous projects.

News

25 January 2018In Africa’s Great Lakes region, UNCTAD helps build peace through cross-border trade

UNCTAD Deputy Secretary General Isabelle Durant joins UN partners to pledge political and logistical support to formerly warring central African countries.

05 January 2018Developing countries should continue trade-easing reforms in wake of WTO deal

The Trade Facilitation Agreement commits World Trade Organization members to streamlining cross-border trade, but reforms can go further, UNCTAD report says.

12 December 2017It is that time of the year… again !

Written by Arántzazu Sánchez
Article No. 14 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°76 - Fourth Quarter 2017]

12 December 2017Setting up and building a National Trade Facilitation Committee in Ghana: a fruitful journey

Written by Bismark Sitorus
Article No. 13 [UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter N°76 - Fourth Quarter 2017]

06 December 2017Benin and Nigeria a step closer of implementing the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

Both countries recently concluded UNCTAD Empowerment Programme for National Trade Facilitation Committees.

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Meetings and Events

Start Date	Title	Location	Country
15-17 Nov 2017	Module 3: Establishing a trade facilitation roadmap in Liberia	Monrovia	Liberia
12-15 Dec 2017	Module 2: Measuring and Implementing Trade Facilitation in Cameroun – UNCTAD Empowerment Programme for National Trade Facilitation Committees	Douala	Cameroon
15-19 Jan 2018	Establishing the São Tomé e Príncipe Trade Facilitation Roadmap	São Tomé	Sao Tome and Principe
23-26 Jan 2018	Training of Trainers Module of UNCTAD Empowerment Programme for National Trade Facilitation Committees in Liberia	Monrovia	Liberia
05-09 Feb 2018	Module 3: Establishing a trade facilitation roadmap in Zimbabwe	Harare	Zimbabwe
20-23 Feb 2018	Establishing a National Trade Facilitation Roadmap in Gabon	Libreville	Gabon
26 Feb-01 Mar 2018	Module 3: Establishing the Cameroon Trade Facilitation Roadmap	Douala	Cameroon
26-29 Mar 2018	Training of Trainers Module of UNCTAD Empowerment Programme for National Trade Facilitation Committees in Zimbabwe	Harare	Zimbabwe
23-27 Apr 2018	Empowerment Course for National Transit Coordinators in the framework of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement	Geneva	Switzerland
21-23 Nov 2018	Multi-year Expert Meeting on Transport, Trade Logistics and Trade Facilitation, sixth session	Geneva	Switzerland