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Trade facilitation

Shaping resilient, efficient, and sustainable global supply chains through trade facilitation reforms, digital innovation, and the UNCTAD Global Supply Chain Forum.

Objectives

Through the Empowerment Programme for Trade Facilitation, UNCTAD helps countries achieve:

  • Stronger institutions: Build capacity of governments and private sector actors to implement trade reforms.
  • Smarter reforms: Use data and analysis to reduce bottlenecks and costs.
  • Better coordination: Strengthen cooperation across border agencies.
  • Digital transformation: Accelerate paperless and data-driven trade systems.
  • Inclusive outcomes: Ensure women, youth, persons with disability and other vulnerable groups benefit.

Empowerment Programme for Trade Facilitation 

The UNCTAD Empowerment Programme for Trade Facilitation offers diverse solutions to support developing and Least Developed Countries (LDCs), Small Island Developing States (SIDS), Landlocked Developing Countries (LLDCs), and economies in transition in strengthening their trade facilitation capacities.

It engages government officials, private sector professionals (including women, young traders, and vulnerable groups), academic and research institutions, and civil society organizations.  

By providing tailored solutions, the programme supports inclusive and sustainable development, supply chain resilience, and good governance through digitalization, improving trade efficiency and cross-border collaboration.

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Trade facilitation solutions implemented since 2015

 

Select a technical assistance product in the legend to display UNCTAD support worldwide

 
 
List of countries that have benefited from this programme:
 
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