Transport, logistics and trade facilitation

We support countries in implementing sustainable and resilient freight transportation and logistics services to enhance trade.

Customs automation - ASYCUDA

Transport infrastructure and services

Trade facilitation

Transport policy and legislation

Review of Maritime Transport

The Review of Maritime Transport has been published annually since 1968. This flagship report provides an analysis of structural and cyclical changes affecting seaborne trade, ports and shipping, as well as an extensive collection of statistics.

Over 80% of the volume of international trade in goods is carried by sea, and the percentage is even higher for most developing countries.

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News

Container ship unloads cargo at dock in Micronesia

UNCTAD, EU join forces to boost Pacific trade

A new project is poised to help countries in the region generate efficiencies in customs clearance processes and reap the rewards of easier international trade.

24 sep 2021

ASYCUDA marks 40 years of keeping international trade flowing

The programme has assisted 126 countries and territories over the past 40 years to improve their import and export processes, and supported COVID-19 responses.

8 sep 2021

UNCTAD, IATA extend partnership to facilitate global trade

The two organizations will leverage their leadership in their respective fields to boost e-commerce in developing countries through improved exchanges of trade data.

12 aoû 2021

A container ship in the port of Valencia, Spain

How to cushion consumers from high maritime freight rates

By Jan Hoffmann, Head of Trade Logistics, UNCTAD

27 juil 2021

Projects

Transport and trade connectivity in the age of pandemics

Commercialization of the Trans-Saharan Road Corridor

Implementation of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement in Central Africa

Featured Event

20 Sep 2021

UNCTAD15 pre-event: Sustainable and resilient supply chains - Overcoming vulnerabilities in transport and trade facilitation to ensure prosperity for all

Transport and Trade Facilitation

The Series includes analytical reports on a wide range of issues in the areas of trade facilitation, international transport, and logistics. It complements the annual Review of Maritime Transport, and the quarterly Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter.

Topics covered in recent years include digitalization of logistics, national trade facilitation committees, shipping, climate change adaptation, road safety, port performance, cabotage, transit, and the relationship between trade facilitation and development.

Recent publications

ASYCUDA Annual Report 2020

UNCTAD Assessment of the Impact of the IMO Short-Term GHG Reduction Measure on States

Small island developing states: Maritime transport in the era of a disruptive pandemic - empower states to fend against disruptions to maritime transportation systems, their lifeline to the world

Container shipping in times of COVID-19: Why freight rates have surged and implications for policy makers

COVID-19 and maritime transport: Impact and responses

COVID-19 implications for commercial contracts: Carriage of goods by sea and related cargo claims

Transport and trade facilitation newsletter

The UNCTAD Transport and Trade Facilitation Newsletter is a quarterly bulletin on current topics and projects in trade facilitation and international transport.

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