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Remote Pacific islands need trade to survive, celebrate 15 years of automated customs
20 Dec 2016
Meeting with other customs officials in a UN meeting room on a frosty European winter's day, Ben Malas is a long way from his home in Vanuatu, a tropical archipelago of 83 Pacific Ocean islands strung out across an area the size of France.
New EU-UNCTAD agreement to help Central Africa cut its trade costs
14 Oct 2016
UNCTAD is set to support Central African countries cut the costs of their cross-border trade, after signing a three-year €380,000 ($420,000) deal with the European Union in Brussels on Friday.
UNCTAD eyes an agricultural future for successful customs automation
16 Sep 2016
Trade in agricultural commodities is the next frontier for UNCTAD's ASYCUDA program, which reduces bureaucracy, corruption, and trade delays in as many as 93 developing countries by automating customs procedures.
Sustainable Freight Transportation for Agenda 2030 discussed at UNCTAD14
22 Jul 2016
Discussing sustainable freight transport is both timely and topical as the world community moves ahead with the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development (ASD) and the Paris Climate Change Agreement (COP21).
Germany to finance an UNCTAD project on transparent trade procedures in West Africa
12 Feb 2016
UNCTAD's work with West African countries gains momentum thanks to German support for a new capacity-building project for Nigeria, Mali and Benin.