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Guidelines to help governments, companies and consumers benefit from sustainable trade in precious plants and animals now include elements such as climate resilience and marine biodiversity.

A new call to action urges countries to make BioTrade a lever for recovery and resilience in the wake of the pandemic.

The government signed with UN agencies an agreement to build an electronic portal for trade procedures and documents in the Central Asian nation

The project is a point of convergence for conservation and sustainable use of marine resources, and a driver for a blue and green recovery from COVID-19.

An UNCTAD data evaluation tool helps the southern African nation recover an additional $1 million in export dues from mining companies in one year.

UNCTAD’s automated customs management system is well equipped to boost relief operations as people in Beirut start to recover from a massive blast.

UNCTAD15, the UN trade and development body's fifteenth quadrennial conference, will take place under the theme “From inequality and vulnerability to prosperity for all” as the world seeks solutions for a global new normal.

The project aims at reducing maritime trade costs by improving customs administrations access to advance cargo information and increasing efficiencies in customs clearance processes.

Written by Robert Hamwey, UNCTAD Economic Affairs Officer

The nation’s oil-dependent economy has been hit by low demand due to the coronavirus pandemic. It’s banking on trade facilitation reforms to improve competitiveness in other sectors.