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.
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How countries can leverage trade facilitation to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic
UNCTAD/DTL/INF/2020/2 - 01 May 2020
COVID-19: A 10-point action plan to strengthen international trade and transport facilitation in times of pandemic - UNCTAD Policy Brief No. 79
UNCTAD/PRESS/PB/2020/3 - 23 Apr 2020
Technical Note: National trade facilitation committees as coordinators of trade facilitation reforms
UNCTAD/DTL/TLB/2020/1 - 17 Apr 2020
Road Safety - Considerations In Support Of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Transport and Trade Facilitation Series, No 10
UNCTAD/DTL/TLB/2017/4 - 03 Jan 2018
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