Article Resources
Section I
Article 1- Publication and Availability of Information
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Norway - Case Study on Publication and Information
OTHER
GENERAL GUIDELINES
UNCTAD Information available through internet - Technical note 11 (2014)
World Bank - Developing a Trade Information Portal
WCO's Implementation Guidance on Article 1
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Botswana - Making Cross-Border Trade Easier - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition Finalist (2016)
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UNCTAD - Technical Note on Enquiry Points - TN/TF/6 (2014)
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Article 2- Comment and Consultation
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Canada - Business Lens Checklist for SMEs
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New Zealand - Border Sector Industry Stakeholder Forum
USA - Commercial Operation Advisory Committee
USA - Bi-Directional Education
Article 3- Advance Rulings
GENERAL GUIDELINES
USA- USAID Advance Ruling Guide
USA- What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: U.S Customs (2009)
CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES
Australia - Australia's Experience with Advance Rulings (2019)
Australia - Trade Facilitation Best Practices in Use of Advance Rulings
Singapore's Statement on Advance Rulings (2018)
Trinidad and Tobago - Advance rulings (PPT)
Trinidad and Tobago - Advance rulings
USA- Best Practices in Use of Avanced Rulings
Article 4- Procedures for Appeal or Review
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Article 5- Impartiality, Non-discrimination & Transparency
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WCO - SAFE Framework of Standards (2012)
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Article 6- Disciplines on Fees and Charges
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Voluntary Disclosure Programmes of Member Countries (Singapore, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, USA)
Article 7- Release and Clearance of Goods
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Japan - Pre-arrival examination
Nigeria - Pre-arrival processing
Peru - Advanced Customs Clearance System (2011)
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GENERAL GUIDELINES
USAID FASTrade Risk Management Handbook (2004)
CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES
Cameroon - Risk management (2011)
New Zealand - Risk management (2011)
GENERAL GUIDELINES
USAID Postclearance Audit Handbook (2011)
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Canada - Post-Clearance Audit (2011)
GENERAL GUIDELINES
CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES
Belarus - Conducting a Border-Crossing Time-Release Study - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition (2016)
Fiji - Time release Study (2012)
Malaysia - Time release Study (2012)
GENERAL GUIDELINES
Australia- What is a Trusted Trader (Video) (2018)
Australian Border Force (2018)
USAID AEO Programs Handbook (2010)
CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES
Australia's Authorized Economic Operator Program G/TFA/W/9 (2018)
Brazil's AEO Program (2018)
China's AEO Program (2018)
Dominican Republic - Authorized Economic Operator Programme
EU Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) Program (2018)
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Article 8- Border Agency Cooperation
GENERAL GUIDELINES
UNCTAD - Border Agency Coordination - Technical Note No.14 (2011)
CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES
AsDB - The Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program - CS #60 Aid for Trade 5GR
CUTS - Attari-Wagah Border of India and Pakistan - CS #100 Aid for Trade 5GR
ECOWAS - West Africa Joint Border Post (JBP) Programme - CS #38 Aid for Trade 5GR
OECS - Border Cooperation for the OECS Customs Union and Free Circulation of Goods- CARICOM (2019)
World Bank - Trading Across Borders in Guatemala and Honduras (2018)
Lesotho Revenue Authority- Customs Modernisation Programme - CS #21 Aid for Trade 5GR
Lesotho - Technical Assistance on Trade Facilitation - CS #05 Aid for Trade 5GR
Norway - Case Study on Border Agency Cooperation (2011)
Zambia - Case Study on Customs cooperation (2011)
Article 9- Movement under Customs Control
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Article 10- Import, Export and Transit Formalities
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AACE - Guidelines for Single Window Implementation in Africa (2017)
UNECE - Single Window for Trade (2005)
UNECE - Single window - Recommendation no. 33 (2005)
UNRCS - TF and Paperless Trade Implementation Survey 2015 - Latin America and the Caribbean (2015)
CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES
Brasil - Single Window (in spanish) (2012)
Ecuador - Single Window (2011)
El Salvador – Single Window (2011)
Kenya - Environment and Implementation of the National Single Window - CS #24 Aid for Trade 5GR
Korea – Single Window (2011)
Lesotho Revenue Authority - Customs Modernisation Programme - Aid for Trade 5GR CS #21
Nigeria – Single Window (2011)
Peru - Single Window for Foreign Trade (VUCE) - CS #112 Aid for Trade 5GR
Rwanda - Rwanda electronic single window - CS #13 Aid for Trade 5GR
Sri Lanka - Study on challenges implementing Single Window (2015)
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Article 11- Freedom of Transit
GENERAL GUIDELINES
UNECE- TIR System- Structure, Merits and Accession (2017)
UNECE- Unified Railway Law (2018)
UN-OHRLLS - Implementation of the Vienna Programme of Action for Landlocked Developing Countries for the Decade 2014-2024 (2017)
UN-OHRLLS - Improving transit cooperation, trade and trade facilitation for the benefit of the landlocked developing countries (2017)
WCO - Innovative practices on transit (2013)
WCO- Transit Guidelines (2018)
CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES
European Commission- European Union -Transit (2018)
Hong Kong, China – Transit (2011)
Switzerland- Implementation of National and International Transit Procedures (2018)
WCO - Customs Transit Procedures in the European Union (2013)
Article 12- Customs Cooperation
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Canada - Customs Cooperation (2012)
Section II
Section II Resources
BROCHURES & GUIDELINES
TFAF Notifications Brochure-English (2018)
TFAF Notifications Brochure-French (2018)
TFAF Notifications Brochure-Spanish (2018)
Section III
Article 23 Resources
GENERAL GUIDELINES
CAM- Cooperation and Collaboration in the Dutch National Trade Facilitation Committee
STDF - National SPS Coordination Mechanisms (2012)
TFAF- National Committees on Trade Facilitation: Current practices and challenges (2016)
UNCTAD, UNECE and ITC - Repository of National Trade Facilitation Bodies (2018)
UNECE - Roadmap Methodology for NTFCs (2016)
UNCTAD - National Trade Facilitation Bodies in the world (2014)
UNCTAD - What is a TF roadmap and what it is not a TF roadmap
UNCTAD - A National Roadmap for WTO TFA Implementation-CARICOM (2019)
WCO- National Commitees on Trade Facilitation (2018)
CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES
Albania- Trade facilitation agreement and National Committee for trade facilitation (2016)
Antigua and Barbuda- NTFC Experience- CARICOM (2019)
Antigua and Barbuda- The Trade Facilitation Agreement- CARICOM (2019)
Barbados- NTFC Experience- CARICOM (2019)
Belize- NTFC Experience- CARICOM (2019)
Botswana- Technical Committee on Trade Facilitation (2016)
Botswana- National Commitee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Brazil- National Trade Facilitation Committee's Mandate - A perspective from the Brazilian experience (2016)
Brazil - National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2016)
Canada - National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
CARICOM - The CARICOM Strategy for Regional implementation of the TFA- CARICOM (2019)
China - Implementation of WTO TFA China Customs (2018)
Costa Rica- NCTF - Defining an institutional framework: the case of Costa Rica (2016)
Dominica- NTFC Experience- CARICOM (2019)
Eswatini- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
GEA- TFA Implementation: Benefits, Priorities and Monitoring- CARICOM (2019)
Grenada- NTFC Experience- CARICOM (2019)
Guyana- How to ensure the proper functioning and long term adaptability of the national committee (2016)
Guyana- Guyana's Trade Facilitation Agreement Experience- CARICOM (2019)
Ghana- Strategies for defining a roadmap for the NCTF - The Ghana experience (2016)
India- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Israel- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Italy- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Jamaica - Trade Facilitation Task Force - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition Finalist (2017)
Jamaica- The Case of Jamaica's Trade Facilitation Task Force (2016)
Kenya- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Lao PDR- Maintaining a NCTF (2016)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - TFA Implementation (2018)
Republic of Moldova - Action plan (2018)
Malawi- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Mauritius- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Montenegro - National Trade Facilitation Committee: Lessons Learned - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition Finalist (2017)
Nigeria - Presentation on National trade Facilitation Committee in Nigeria (2016)
Nigeria- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Nigeria and Sri Lanka- WCO - National Committees on Trade Facilitation (2016)
OECS- Regional Perspectives on Trade Facilitation- CARICOM (2019)
Oman- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Pakistan- National Trade and Transport Facilitation Committee (NTTFC) in Pakistan (2016)
Mauritius- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Sri Lanka- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
St. Kitts & Nevis- NTFC- CARICOM (2019)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - Trade Facilitation in St. Vincent and the Grenadines (2016)
St. Vincent and the Grenadines - NTFC- CARICOM (2019)
Sweden - How to ensure the power functioning and long-term adaptability - Swedish Experiences (2016)
Trinidad & Tobago-NTFC- Status, Lessons learned and best practices- CARICOM (2019)
Trinidad & Tobago-NTFC- Strategies for defining a roadmap for the National Commitee- CARICOM (2019)
Turkey - NTFC Experience (2018)
Uganda National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF): Mandate and Areas of Work (2016)
United Arab Emirates- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
United States - Structure and role of the US National Trade Facilitation Committee (2018)
United States- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2018)
Vanuatu - Experience Sharing on Establishing and Maintaining National Committee on Trade Facilitation in Vanuatu (2016)
Viet Nam - Defining an institutional framework - Viet Nam (2016)
WCO-Tools for Effective Implementation- CARICOM (2019)