CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Malawi - Opening Doors to Transparency in Cross-Border Trade: Lessons from the Trade Portal - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition Finalist (2017)

Jamaica- Jamaica's Trade Information Portal (2019) 

Jamaica- Jamaica's Trade Facilitation Programme (2019)

 

OTHER

Nigeria Trade Hub

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Australia - How to Import (2019)

Canada - Guide on importing Commercial Goods into Canada  (2019)

Norway - Import Guide for Beginners (2018)

Norway - Case Study on Publication and Information

Switzerland- Swiss Customs (2019)  

Switzerland - Importation into Switzerland (2019)

Switzerland - Exportation from Switzerland (2019) 

Switzerland - Transit Through Switzerland (2019) 

United Kingdom - Starting to Import (2019)

United States - Introduction to the CBP Import Process (2019)

United States - Importing into the United States (2006) *For other US CBP Informed Compliance Publications view here

UNCTAD Information available through internet - Technical note 11 (2014)
World Bank - Developing a Trade Information Portal
WCO's Implementation Guidance on Article 1

 

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Botswana - Making Cross-Border Trade Easier - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition Finalist (2016)

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

UNCTAD - Technical Note on Enquiry Points - TN/TF/6 (2014)

WTO - TBT Enquiry Point Guide (2019)

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

USA - Centers of Excellence and Expertise 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

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GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Canada- Guidelines for Effective Regulatory Consultations (2007)

EU- Stakeholder Consultation Guidelines (2014)

Switzerland- Stakeholder Involvement (2019)

Ukraine- Public Consultations on Draft Legislation 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

UNECE- Trade Facilitation Implementation Guide 

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

New Zealand - Border Sector Industry Stakeholder Forum
USA - Commercial Operation Advisory Committee
USA - Bi-Directional Education

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Australia- Advance Rulings- Australian Border Force (2012)

Canada - Advance Rulings for Tariff Classification (2019)

China- The Regulations Governing the Implementation of Advance Tariff Classification Ruling on Imported Goods (2015)

Singapore- Application for Customs Ruling on Classification of Goods (2019)

USA- USAID Advance Ruling Guide

USA- What Every Member of the Trade Community Should Know About: U.S. Customs & Border Protection Rulings Program (2009)

WCO- Technical Guidelines on Advance Rulings for Classification, Origin and valuation (2018)

 

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Australia - Australia's Experience with Advance Rulings (2019)

Australia - Trade Facilitation Best Practices in Use of Advance Rulings  

Phillipines - Advance rulings from the Bureau of Customs and the Tariff Commission (2017)

Singapore's Statement on Advance Rulings (2018)

Trinidad and Tobago - Advance rulings (PPT)

Trinidad and Tobago - Advance rulings  

USA- G/TFA/W/7 The Role of Advance Rulings and Administrative Procedures in TFA Implementation (US Communication) (2018)

USA- Best Practices in Use of Avanced Rulings 

 

OTHER

Advance Ruling Procedures (NAFTA)

World Customs Journal- Comparison of advance ruling systems for tariff classification in the European Union, China and Taiwan

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

Albania - Appeals in application of the customs code (2019)

Bangladesh- Appeal Process (2016)

Ireland - Customs Appeals (2019)

New Zealand- Guide to Making an Appeal 

Papua New Guinea - Customs Appeals (2019)

UNCTAD- Right of appeal against Customs and other agency rulings and decisions -Technical Note No. 10 (2011) 

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

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GENERAL GUIDELINES

WCO - SAFE Framework of Standards (2012)

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

EU - Rapid Alert System for Food and Feed (RASFF) (2005) 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

USA- Customs and International Trade Law - U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discusses top reasons for Detention of goods 

USA- US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) issues Detention order on Tuna Harvested by Forced Labor Aboard the Tunago no. 61

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

FAO Inspection Guide 

IPPC ISPM 31 Methodologies for sampling of consignments

IPPC ISPM 27  Diagnostic protocols for regulated pests

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

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GENERAL GUIDELINES

UNCTAD- Disciplines on the levy of fees and charges - Technical Note No 2 (2011)

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GENERAL GUIDELINES

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OTHER

Voluntary Disclosure Programmes of Member Countries (Singapore, Switzerland, Canada, Japan, USA) 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

UNECE - Pre-Arrival Processing 
UNCTAD- Pre-arrival Customs processing- Technical Note No. 15 (2011)
 

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Japan - Pre-arrival examination 

Nigeria - Pre-arrival processing 

Peru - Advanced Customs Clearance System  (2011) 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

UNECE- Electronic payment of customs duties and taxes

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

India - ICEGATE e-payment gateway 

Malaysia - Electronic Customs Duty Payment (ePayment)

GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

New Zealand - Deferred Payment Scheme (2013)

GENERAL GUIDELINES

USAID FASTrade Risk Management Handbook (2004)

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Cameroon - Risk management (2011) 

New Zealand - Risk management (2011) 

OIE - Risk management- CARICOM (2019) 

Zambia - Integrating Risk-Based Principles into Border Inspections and Clearance - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition Finalist (2016) 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

USAID Postclearance Audit Handbook (2011)

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Canada - Post-Clearance Audit (2011) 

Chinese Taipei - Post clearance Audit (2012) 

Korea - Post clearance - TN/TF/W/55 (2005)

GENERAL GUIDELINES

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Australia - Time Release Study (2016)

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

Albania - Operationalization of Authorized Economic Operators Program - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition (2017) 

Australia's AEO Program G/TFA/W/9 (2018) 

Brazil's AEO Program (2018) 

China's AEO Program (2018) 

Dominican Republic - AEO Programme 

EU AEO Program (2018) 

Hong Kong, China - AEO Programme 

Jamaica - Case Study on Authorised Economic Operators 

Japan's AEO Program (2018)

Korea's AEO Program (2019)

GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

USA - Best practices in use of expedited shipments

OTHER

Article - New Saudi Customs clearance procedures enhance shipments

GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

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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) 

Japan - Capacity building for Customs Administration and capacity development for Trade Facilitation in Eastern Africa - CS #07 Aid for Trade 5GR 

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) 

 

OTHER

Singapore Customs- Coordinated Border Management: A Whole-of-Government Approach: Singapore Customs (2015)

WCO News: EU launches new Customs Data Model based on WCO standards (2016)
 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

No general guidelines at this time

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

EU - The single administration document (SAD) 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Japan- Japan’s experience on supporting documents (Revised Kyoto Convention Management Committee 2013)

GENERAL GUIDELINES

ISO Guides on use of International Standards (2014)

UNCTAD- Simplification of trade documentation using international standards - Technical Note No 13 (2011)

 

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

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GENERAL GUIDELINES

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) 

Brasil - TFA implementation in Brazil through Public-Private Partnership (2019)

China- Single Window (2019)

Chinese Taipei – Single Window (2019)

Colombia – Single Window 

Ecuador - Single Window (2011) 

El Salvador – Single Window (2011) 

Kenya - Environment and Implementation of the National Single Window - CS #24 Aid for Trade 5GR 

Kenya - Electronic Single Window Connects East Africa to Global Value Chains - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition (2017) 

Korea – Single Window (2018) 

Korea – Single Window (2011) 

Lesotho Revenue Authority - Customs Modernisation Programme - Aid for Trade 5GR CS #21

Morocco - PortNet: Creating a Strategic Alliance between Port and Foreign Trade Communities for a Competitive Economic Operator - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition (2017) 

Nigeria – Single Window (2011) 

Peru - Single Window for Foreign Trade (VUCE) - CS #112 Aid for Trade 5GR 

Peru - Single Window 

Rwanda - The Electronic Single Window for Trade Efficiency - Smart Lessons Case Study Competition Finalist (2017) 

Rwanda - UNCTAD Compendium of Good Practices (2019) 

Rwanda - Rwanda electronic single window - CS #13 Aid for Trade 5GR  

 

Sri Lanka - Study on challenges implementing Single Window (2015) 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

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GENERAL GUIDELINES

WCO Customs Brokers Guidelines 

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Australia- Step by Step Approach for Customs Brokers

GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

EC- The Single Administrative Document (SAD)

Singapore- Approach to Streamlining Trade Documentation, WCO news N° 75 (2014)

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

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CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

India- India's Re-Import of Goods Procedures (Rejected Goods)
 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

No general guidelines at this time

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Australia- Temporary Imports (Practices by Australia)

WCO- Survey -Temporary Admission 
 

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) 

 

 

GENERAL GUIDELINES

No general guidelines at this time

CASE STUDIES AND COUNTRY SPECIFIC INITIATIVES

Canada - Customs Cooperation (2012)

GENERAL GUIDELINES

CAM- Cooperation and Collaboration in the Dutch National Trade Facilitation Committee 

COMCEC - Establishing Well Functioning National Trade Facilitation Bodies (NTFBs) in the OIC Member States (2015)

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)

WTO- Members share experiences on National Trade Facilitation Committees- Workshop Presentations and Documents (2016)

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)

El Salvador - Advances in Trade Facilitation (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)

Paraguay- National Committee on Trade Facilitation (2019)

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)

Montenegro - National Trade Facilitation Committee (2019)

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)

Norway- National Trade Facilitation Commitee (2019)

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)

Pakistan UNECE - Case Study 

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)

Suriname-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)