Ghana

Contact points

Government official(s) responsible to coordinate with donors

Name
Mr Albert Yelifari
Position
Principle Commercial Officer
Address

Trade Facilitation and Import Management

Ministry of Trade Industry

P.O Box MB.47, Accra

Telephone
Email
flableri [at] yahoo.com
Name
Mr Stephen Mickson Opoku
Position
Principle Commercial Officer
Address

Multilateral, Bilateral and Regional Trade

Trade Facilitation and Import Management

Ministry of Trade Industry

P.O Box MB.47, Accra

Telephone
Email
mickson43us [at] yahoo.com
Name
Ms Dilys Ankomah Boafo
Position
Assistance Commercial Officer
Address

Trade Facilitation and Import Management

Ministry of Trade Industry

P.O Box MB.47, Accra

Telephone
Email
dilysankomahboafo [at] gmail.com
TFA Implementation Assistance
Country Project Implementing Organizations Status Thematic Scope
Ghana MY Mercator beneficiary WCO Participating 3.00
Ghana Provision of software for continental e-certificate of rules of origin TradeMark Africa Active 7, 10
Ghana Strengthening the capacity of NTFC in the ECOWAS region UNCTAD Active NTFC TF training (online)
Ghana Support automation of land borders (CDI, Ghana, Togo & Benin) to improve implementation of Customs Automation Tools within ECOWAS – including upgrade of equipment at ECOWAS E-Hub TradeMark Africa Active 7, 12
Information Extracted from Article 22 Notifications
Notifying Country Date and Description of the assistance Committed/Disbursed Beneficiaries Implementing Agencies Procedures for disbursements
Japan -
Workshop on customs valuation/post clearance audit
Disbursed:
13000 USD
Ghana

Ministry of Finance

ODA

Netherlands -
Chains of Human Intelligence: Towards Efficiency and Equity in Agro-food Trade along the Trans-Africa Highway (Cheetah): To reduce trade barriers and make food value chains more efficient, contributing to the reduction of food losses and to increase transparency of border procedures and accountability of custom officials.
Committed:
400000 EUR
Disbursed:
400000 EUR
Ghana

Cheetah

Switzerland -
The Global Trade Facilitation Program (GTFP) is a multi-bi donor program of the World Customs Organization (WCO) and Switzerland providing support to priority countries in the realm of the Swiss Economic Development Cooperation. The program assists countries in implementing the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and the WCO Revised Kyoto Convention.
Committed:
5500000 CHF
Albania, Azerbaijan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Egypt, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, North Macedonia, Peru, Serbia, South Africa, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Ukraine, Viet Nam, Kosovo

WCO: World Customs Organization

Requests for assistance can be made to the notified TF Contact Point responsible for technical assistance and capacity Building or directly to the WCO.
Eligible countries will be selected through the program.

United States of America -
Border measures
Disbursed:
97863 USD
Ghana

Department of Homeland Security (DHS)

Automated Directive Systems (ADS) 201:
https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201.

United States of America -
Administrative procedures
Committed:
60660 USD
Disbursed:
60660 USD
Ghana

US Agency for International Development (USAID)

ADS 201: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201

United States of America -
Border and related agencies capacity building
Committed:
82000 USD
Disbursed:
82000 USD
Ghana

US Agency for International Development (USAID)

ADS 201

United States of America -
Border and related agencies capacity building
Committed:
1050000 USD
Disbursed:
1050000 USD
Ghana

US Agency for International Development US(AID)

ADS 201

United States of America -
NCTF and private sector engagement and capacity building
Disbursed:
10420 USD
Ghana

AID

ADS 201

United States of America -
NCTF and private sector engagement and capacity building
Disbursed:
55790 USD
Ghana

AID

ADS 201

United States of America -
Administrative procedures
Disbursed:
7434 USD
Ghana

AID

ADS 201