
General resources
- Agriculture
- COVID 19 and TFA Resources
- Digitalization or Technology
- Environment
- Gender and Trade Facilitation
- Global Value Chains/ Supply Chains
- Implementation assistance/Working with donors & development partners
- Implementation of the TFA
- Private Sector/MSMEs
- Trade Facilitation Monitoring
- Transport and Transit
Agriculture
Coming soon
COVID 19 and TFA Resources
Digitalization or Technology
UNCTAD - ASYCUDA in action- Compendium 2019
UNECE - White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020)
UNECE - UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation: UNECE Regional Report 2019
UNECE - White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020)
UNECE - Trade Facilitation White Paper on Smart Containers (2019)
UNECAP - UN Digital an Sustainable Trade Facilitation Global Report 2019
Environment
Coming soon
Gender and Trade Facilitation
Coming soon
Global Value Chains/ Supply Chains
Coming soon
Implementation assistance/Working with donors & development partners
Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness (2005)
BUSAN PARTNERSHIP FOR EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT CO-OPERATION
OECD - Harmonising Donor Practices for Effective Aid Delivery (2003)
OECD - Harmonising Donor Practices for Effective Aid Delivery. Vol 2 (2006)
OECD - Managing Aid (2005)
OECD - Development Assistance Manual DAC (1992)
Implementation of the TFA
Coming soon
Private Sector/MSMEs
Coming soon
Trade Facilitation Monitoring
- UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation (2015-2021)
- Aid for Trade Country Profiles (2018)
- Global Express Association Customs Capabilities (2018)
- World Bank - Logistic Performance Index (LPI) (2018)
- IATA- Air Cargo Border Efficiency (2017)
- OECD - Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFIs) (2017)
- Indicators for Trade Facilitation: A Handbook (UNESCAP, OECD)
- Institutional Profiles Database (IPD) (2016)
- OECD - Aid for Trade Facilitation interactive database (2016)
- World Bank - Doing business (2015)
- UNECE - Trade and Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanisms. Recommendation 42
- UNECE - Assessing regulatory and procedural measures in trade: An Evaluation Methodology (2014)
- UNECE - Risk Management in Regulatory Frameworks: Towards a Better Management of Risks (2012)
UNCTAD
UNECE
Conventions & legal instruments
Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for Such Carriage (ATP) (as of January 2018)
European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Inland Waterways (2000)
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (1975)
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of goods (1982)
Customs Convention on containers (1972)
European Agreement concerning the International Carriage of Dangerous Goods by Road (1957)
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1956)
Customs Convention on the temporary importation of private road vehicles (1954)
International Convention to facilitate the crossing of frontiers for goods carried by rail (1952)
Publications
Railways role in intermodality and the digitalization of transport documents (2018)
TIR Handbook (2018) (UN Official languages)
Railway reform in the ECE region (2017)
eTIR: Towards Paperless Cross-border Trade (2016)
The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments (2016) (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
eTIR Reference Model (2014) (English, French, Russian)
OSCE-UNECE Handbook of best practices at border crossings – A trade and transport facilitation perspective (2012) (English, Russian, Albanian, Serbian, Macedonian)
Conventions & legal instruments
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of goods (1982)
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (1975)
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1956)
Publications
TIR Handbook (2018) (UN Official languages)
eTIR: Towards Paperless Cross-border Trade
The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments (2016) (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
eTIR Reference Model (2014) (English, French, Russian)
OSCE-UNECE Handbook of best practices at border crossings – A trade and transport facilitation perspective (2012) (English, Russian, Albanian, Serbian, Macedonian)
Conventions & legal instruments
International Convention on the Harmonization of Frontier Controls of goods (1982)
Customs Convention on the International Transport of Goods under Cover of TIR Carnets (1975)
Customs Convention on containers (1972)
Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (1956)
Publications
Railways role in intermodality and the digitalization of transport documents (2018)
TIR Handbook (2018) (UN Official languages)
eTIR: Towards Paperless Cross-border Trade (2016)
The United Nations Transport Conventions on border crossing facilitations – Benefits for governments (2016) (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian, Spanish)
eTIR Reference Model (2014) (English, French, Russian)
OSCE-UNECE Handbook of best practices at border crossings – A trade and transport facilitation perspective (2012) (English, Russian, Albanian, Serbian, Macedonian)
Initiatives
UNECE Group of Experts towards Unified Railway Law Work Plan (2018) (English, French, Russian)
Joint Declaration towards unified railway law (2013)
UNECE Position Paper: towards Unified Railway Law in the pan-European region and on Euro-Asian transport corridors (2011) (English, Russian, French)
GIS platform:
UNECE International Transport Infrastructure Observatory (Forthcoming)
Transport infrastructure publications
Innovative ways for financing transport infrastructure (2018)
UNECE Trans-European Motorways (TEM) Project (2018)
TEM Project Strategic Plan 2017-2021 (2017)
Euro-Asian Transport Linkages – Paving the way for a more efficient Euro-Asian transport (2012) (English, Russian)
UNECE-UNESCAP Joint study on developing Euro-Asian transport linkages (2007) (English, Russian)
Transport and sustainable development publications:
SDGs and the UN Transport Conventions (2016) and The Way Forward
Transport for sustainable development - The case of inland transport (2015)
Sustainable urban mobility and public transport (2015)
Climate change impacts and adaptation for international transport networks (2014) (English, French, Russian)
Transport for sustainable development in the UNECE region (2011)
Transport statistics publications:
2017 Inland transport statistics for Europe and North America
UNNEXT / UNESCAP
USAID
Assessing the Benefits Of The Trade Facilitation Agreement For Agricultural Trade (2019)
Impact of WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement on Tariff Revenues and Border Fee Proceeds (2017)
USAID ICT Procurement Guide for Customs (2011)
Establishing and Implementing a Customs Program Management Process (2005)
Africa
- Promoting SME Competitiveness in Kenya (ITC) 2019
- Promoting SME competitiveness in Francophone Africa: Improving access to finance for inclusive growth (ITC) 2019
- Diversifying Trade in Africa: New strategy approaches for the African Continental Free Trade Area (ITC) 2019
- TFWA - Small-scale, Cross-border Trade in West Africa (video)
- Trade Facilitation in West AFrica (TFWA)
Asia
Central Asia
Coming soon
Central and Eastern Europe
Coming soon
Latin America
Coming soon
Middle East
- TFAF Brochure
- TFAF Notifications Brochure (Lists Notification Deadlines)
- TFAF Grant Program Brochure
- WTO TFA Implementation Brochure (Lists contact details for Donors & Partner Organizations)
- TFA for Business
- National Commitees on Trade Facilitation
- Trade Facilitation Agreement: Easing the Flow of Goods across Borders
- The WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement
TFAF Brochure
TFAF Notifications Brochure (Lists Notification Deadlines)
TFAF Grant Program Brochure
WTO TFA Implementation Brochure (Lists contact details for Donors & Partner Organizations)
TFA for Business
National Commitees on Trade Facilitation
Trade Facilitation Agreement: Easing the Flow of Goods across Borders
The WTO's Trade Facilitation Agreement
Publications in WTO languages
UNCTAD - ASYCUDA in action- Compendium 2019
UNECE - White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020)
UNECE - Public-Private Partnerships in Trade Facilitation. Recommendation 41 (2017)
UNECE - UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation: UNECE Regional Report 2019
UNECE - Summary of UNECE Trade Facilitation Recommendations (2015)
UNECE - Trade Facilitation Terms: an English-Russian-Chinese Glossary
UNECE - Trade Facilitation Terms: An English-Russian Glossary
UNECE - UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation: UNECE Regional Report 2019
UNECE - White Paper on Block Chain in Trade Facilitation (2020)
UNECE - Trade Facilitation White Paper on Smart Containers (2019)
UNESCAP - UN Digital an Sustainable Trade Facilitation Global Report 2019
UNESCAP - UN Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation implementation database
UNESCAP – Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation in Asia and the Pacific (2021)
USAID - The Trade Facilitation Agreement: A World of Opportunities for MSMEs (2021)