UNNExT Workshops on Trade Facilitation · 2015-05-11 · ESCAP Programme & Assistance on Trade Facilitation Tengfei Wang Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Facilitation Unit Trade &

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UNNExT Workshops on Trade Facilitation

Almaty, Kazakhstan

4-6 May 2015

UNNExT Workshop on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Systems for

Agrifood Products

ESCAP Programme & Assistance on Trade Facilitation

Tengfei Wang

Economic Affairs Officer, Trade Facilitation Unit

Trade & Investment Division, UN ESCAP

UNNExT Workshops on Trade Facilitation

Almaty, 4-6 May 2015

Outline

• Introduction to ESCAP

• Highlighting Regional Arrangement on Facilitating Cross-Border

Paperless Trade

ESCAP-World Bank Trade Costs database

UNNExT & its Trade Facilitation Tools

Trade & Transport Facilitation Monitoring

Global Survey on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation: 2014-2015

Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum (APTFF)

Introduction to ESCAP • Regional (Asia and the Pacific) Branch of

the United Nations Secretariat

• 53 members and 9 associated members covering Central, South, Southeast, East and South Pacific countries

• Mandate: Promote sustainable and inclusive socio-economic development in Asia and the Pacific ‐ through facilitation of REGIONAL

COOPERATION

• Areas covered: Trade and Investment, Transport, Macroeconomic Policy, Environment, Emerging Social issues, Information and Communication Technologies… ‐ Trade and Investment: (1) Trade

Facilitation; (2) Trade Policy; (3) Investment and Enterprise Development

ESCAP members and associated members

Trade Facilitation?

• There is no universal definition of trade facilitation.

• In its narrowest sense, trade facilitation may be defined as the systematic rationalization of customs procedures and documents.

• In a broader sense, it covers all the measures that affect the movement of goods between buyers and sellers, along the entire international supply chain.

Trade Facilitation? Reducing Trade Transaction Costs

UN ESCAP Trade Facilitation Programme

Legislative

•Enabling paperless trade (Res. 68/3)

•Regional Arrangement on cross-border paperless trade facilitation (Res. 70/6)

Knowledge

• ESCAP-WB Trade Cost Database

• Paperless Trade Guides & Impact analyses

• Global Trade Facilitation & Paperless Trade Implementation Survey

• Trade Process Analysis Database

Capacity Building

• Business Process Analysis • Single Window & Paperless

Trade Implementation • Trade & Transport

Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism

• Agricultural & SME trade facilitation

• (WTO TFA support)

UNNExT*

APTFF*

ARTNeT*

ISG-CBPT*

*Regional Cooperation platforms and mechanisms: ISG-CBPT: Intergovernmental Steering Group on Cross-Border Paperless Trade; UNNExT: United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade and Transport in Asia and the Pacific; ARTNeT: Asia-Pacific Research and Training Network on Trade; APTFF: Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum; ROC-TF: Regional Organizations Cooperation Mechanism for Trade Facilitation

ROC-TF*

Regional Arrangement on the Facilitation of Cross-Border Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific

• On-going negotiations and development – Based on ESCAP RESOLUTION 68/3 on Enabling Paperless Trade

– First intergovernmental meeting on the text held in April 2014

– Intergovernmental Steering Committee established Aug. 2014

– First Meeting of the Interim Intergovernmental Steering Committee on Cross-Border Paperless Trade was held 1-3 April 2015

• The technical and legal working groups have been established to (1) further revise the current draft text of regional arrangement and (2) prepare a draft road map for the implementation of substantive provisions

in the draft text of regional arrangement.


Legislative



Knowledge





Capacity Building






UNNExT*

APTFF*

ARTNeT*

ISG-CBPT*


ROC-TF*

ESCAP-World Bank International Trade Cost Database (updated Aug. 2014)

Intra and extra regional comprehensive trade costs in the Asia-Pacific region, excluding tariff costs

Region ASEAN-4 East Asia-3

North and

Central Asia

Developing

Pacific

Islands SAARC-4 AUS-NZL EU-3 USA

ASEAN-4 77.09% 76.77% 386.70% 263.29% 124.44% 98.68% 111.25% 83.61%

(10.10%) (7.73%) (5.58%) (31.28%) (2.24%) (2.38%) (8.49%) (12.98%)

East Asia-3 76.77% 52.06% 219.98% 268.15% 124.38% 91.22% 86.45% 63.16%

(7.73%) (-7.91%) (-10.86%) (36.04%) (1.87%) (-2.27%) (-4.30%) (-0.96%)

North and

Central Asia 386.70% 219.98% 141.06% 307.87% 270.16% 323.44% 165.97% 188.57%

(5.58%) (-10.86%) (-0.13%) (16.59%) (-9.54%) (-4.54%) (-3.01%) (1.81%)

Pacific island

developing

economies 263.29% 268.15% 307.87% 106.85% 342.34% 137.32% 326.77% 227.79%

(31.28%) (36.04%) (16.59%) (-30.62%) (13.25%) (48.36%) (38.12%) (19.20%)

SAARC-4 124.44% 124.38% 270.16% 342.34% 106.82% 144.29% 114.14% 106.80%

(2.24%) (1.87%) (-9.54%) (13.25%) (3.74%) (4.70%) (6.82%) (7.89%)

AUS-NZL 98.68% 91.22% 323.44% 137.32% 144.29% 53.86% 109.91% 96.53%

(2.38%) (-2.27%) (-4.54%) (48.36%) (4.70%) (3.76%) (0.52%) (2.41%)

EU-3 111.25% 86.45% 165.97% 326.77% 114.14% 109.91% 46.04% 67.01%

(8.49%) (-4.30%) (-3.01%) (38.12%) (6.82%) (0.52%) (-0.19%) (0.79%)

USA 83.61% 63.16% 188.57% 227.79% 106.80% 96.53% 67.01%

(12.98%) (-0.96%) (1.81%) (19.20%) (7.89%) (2.41%) (0.79%)

Source: ESCAP-World Bank Trade Cost Database, available at: http://www.unescap.org/tid/artnet/trade-costs.asp

Note: Data for 2066-2011. Trade cost figures may be interpreted as tariff equivalents.

http://www.unescap.org/tid/artnet/trade-costs.asp





Legislative



Knowledge





Capacity Building






UNNExT*

APTFF*

ARTNeT*

ISG-CBPT*


ROC-TF*

• “community of knowledge and practice to facilitate the implementation of single window and paperless trade in the region ”

– Tools and guides development activities

– Advocacy and Technical Training Workshops

– Knowledge sharing and peer-to-peer support

• Secretariat provided by ESCAP, in collaboration with UNECE

web address: unnext.unescap.org

UNNExT Tools

Other Guides – Trade and transport facilitation performance monitoring mechanism: BPA+

– http://www.unescap.org/tid/unnext/tools/bpa+.pdf – Developed in cooperation with ADB

– Forthcoming (2015): • UNNExT Guide on paperless transit • UNNExT Guide on facilitating paperless trade for SMEs

http://www.unescap.org/tid/unnext/tools/bpa+.pdf


Legislative



Knowledge





Capacity Building






UNNExT*

APTFF*

ARTNeT*

ISG-CBPT*


ROC-TF*

• Over 50 product and country specific import and export process cases are included, based on studies conducted since 2009.

• Data typically available for each trade process case, includes – number of steps/procedures

involved, – stakeholders involved, – number and type of

documents, – activity diagrams, – time and cost of the

procedures, as well as – time-procedure chart.

• Enables TF practitioners to

compare procedures across countries as a basis for making improvement

ESCAP Trade Process Analysis Database

Analyzing trade process in Central Asia

• ESCAP and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) have jointly supported business process analysis (BPA) for trade facilitation in selected Central Asian countries:

– Kyrgyzstan to Kazakhstan on processed fruit

– Kazakhstan to Azerbaijan on wheat product

– China to Kyrgyzstan on textile product


Legislative



Knowledge





Capacity Building






UNNExT*

APTFF*

ARTNeT*

ISG-CBPT*


ROC-TF*

Integrated Methodology: BPA+ National Human Capacity

Integrated and Sustainable Trade & Transport Facilitation Monitoring Mechanism (TTFMM)

Measure, monitor and assess progress

in trade facilitation

Trade facilitation reform

Implementation

Institutional arrangement

(The executive body such as NTTFC)

Baseline study (BPA+ study)

Formulate, update and prioritize recommendations for

advancing trade facilitation

TTFMM Integrated Methodology: “BPA+” / “TRS+”

Trade-related

procedures

before cargo

movement

Cargo

origin

Border

crossing

point

Border

crossing

point

Cargo

destination

Trade-

related

procedures

after cargo

arrival

TRS TRS

TCD - CPMM

BPA of Trade Procedures

Business Process Analysis (BPA) for diagnosis of TF bottlenecks along entire supply chain

Time-Cost Distance Method (TCD) & Time Release Study (WCO TRS) to Improve/verify BPA time and cost estimates


Legislative



Knowledge





Capacity Building






UNNExT*

APTFF*

ARTNeT*

ISG-CBPT*


ROC-TF*

– Objective: to assess the progress made in implementing trade facilitation and paperless trade measures

– Jointly implemented by all 5 UN regional commissions in cooperation with OECD, UNCTAD, ITC and a growing number of (subregional) partners

– Builds on ESCAP Regional Survey 2013/14 • Expert survey with 2-step validation process

– Main components of the survey includes • WTO related trade facilitation measures

• Paperless trade measures

• Key challenges for implementation – http://unnext.unescap.org/tfforum14-survey.asp – Data expected to be available in July 2015

http://unnext.unescap.org/tfforum14-survey.asp





Legislative



Knowledge





Capacity Building






UNNExT*

APTFF*

ARTNeT*

ISG-CBPT*


ROC-TF*

Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Forum

• APTFF 2009, Bangkok, Thailand, 25-26 November

• APTFF 2010, Kuala Lumpur, 5-6 October

• APTFF 2011, Seoul, Republic of Korea, 4-5 October

• APTFF 2012, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 30-31 October

• APTFF 2013, Beijing, China, 10-11 September

• APTFF 2014, Bangkok, Thailand, 24-25 September

• APTFF 2015, Wuhan, China

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Thank you

More Information on:

ESCAP Res. 68/3: http://unnext.unescap.org/reso683.asp

United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (UNNExT):

http://unnext.unescap.org/ ESCAP Trade Facilitation programme http://www.unescap.org/our-work/trade-investment/trade-

facilitation

http://unnext.unescap.org/reso683.asp

http://www.unescap.org/tid

http://unnext.unescap.org/

http://www.unescap.org/our-work/trade-investment/trade-facilitation







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