Trade Facilitation in the WTO Context

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UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESS United Nations Economic Commission for Europe UN/CEFACT Trade Facilitation in the WTO Context Mike Doran - CERN, UN/CEFACT Vice Chair & Tom Butterly - UNECE Geneva, 26 May 2005

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Trade Facilitation in the WTO Context. Mike Doran - CERN, UN/CEFACT Vice Chair & Tom Butterly - UNECE Geneva, 26 May 2005. Agenda. 1.UN/CEFACT 2.International Trade Transaction Process 3. Trade Facilitation & eBusiness Standards - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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UNITED NATIONS CENTRE FOR TRADE FACILITATION AND ELECTRONIC BUSINESSUnited Nations Economic Commission for Europe

UN/CEFACT

Trade Facilitation in the WTO Context

Mike Doran - CERN, UN/CEFACT Vice Chair

&

Tom Butterly - UNECE

Geneva, 26 May 2005

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UN/CEFACT

Agenda

1. UN/CEFACT2. International Trade Transaction Process3. Trade Facilitation & eBusiness Standards4. UN/CEFACT Instruments Related to GATT Articles VIII and

X5. Capacity Building and Implementation

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UN/CEFACT

International Standards – The UN Role

The United Nations promotes trade for its potential to foster economic development and eradicate poverty

UNECE develops, maintains and leads the implementation of trade-related recommendations, standards and tools

This activity is carried out through UN/CEFACT (the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business) which is open to the participation of any business or government

UNECE developed standards are open and technology neutral, and will cater to the needs of large or small companies and of developed and developing countries alike.

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UN/CEFACT

UN/CEFACT

MissionTo deliver trade facilitation recommendations & e-business standards which can improve the ability of business, trade and administrative organizations within developed, developing and transitional economies, to trade products and relevant services more effectively - and so contribute to the growth of global commerce.

FocusThe worldwide facilitation of national AND international trade transactions, through the simplification and harmonization of business processes, procedures and information flows.

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UN/CEFACT

UN/CEFACT’s Future Strategy

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UN/CEFACT

UN/CEFACT Programme of Work

Details all the specific work items of UN/CEFACTo Project Titleo Descriptiono Target Audienceo Target Date for Completiono Link to CTIED Programme of Worko Lead Group

Submitted for approval of the UN/CEFACT Plenary in June

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UN/CEFACT

Agenda

1. UN/CEFACT2. International Trade Transaction Process3. Trade Facilitation & eBusiness Standards4. UN/CEFACT Instruments Related to GATT Articles VIII and

X5. Capacity Building and Implementation

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UN/CEFACT

International Trade Transaction Process

BUY SHIP PAYCustomer Supplier

Intermediary

Authority

The International Trade Transaction Process consists ofThe International Trade Transaction Process consists of integrated and coordinated flows of information, goods & paymentsSource: UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference Model

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INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRANSACTION PROCESS

CommercialProcedures

• Establish Contract• Order Goods• Advise On Delivery• Request Payment

TransportProcedures

• Establish Transport Contract

• Collect,Transport and Deliver Goods

• Provide Waybills, Goods Receipts Status reports etc.

RegulatoryProcudures

• Obtain Import/Export Licences etc

• Provide Customs Declarations

• Provide Cargo Declaration

• Apply Trade Security Procedures

• Clear Goods for Export/Import

Financial Procedures

• Provide Credit Rating• Provide Insurance• Provide Credit• Execute Payment• Issue Statements

INVOLVES

Prepare For

ExportExport Transport Import

SHIPBUY PAY

Prepare For

Import

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UN/CEFACT

Agenda

1. UN/CEFACT2. International Trade Transaction Process3. Trade Facilitation & eBusiness Standards4. UN/CEFACT Instruments Related to GATT Articles VIII and

X5. Capacity Building and Implementation

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UN/CEFACT

UN/CEFACT Instruments

- UN Layout Key for Trade Documents- UN/EDIFACT- UNeDocs- ebXML - Single Window- Compendium of Trade Facilitation

Recommendations

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eBusiness Standards Development

Need for a common, agreed, international standard!

HR-XML

EHD

xCat

UBL

Rosettanet

OTAIATA

cXML

E-construct

CATXML

SMDG

PIDXGCI

UNeDoc

XAML

Opentrans

GML

xCBL

HL7

Acord

CIDX

xBRL BSML

agXML

VICS

SWIFT

Togaf

Bolero

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ebXML

UN/CEFACT + OASIS Combining 30 yrs trade facilitation,

15 yrs of traditional EDI and

20 yrs of SGML electronic documentation standards

Launched in Canberra September 1999

ebXML is now ISO 15000

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UN/CEFACT

Agenda

1. UN/CEFACT2. International Trade Transaction Process3. Trade Facilitation & eBusiness Standards4. UN/CEFACT Instruments Related to GATT Articles VIII and

X5. Capacity Building and Implementation

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UN/CEFACT

GATT Article VIII

(Fees &) Formalities Connected with Import/Export

Recognizes the need to minimize the incidence

and complexity of import and export related

formalities and documentary requirements

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Proposals on Article VIII

Standardization of Trade Documents using

international standards (many countries)

Use of UN Layout Key (UN/CEFACT

Recommendation1) – Korea, New Zealand, Norway,

Switzerland

Establishment of a repository or bank of trade

documents - New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland

Standardization of Data Elements

Single Window (one time submission, one agency,

single entry point) – Peru, Korea, Japan, Mongolia

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UN/CEFACT

Article VIII: UNECE Instruments available

United Nations Layout Key for Trade Documents (UNLK/ ISO 6422) - most key trade documents

UN Trade Data Element Directory (UNTDED)

Codes: UN/LOCODE, Currency, Modes of Transport, ISO Country Code...

UN/EDIFACT

UN eDocoments for trade (UNeDocs)

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Destination

Mode of transport

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UN/CEFACT

United Nations Standards for Trade Documents… SAD

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UN/CEFACT

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Article VIII: UNECE Instruments available

Recommendation and Guidelines on establishing a Single Window (UN/CEFACT Recommendation 33)

Repository of Single Window Implementations: http://www.unece.org/cefact/recommendations/rec33/sw_present_cases.htm

Standards for Single Windows - September ‘05

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Article VIII: UNECE Instruments available

UN/CEFACT Recommendation 18 (Facilitation Measures related to the simplification of International Trade Procedures)

UN/CEFACT Recommendations 4 (TF Pro Committees)

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Article X: Publication & Administration of Trade

Regulations

Imposes obligations regarding:

Transparency and Predictability – publish trade laws, regulations etc promptly and in an accessible manner

Not to enforce measures prior to publishing

Impartiality in administration of laws, regulations and administrative rulings of general application

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Proposals on Article X

Use of the Internet for publishing

Single Window (one stop service, single entry point, single inquiry point) – Canada, China, European Community, Hong Kong China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, Peru,

Establishment of consultative mechanism between trade and government (several)

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Article X: UNECE Instruments available

Recommendation and Guidelines on establishing a Single Window (UN/CEFACT Recommendation 33)

UN/CEFACT Recommendations 4 (TF Pro Committees)

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UN/CEFACT

Agenda

1. UN/CEFACT2. International Trade Transaction Process3. Trade Facilitation & eBusiness Standards4. UN/CEFACT Instruments Related to GATT Articles V, VIII

and X5. Capacity Building and Implementation

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UN/CEFACT

Capacity Building Approach

Help countries to understand our recommendations and standards and where they can fit their needs

One Size does not fit all – but standards essential

National and Regional strategies

Partnership approach

National Experience

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Recommendations/ Standards Development and Maintenance

Capacity Building(Helping governments elaborate a national TF strategy)

Technical Assistance(Donors decide what is to be done) - UNECE does not provide long term TA

UNECE - UN/CEFACT

UNECE in partnership with

other organizations

UNCTAD,WB,UNIDO, etc 

 

UNECE’s role is to create the standards through participation of UN member States and the business community in UN/CEFACT Working Groups. We engage in an active Capacity Building programme to help countries

understand how best to implement these standards, given their unique needs, priorities and resources while other organizations assist in long –term technical assistance (UNCTAD, WB etc). The WTO sets the rules

 

WTO

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Capacity Building and Cooperation

UN Development Account Project on Trade Facilitation

Implementation, with all five Regional Commissions (ECE,

ECA, ESCWA, ESCAP, ECLAC) – 2005 to 2007- 15 Regional Workshops (3 in ECE, 2 of which in CIS)- 2 Inter-regional Workshops (one in Geneva)- African Group Workshop (March 2005)- Asia and the Pacific Region (March 2005)- Latin and Central America Region (July 2005)

Single Window Workshop (September 2005)

Global Facilitation Partnership (GFP) – World Bank, UNCTAD,

WCO...

WTOPARTNERSHIP

APPROACH

PARTNERSHIP A

PPROACH

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Capacity Building Tools

Tool for the Alignment of Trade Documents Repository of Aligned Trade Documents Repository of Single Window

Implementations Guide to Trade Facilitation Implementation Benchmarking Guide Case Studies of PPP in TF Implementation

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UN Forum on Paperless Trade, Geneva 20, 21st June 2005 o UN High Level Stakeholder Group

National and Regional Capacity Buildingo in cooperation with UN Regional Commissions o UNeDocs Regional Competence Centreo joint project plan with ESCAP

A Policy Framework for Paperless Trade

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Summary Points

Trade Facilitation key element in Trade and Economic Development

UN/CEFACT instruments provide a solid foundation for implementation

UN/CEFACT Capacity building programme working with key partners to assist in these efforts

Strong momentum now for more and better implementation

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.. now we have to make trade facilitation happen!

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THANK YOUTHANK YOU ! !

[email protected]@unece.org

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Follow-up

All UNECE Recommendations, codes, standards and publications are available for free on our website at:

o www.unece.org/tradeo www.unece.org/cefact/o www.unece.org/etrades/unedocs/