Next-generation Trade Facilitation for Asian Integration: Cross-border Paperless Trade

Chirundu One Stop Border Post: a Regional Trade Facilitation Programme

The Chirundu One Stop Border Post (OSBP) is a pilot trade facilitation project under the North South Corridor (NSC) Pilot Aid for Trade Programme initiated by the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite. The One Stop Border Post that was launched in December 2009 through a Bilateral Agreement between Zimbabwe and Zambia is the first functioning OSBP in Africa where the region can draw practical lessons for ...

The Centrality of Trade Facilitation for Regional Economic Integration

TRADE FACILITATION INDICATORS: THE POTENTIAL IMPACT OF TRADE FACILITATION ON DEVELOPING COUNTRIES’ TRADE - addendum

This document is the addendum to the paper TAD/TC/WP(2012)24 and provides findings on transit trade indicators. JT03331822 Complete document available on OLIS in its original format This document and any map included herein are without prejudice to the status of or sovereignty over any territory, to the delimitation of international frontiers and boundaries and to the name of any territory, cit...

Free Trade at Border

The Next Generation Information Infrastructure for International Trade

Regulators and actors in international trade are facing a difficult challenge of increasing control and security while at the same time lowering the administrative burden for traders. As a tentative response, the European Commission has introduced the concept of “trusted traders”: certified traders that are in control of their business. Trusted traders are entitled to trade facilitations, faste...