Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment - A Practical Toolkit For Country Implementation

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Release date

Jul 08, 2010 

Published date

2010 

Description

This new edition of the toolkit provides an opportunity not only to reflect the changes in the trade environment and the need for additional features in the toolkit, but also to benefit from the experiences of the assessments already undertaken based on the original edition. In 2001, the Bank issued a first Trade and Transport Facilitation Audit (TTFA) toolkit based on an original concept developed by John Raven. This initial concept was extensively revised to give the new toolkit an increased operational focus. The semantic change from audit to assessment also reflects the expansion in scope and the emphasis on development of implementable actions beyond the initial diagnosis.

 

The Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment is a practical tool to identify the obstacles to the fluidity of trade supply chains. Taking the perspective of service delivery to traders, the TTFA assessment is founded on facts and data collected through a series of meetings and interviews with the main public and private participants to these international supply chains. They include customs and other border agencies, transport regulators, freight forwarders, transport operators, ports, and others. The toolkit helps design plans of action to improve logistics performance among its three main dimensions: infrastructure, services, and procedures and processes.

 

The experience of implementation of the TTFA proved the relevance and the ease of using this instrument. Since 2001, it has benefited many countries, from least-developed countries to emerging economies, as part of the preparation of trade or transport projects, such as corridor development. Trade facilitation is increasingly becoming a key priority to governments at the highest level—as in Indonesia and Morocco, for example—spurred by the realization that logistical bottlenecks were preventing growth opportunities from materializing. They decided to launch ambitious programs starting with an in-depth trade and transport facilitation assessment. This wide body of experience is reflected in this document.

 

The accompanying Interview Guide includes a scope for the interviews and checklists for all categories of interviewees and field visits.

 

The World Bank is currently issuing toolkits for border management, port reform, supply chain security, and transit corridors.

 

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Topics

A Business Prospective on Capacity Building for Trade Facilitation , Admission of electronic documents , Air Transport and Airport Operations , Aligned Trade Documents , Bilateral and regional transit agreements , Border Agency Modernization , Border performance monitoring systems , Building TTF Partnerships , Cargo and vehicle tracking , Commercial trade practices , Control on animal and animal products , Customs audit based controls , Customs Issues , Customs modernisation , Customs procedures , Customs valuation , Dangerous goods , Economic Development and Trade Facilitation , Economic importance of transit for destination and transit countries , Efficiency of transport intermediaries , Electronic commerce and business , Electronic standards/EDI , E-signature and certification authorities , Facilitation and supply chain management , Free trade agreements , Harmonized System , Information technology for Customs , Inland Water Transport , Insurance , Integrated border management , Integrity within Customs , Joint border posts , Landlocked countries access : corridor arrangements , Maritime Transport and Port Operations , Market access , Measuring the economic impact of trade facilitation , Movement of persons , Multilateral trade negotiations , Multimodal transport , Other Trade Facilitation Aspects , Paperless trade , Payments , Phytosanitary control , Public Policies in Freight Transport Management , Public-private partnerships , Rail Transport , Regional Partnerships , Regional transport integration , Revised Kyoto Convention , Risk assessment methods , Rules of origin , Security and facilitation of the international trade supply chain , Single window environment , Standards and Conformity Assessment , Streamlining and harmonization , Technology platforms , The problems of landlocked countries , Trade Facilitation and competitiveness , Trade Facilitation and SME development , Trade facilitation audits , Trade Facilitation for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SME) , Trade Facilitation through Security , Trade facilitation, income distribution and poverty reduction , Trade Finance , Trade Liberalization and Facilitation , Trade logistics and developing countries , Trade Logistics and Facilitation , Trade Logistics practical measures , Trade logistics' statistics , Trade Policies and Non-Tariff Barriers , Transit , Transit facilitation and logistics , Transit guarantee systems , Transport Operations , Trip permits , TTF performance measurement , TTF promotion , Use of ICT for Facilitation , Vehicle standards , Waste products , WCO Columbus Program , WTO Trade Facilitation Negotiations  

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World Bank  

Geographic coverage

Regions: Balkan region , AFTA , Central Asia , Southeast Europe , CEMAC , EU , SADC , CIS , SAFTA , CACM , Middle East and North Africa (MENA) , COMESA , East Asia , EFTA , Caucasus , Europe and Central Asia (ECA) , CARICOM , OAS , MERCOSUR , GUAM , NAFTA , SADC , ECOWAS , APEC , North America , Asia , WAEMU , Central and Eastern Europe , CAN , GCC , Asia-Pacific , Europe , Latin America , Southern Africa , ASEAN , Baltic Sea , SAPTA , EAC , Sub-Saharan Africa , Belongs to multiple regions , Eastern Europe , Africa , South Asia
Countries: Singapore , Congo (DRC) , Ireland , Austria , Central African Republic , Dominican Republic , East Timor , Finland , Puerto Rico , Swaziland , Belgium , Cuba , Nigeria , Norfolk Island , Burundi , Ukraine , Seychelles , Palestine , United States Minor Outlying Islands , Poland , India , Niger , Lesotho , Hong Kong SAR , China , San Marino , Botswana , Sudan , Japan , Denmark , Ghana , Burkina Faso , Malawi , Antigua and Barbuda , Nauru , Kuwait , Spain , Tonga , North Korea , Palau , Cayman Islands , Maldives , Micronesia , Malta , Chad , Macedonia , Sri Lanka , Antarctica , Isle of Man , Myanmar , Mauritius , Tunisia , French Southern and Antarctic Lands , St. Lucia , Romania , Togo , Jordan , Mozambique , Uganda , Liechtenstein , Cook Islands , Nicaragua , Faroe Islands , Liberia , Iran , Estonia , Turks and Caicos Islands , New Zealand , Tokelau , Aruba , Serbia and Montenegro , Turkmenistan , Costa Rica , Vanuatu , United States , Brazil , Barbados , Pakistan , Mali , Uzbekistan , Cape Verde , Slovakia , Kiribati , Slovak Republic , Egypt , Zimbabwe , Somalia , St. Vincent and the Grenadines , Tajikistan , United Kingdom , Sierra Leone , Madagascar , Turkey , Ecuador , Congo , Belize , Georgia , Rwanda , Guinea-Bissau , Martinique , Croatia (Hrvatska) , Afghanistan , El Salvador , Norway , Ethiopia , Guatemala , Senegal , Mauritania , Nepal , Honduras , Bermuda , Bhutan , Algeria , Hong Kong , Korea , Tuvalu , Switzerland , Reunion , Viet Nam , Australia , Wallis and Futuna , Greenland , New Caledonia , Laos , Vatican City , Tanzania , Gambia , Canada , Haiti , Macao SAR , Fiji Islands , Belarus , Solomon Islands , Christmas Island , Svalbard and Jan Mayen , Venezuela , French Guiana , Colombia , Italy , Guernsey , Qatar , Iraq , Marshall Islands , Taiwan , Andorra , Croatia , Israel , Guam , Libya , Bahrain , Jamaica , Kyrgyz Republic , Niue , St. Kitts and Nevis , Macau , Djibouti , Russia , Cote d'Ivoire , Moldova , Ivory Coast , Bahamas , Bangladesh , Trinidad and Tobago , Morocco , Latvia , Bolivia , South Africa , Vietnam , Chile , United Arab Emirates , Luxembourg , Zambia , Papua New Guinea , Equatorial Guinea , Grenada , Syria , Lithuania , American Samoa , Eritrea , Guadeloupe , Netherlands , Germany , Albania , SriLanka , Virgin Islands , Sao Tome and Principe , Saudi Arabia , Czech Republic , Kyrgyzstan , Anguilla , Namibia , USA , Mongolia , Kenya , France , Kazakhstan , Bulgaria , Cyprus , Azerbaijan , Lebanon , French Polynesia , Montserrat , Uruguay , Philippines , Samoa , Mayotte , Indonesia , Virgin Islands (British) , Cameroon , Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) , St. Helena , Slovenia , Heard Island and McDonald Islands , Guyana , Gibraltar , Netherlands Antilles , Greece , Northern Mariana Islands , Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Dominica , Panama , Iceland , Comoros , Suriname , St. Pierre and Miquelon , Guinea , Peru , Argentina , Thailand , British Indian Ocean Territory , Portugal , Sweden , Jersey , Malaysia , Paraguay , Cambodia , Pitcairn Islands , Angola , Hungary , Oman , Benin , Mexico , Gabon , Brunei Darussalam , Brunei , Yemen , Bouvet Island , South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands , Armenia , Monaco , Bosnia Herzegovina
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