United NationsConference On Trade and Development(UNCTAD)

United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic business (UN/CEFACT)

UNCTAD/UNECE WORKSHOP

Strengthening National and Regional Trade Strengthening National and Regional Trade Facilitation OrganizationsFacilitation Organizations

Geneva

31 October – 1 November

UN/CEFACT Trade Facilitation Tools and Standards

Gordon Cragge, Chair TBG 15

International trade Procedures Working Group

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United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic business (UN/CEFACT)

UN/CEFACT SUPPLY CHAIN REFERENCE MODEL

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

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

Process Analysis and Simplification

National Data Harmonization

Cross Border Data Exchange

Single Window

Business/Political Process Collaboration Between Trader and Government (UN/CEFACT Rec 4, Rec 18), UN/CEFACT International Supply Chain Reference model, Unified Modeling Methodology, Global Facilitation Partnership for Trade and Transport Audit Methodology

UN Layout Key, UNTDED, TF Toolkit and Forms Repository

UNTDED, Core Component Library, UN LOCODE and code lists, UNeDocs, Rec 34

UNeDocs (+ WCO DM) = CBRDM

Rec 33, 34,35

Document Simplification and Standardization

UN/CEFACT Trade Facilitation

Tools and Standards

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UN/CEFACT Standards and Recommendations

Over 30 Recommendation, many of which are ISO

Standards and included in the WTO TF Negotiations Recommendation 1 - UN Layout Key for Trade Documents

(ISO 6422)

Recommendation 25 - UN/EDIFACT (ISO 9735)

UNTDED (ISO 7372) – CCTS - WCO Customs data model

Recommendation 33 - Single Window

UNeDocs - IDS

Recommendation 4 on TF Structures

Recommendation 18 – strategies and approaches

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United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic business (UN/CEFACT)

Single Window Approach

Electronic

Agriculture

SingleWindow

TraderTransport

Customs

Health Dept

A 'Single Window' environment

Paper

One-stop solution offering official control with trade facilitationOne-stop solution offering official control with trade facilitation

Electronic

Agriculture

Paper

Trader

Customs

Health Dept

Transport

Current Situation for Government & Traders

FROM TO

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UN/CEFACT SW REPOSITORY

Finland Germany Guatemala Hong Kong SAR

(China) Mauritius Japan

Malaysia Senegal Singapore Sweden United States Ghana

http://www.unece.org/cefact/single_window/welcome.htm