Proposed+Itineraries

=Proposed Itineraries= Template Name of Itinerary: Description for the icon for the itinerary: Description of the itinerary in one §: Link to the entry page:

Name of Itinerary: Reduce Delays at border crossings Description of the icon: Stop sign, or a person representing an official officers with a sign, or queues of trucks Description of the itinerary in one §: Long waiting times at border crossings and stations are a very visual sign of a trade barrier. They cause delays and disrupts the logistics chain. Border crossings and stations are official points of entry and exit into a country where national sovereignty is enforced and control measures for clearance undertaken to ensure compliance of goods, means of transport and persons accompanying the goods, with national laws. The time spent since arrival at the border station until the exit of the goods can vary form several hours to several days. The causes for delays at border crossings and stations are of different nature: Physical infrastructure limitations, complex procedures, and organizational matters. To address delays, countries have to work to simplify, streamline organizational matters, in particular bringing border agencies to cooperate amongst each other. This itinerary will sensitize you to the crucial role of border crossings in an international trade transaction, and present possible solutions as they apply to organizational matters and simplification of procedures. Link to the entry page: Border crossing delays