UNCTAD+Technical+Notes+on+Trade+Facilitation

Available from [] The notes cover the following areas:
 * Author/Source:** United Nations Conference for Trade and Development (UNCTAD)
 * Year of adopting/publication:** second version 2011.
 * Link to the document on the internet**:
 * UN Document Number:** UNCTAD/DTL/TLB/2010/1
 * Purpose:** to provide background information on the concepts discussed in the trade facilitation negotiations at the World Trade Organization (WTO).
 * Summary:** The publication features 17 individual technical notes on trade facilitation. Each of these introduces technical and practical details of major trade facilitation concepts and best practices as they relate to the consolidated draft text of the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation. Each of the technical notes was written by an acknowledged expert in the field and provides technical and practical information on a trade facilitation concept, recommendation or best practice. Particular emphasis is placed on the presentation of implementation related issues, including, when possible, general information on costs and benefits.

Publication of trade regulations Internet publication Single national enquiry points Right of appeal against Customs and other agency rulings and decisions Disciplines on the levy of fees and charges Border agency coordination Multi-Agency Working Group on Trade Facilitation Simplification of trade documentation using international standards Advance rulings Post-clearance audit Separating release from clearance procedures Risk management for Customs control Pre-arrival Customs processing Use of Customs automation systems ASYCUDA Freedom of Transit and Regional Transit Arrangements Bonded Customs Transit