1. Strengthening National and Regional Trade Facilitation Organizations
UNCTAD/UNECE WORKSHOP
Strengthening National and Regional Trade Facilitation Organizations
Geneva
31 October – 1 November
UN/CEFACT Trade Facilitation Tools and Standards
Gordon Cragge, Chair TBG 15
International trade Procedures Working Group

2. UN/CEFACT SUPPLY CHAIN REFERENCE MODEL
Commercial
Procedures
Establish Contract
Order Goods
Advise On Delivery
Request Payment
Transport
Establish Transport Contract
Collect,Transport and Deliver Goods
Provide Waybills, Goods Receipts Status reports
Regulatory
Procudures
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
Export
Import
SHIP
BUY
PAY

3. UN/CEFACT Trade Facilitation
Tools and Standards
Rec 33, 34,35
Single Window
Cross Border Data Exchange
UNeDocs (+ WCO DM) = CBRDM
National Data Harmonization
UNTDED, Core Component Library, UN LOCODE and code lists, UNeDocs, Rec 34
Document Simplification and Standardization
UN Layout Key, UNTDED, TF Toolkit and Forms Repository
Process Analysis and Simplification
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

4. 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

6. Single Window Approach
FROM TO
One-stop solution offering official control with trade facilitation

7. UN/CEFACT SW REPOSITORY
Finland
Germany
Guatemala
Hong Kong SAR (China)
Mauritius
Japan
Malaysia
Senegal
Singapore
Sweden
United States
Ghana