Trade and Investment Division
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP)

 
Trade Facilitation in Selected Landlocked Countries in Asia (ST/ESCAP/2437)


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Preface
Acknowledgements
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PART ONE

TRADE FACILITATION IN SELECTED LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES IN ASIA

Introduction

1.   Background
2.   Importance of trade facilitation for landlocked countries
3.   Rationales
4.   Objectives and structure

Trade facilitation in the Asia-Pacific Region

1.   Definition and scope
2.   Benefits and importance
3.   Components and key stakeholders
4.   Factors influencing trade facilitation development in the region

Policy recommendations to enhance the institutional infrastructure for trade facilitation in the selected landlocked countries

1.   National trade facilitation strategy
2.   Institutional mechanism for trade facilitation
3.   Trade regulatory environment
4.   Trade and customs procedures and documentation
5.   Trade and customs enforcement
6.   Trade finance
7.   Application of ICT/Electronic Trade Documentation System
8.   Strengthening regional and subregional cooperation:
      the role of ESCAP
9.   Conclusion

Annex I

PART TWO

COUNTRY STUDIES


I.     Armenia
II.   Azerbaijan
III.  Kazakhstan
IV.  Kyrgyzstan
V.   Mongolia
VI.  Tajikistan
VII. Uzbekistan





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Last updated: 6 August 2007