Trade Facilitation Recommendations by Group


This segment of the online Compendium contains recommendations and other provisions extracted from a number of international instruments of various kinds, the objective of which is to bring about suitable solutions to facilitate trade.

The contents of this Compendium should not be considered as a substitute for use of the full text of these instruments. Reference should in all cases be made to the full text which constitutes the only valid source for official use. As and when the full text of these documents becomes available online, links will be made between the recommendations and the respective documents.

Within each Group, the recommendations are grouped into three categories:

Where the subject matter of a recommendation falls into the scope of more than one group, a cross reference is shown identifying the other recommendations which may apply.


The groups are as follows:
A. General provisions to facilitate trade
B. Measures relating to official controls
C. Measures relating to transport
D. Measures relating to the promotion and use of standards
E. Measures relating to the use of computers and EDI
F. Measures relating to availability of information
G. Measures relating to Customs operations generally
H. Measures relating to Customs and other official procedures concerning the means of transport and transport equipment, including containers
I. Measures relating to official requirements for imported goods
J. Measures relating to Customs clearance of exports
K. Measures relating to the origin of the goods
L. Measures relating to transhipment goods
M. Measures relating to goods in international transit
N. Measures relating to commercial trade practices
O. Measures relating to payment procedures


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