Trade and Logistics

The World Trade Organization (WTO) in its 9th Member States Conference held in December 2013 in Bali, Indonesia, concluded negotiations on the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) after 10 years of negotiation. The TFA sets forth approximately 40 measures for expeditiously moving goods across borders inspired by the best practices from around the world. These are the new border-related procedures, processes and other obligations that governments will be required to implement. They require transparency of laws, rules and procedures, fairness in border agency decisions, streamlined clearance procedures, and help reduce administrative constraints on transit. CDCI is providing services worldwide working with various agencies with the aim of assisting governments implement the TFAs and at the same time improve their efficiency in trade facilitation. We provide the following

services in this sector:

• Feasibility studies focusing on implementation of single window trade facilitation systems
• Development and analysis of trade policies
• Trade corridors economic and logistical analysis