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In this paper, we construct an accuracy index of trade statistics compiled by customs offices worldwide, based on established methodology from studies. The score or ranking of trade statistics accuracy is interesting for trade and customs officials. In addition, the accuracy of trade statistics can be viewed as a proxy to the quality of trade or customs governance. Therefore, we believe our indicators hold the potential to improve both policy and research on trade and customs. First, the trade statistics accuracy score can be a useful tool in assessing the progress of trade and customs reform because it reflects the ‘real’ status of trade and customs governance – unlike some surveys which tend to suffer perception problems. Second, with our new indicators, we are able to assess the true impact of trade and customs governance on economic and trade performance.
provided overall guidance. The brief is supported by the knowledge and support technical assistance (TA) for Modernizing Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Facilitate Trade (TA 9500), which is cofinanced by the Regional Cooperation and Integration Fund and the People's Republic of China (PRC) Poverty Reduction and Regional Cooperation Fund. This brief describes the readiness of the members of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) Program to use electronic certificates, particularly electronic phytosanitary certificates (ePhyto) developed by the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC). 1 The use of IPPC's ePhyto Solution reflects the thrust to facilitate trade through digital innovation and supports the CAREC agenda to modernize sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures for safer trade. The brief presents the outcomes of an Asian Development Bank (ADB) and CAREC Institute survey on laws, procedures, and the use of information and communication technology (ICT) in CAREC countries to implement electronic phytosanitary certification.
Are trade facilitation measures under free trade agreements (FTAs) discriminatory? This important question has yet to be sufficiently explored by the existing literature on trade facilitation. Despite the multilateral scope and nondiscriminatory objectives of trade facilitation measures, some trade facilitation measures under FTAs can be discriminatory, similar to those in preferential tariff elimination. Based on a review of FTAs in Asia and the Pacific, this study provides detailed empirical analysis on whether or not trade facilitation provisions in FTAs are exclusive to contracting FTA partners and how the measures can be discriminatory against nonmembers.
Данный краткий отчет отражает готовность стран Программы Центральноазиатского регионального экономического сотрудничества к использованию фитосанитарных сертификатов (ePhyto) для расширения торговли безопасными сельскохозяйственными товарами.
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