Trade Facilitation

Facilitating trade is about streamlining and simplifying international trade procedures in order to allow for easier flow of goods and trade at both national and international level. OECD analyses the benefits and costs of trade facilitation efforts and also provides support to WTO discussions in this area. Read more ...

Key areas of work include:
> Technical barriers to trade
> Trade costs

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Trade Facilitation Indicators: The Impact on Trade Costs

12-Sep-2011

Advance rulings, formalities and procedures, information availability and inter-agency cooperation are the policy areas with the greatest impact on trade volumes and trade costs, according to OECD trade facilitation indicators studied in this report.

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