TRADE FACILITATION: DOCUMENTS

Negotiation documents

To date, Members have submitted a great number of proposals under the mandate which provide the basis for the on-going negotiations. The negotiations should be completed under the overall Doha Development Agenda timeline.

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Work Plan — TN/TF/1

 

Report by the Chairman of the Negotiation Group on Trade Facilitation to the Trade Negotiations Committee — TN/TF/2
  

> Meeting Schedule of Formal Meetings

 

GATT Articles V, VIII and X
 

Legal Texts

Scope and Application (Secretariat Background Documents)

  
  

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  • Draft Consolidated Negotiating Text (Searches for document code TN/TF/W/165)  > search
  • Proposals in legal text format —(third generation text) [all documents after 6 June 2006] (Searches for document code TN/TF/W/*)  > search
  • Submissions by WTO Members relating to GATT Article V (Freedom of Transit) (Document code TN/TF/W/*)   > search
  • Submissions by WTO Members relating to GATT Article VIII (Fees and Formalities connected with Importation and Exportation) (searches for document code TN/TF/W/*)   > search
  • Submissions by WTO Members relating to GATT Article X (Publication and Administration of Trade Regulations) (searches for document code TN/TF/W/*)   > search
  • Submissions by WTO Members on Development — Related Issues (searches for document code TN/TF/W/*)   > search
  • Submissions by WTO Members relating to Other Issues
    • India: Cooperation Mechanism for Customs Compliance — TN/TF/W/68, 103 and 123
    • India and the United States: Proposal of the Establishment of a multilateral mechanism for the exchange and handling of information between Members — TN/TF/W/57
    • Separate Customs Territory of TPKM: Institutional Matters Related to Trade Facilitation — TN/TF/W/118
    • Separate Customs Territory of TPKM: Establishing a Committee on Trade Facilitation — TN/TF/W/141
    • United States: Introduction to Proposals by the United States — TN/TF/W/11
  • Submissions by WTO Members relating to National Experience
    • Australia: Binding Advance Rulings — Australia's Experience — TN/TF/W/66
    • Egypt: Reforming Customs Authority, Fighting Corruption, and the Use of Computers. Egypt's National Experience — TN/TF/W/69
    • Egypt: Egypt's National Experience Concerning Measures Related to Articles V, VIII and X of GATT 1994: Future Needs and Priorities — TN/TF/W/75
    • Guatemala: Guatemala: Experience in Implementing a Special Procedure for the Rapid Clearance of Express Consignments — TN/TF/W/65
    • Japan: Explanatory Note on Risk Management Management — Japan's Experience — TN/TF/W/42 and Corr.1
    • Japan: Explanatory Note on Pre-Arrival Examination — Japan's Experience — TN/TF/W/53
    • Korea: Post-Clearance Audit in Korea — TN/TF/W/55
    • Malaysia: Trade Facilitation: Malaysia's Experience — TN/TF/W/50
    • Norway: “Border Agency Cooperation” — Customs Border Cooperation between Norway, Sweden and Finland — A Contribution from Norway — TN/TF/W/48
    • Pakistan: Customs Administrative Reforms (CARE): Pakistan's Experience in Trade Facilitation — TN/TF/W/135
    • Separate Customs Territory of TPKM: Experience in Establishing a System for Immediate Release of Express Consignments — TN/TF/W/44
    • Singapore: Singapore's National Experience on Implementing a “Single Window” System via TradeNet® — TN/TF/W/58
    • Singapore, on behalf of ASEAN: Experience on the Development of the ASEAN Single Window — TN/TF/W/105
    • Thailand: Thailand's Experiences — TN/TF/W/61
  • Minutes of Formal NGTF Meetings (searches for document code TN/TF/M/*)   > search
  • Working documents of the Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation (Document code TN/TF/W/*)   > search
  • Notes by the secretariat on trade facilitation negotiations (Document code TN/TF/* and keyword “Notes by the secretariat”)   > search
  • Reports by the Chairman of the Negotiation Group on Trade Facilitation to the Trade Negotiations Committee (Document code TN/TF/* and keyword “Report by the Chairman”)   > search

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