Tag: UNCTAD
Officials meet at UNCTAD forum to prep for Trade Facilitation Agreement
With a major global agreement on making international trade "faster, easier and cheaper" due to take effect in the early weeks of 2017, more...
UNCTAD convenes forum for National Trade Facilitation Committees
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will organize the first International Forum for National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) in cooperation with the...
What next once WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement enters into force?
The entry into force of the Trade Facilitation Agreement is imminent. Only five more ratifications are needed. For developing countries that have ratified or...
Better access to G20 markets could boost exports from poorest countries...
The world’s poorest countries are barely engaging in the global economy, but fully liberalising trade for these countries into G20 markets could boost their...
Declining trade value amid volume growth alarming, says UNCTAD
The falling value of world trade in goods and services even as the global economy grew in 2015 gives cause for concern, said a...
Vanuatu celebrates 15 years of automated customs
Meeting with other customs officials in a UN meeting room on a frosty European winter's day, Ben Malas is a long way from his...
Access to tech, financial aid made easy with eTrade program
Policy makers in developing countries will be able to access cutting edge technical and financial assistance on e-commerce, when the eTrade for All launches...
Biotrade growing exponentially
The trade in sustainable plant and animal products - or "BioTrade" - is growing exponentially, with export values reaching $4.5 billion in 2015 from...
PH customs eyes ASYCUDA World to automate processes
The Philippine Bureau of Customs (BOC) is in discussions to implement by next year ASYCUDA World, the latest version of the Automated System for...
UNCTAD’S Kituyi defends international trade deals
UNCTAD Secretary-General Mukhisa Kituyi has defended international trade as the best means for developing countries to create jobs and tackle inequality in an article...
