Tag: World Trade Organization
Only 8 more WTO members needed for Trade Facilitation Agreement to...
Gabon and the Kyrgyz Republic have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), putting the total number of ratifications from members at 102. Only eight...
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...
Chile, Swaziland ratify Trade Facilitation Agreement
Chile and Swaziland have ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). Their submission of the instruments of acceptance to the World Trade Organization (WTO) on...
Trade restrictions among G20 remain high
The World Trade Organization's (WTO) sixteenth monitoring report on Group of 20 (G20) trade measures, issued recently, shows that the number of trade-restrictive measures...
Modest pickup in world trade seen in Q4
Global trade will pick up slightly in the fourth quarter of 2016, the World Trade Organization’s latest World Trade Outlook Indicator (WTOI) suggests.
Air freight...
New global trade alert system launched to boost market access for...
A new online alert system designed to help government agencies and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) keep track of the latest information on regulatory...
WTO issues new editions of Trade Profiles and World Tariff Profiles
Article first appeared on www.wto.org.
The World Trade Organization issued on 2 November new expanded editions of two of its annual statistical publications, Trade Profiles...
Iceland ratifies Trade Facilitation Agreement
Article first appeared on www.wcoomd.org
Iceland has ratified the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), becoming the 96th member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to do...
2017 edition of Harmonized System Nomenclature now out
Article first appeared in www.wcoomd.org
The World Customs Organization (WCO) has released the 2017 edition of the Harmonized System Nomenclature, the world’s global standard for...
PH ratifies Trade Facilitation Agreement
The Philippines has ratified the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), which is expected to lower trading costs for local businesses once...