Trade facilitation and paperless trade implementation in Asia and the Pacific : 2017 report for Special Programme for the Economies of Central Asia (SPECA)
Abstract
This report presents an analysis of the results of the United Nations Global Survey on Trade
Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation for countries under the Special Programme for the
Economies of Central Asia (SPECA), namely Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. The Survey, conducted between January and July 2017,
provides information on the implementation of selected measures under the WTO TFA, as well as on
the implementation of innovative, technology-driven measures aimed at enabling trade using
electronic rather than paper-based data and documentation - otherwise referred to as “paperless
trade”. The 2017 Survey also covers specific trade facilitation measures targeted at small and
medium enterprises (SMEs), the agricultural sector and women More reports and country notes on Trade Facilitation and Paperless Trade Implementation Survey 2017 are available here here.
