National trade facilitation committees as coordinators of trade facilitation reforms

Transport and Trade Facilitation Series No. 14

This study aims to update and build on the previous two studies. The study further incorporates new research areas including monitoring and evaluation, regional integration, and e-commerce in the context of the mandate of national trade facilitation committees.

Analyzing the data collected from July-September 2019 revealed twelve major trends currently predominant in the evolution of NTFCs around the world.

These trends have been categorized into three main pillars:

  • Institutionalization
  • Functioning
  • Financing of NTFCs