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Trends in Trade Facilitation

In: Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2012: Recent Trends and Developments

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Since countries have continued to liberalize trade both unilaterally and as part of the implementation of preferential trade agreements during the past decade, import tariff costs now often account for a very small share of the overall trade costs faced by traders in Asia and the Pacific – typically 5% or less for most countries and products. Countries have therefore increasingly turned their attention to trade facilitation, i.e. the reduction of non-tariff related trade transaction costs, particularly those associated with the generally complex set of regulatory and other procedures involved in completing international trade transactions and moving goods across borders.

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  • United Nations ESCAP, 2012. "Trends in Trade Facilitation," STUDIES IN TRADE AND INVESTMENT, in: Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Report 2012: Recent Trends and Developments, chapter 4, pages 69-77, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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    1. Yann Duval, 2011. "Trade Facilitation in Regional Trade Agreements: Recent Trends in Asia and the Pacific," Working Paper Series 211, United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).
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    Keywords

    Trend; Development; Asia; Pacific; Trade Facilitation; Trade trabsaction cost; Tariff; Non-tariff; Across border;
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    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade

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