Trade Facilitation Best Practices Implemented in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic
Maintaining trade flows as much as possible during the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial in providing access to essential food and health supplies and in limiting the negative impacts on jobs and poverty. The implementation of the World Trade Organ...
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2020
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/824081587487261551/Trade-and-COVID-19-Guidance-Note-Trade-Facilitation-Best-Practices-Implemented-in-Response-to-the-COVID-19-Pandemic http://hdl.handle.net/10986/33633 |
| Summary: | Maintaining trade flows as much as
possible during the COVID-19 pandemic will be crucial in
providing access to essential food and health supplies and
in limiting the negative impacts on jobs and poverty. The
implementation of the World Trade Organization's (WTO)
Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) provides governments with
a sound framework for improving trade facilitation and
border management. During this crisis implementing measures
contained in the TFA can contribute to ensure that trade in
critical supplies proceeds smoothly and safely thereby
contributing to food security and the health of citizens.
This document builds on the World Bank Group's Trade
and COVID Guidance Note on Managing Risk and Facilitating
Trade in the COVID-19 Pandemic which provides
recommendations to governments in maintaining the supply
chain that are facilitating the trade of critically needed
commodities during the COVID-19 pandemic and protecting
workers at ports, terminals and points of entry. Addressing
the issues will require an array of actions by governments
and border agencies. Some can and should be addressed
quickly, such as sanitary procedures and social distancing
at border posts and ports. Others will require border
agencies to undertake procedural and/or amendments to
legislation or regulations. The latter may be difficult to
implement in the short term but should still be reviewed to
address future pandemics and emergency situations. This
guidance note provides examples of good practices
implemented by countries in response to COVID-19. Where
possible, links have been provided for additional
information. The note is not intended to identify all the
countries implementing such measures, but only to provide
some examples of measures that can support governments in
dealing with the crisis and improving trade in critical commodities. |
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