...cific Economic Cooperation APEC#211-SE-01.08 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Sing... ... the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Singapore License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/l... ...transaction costs over the TFAP II period of 2007 through 2010 has been achieved, with substantial progress made through APEC’s trade facilitation ef... ...rld trade had slowed due to weakening demand from developed economies, mainly the United States, but also Europe and Japan 1 . However, trade remain... ...trillion) Chart 3. Imports of goods (USD trillion) Source: StatsAPEC (United Nations; Chinese Taipei Bureau of Foreign Trade). 3.7 1.2 -1.9 ... ...nhancing bilateral and multilateral trade flows. In a recent speech, WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy said that every additional day required to rea... ...hapter Two: TFAP II Final Assessment Results 9 B. CUSTOMS PROCEDURES 23 Customs organizations implement government policies that help to facilitate... ...rove client service by offering online processing of visa applications and Online Status Tracker to monitor the progress of ABTC applications. E. EL... ... compliance. Simplification, Practicability and Efficiency A transparent and consultative process of developing rules and procedures would resu...

...This report presents the estimates of trade transaction costs in APEC for each year from 2006 to 2010. The estimates are to form part of the Final Assessment of TFAP II and are to be based on the methodology and approach that was developed for th...

...1. Introduction -- 2. Economic Context For The Estimation Of Trade Transaction Costs -- 3. Estimates Of Trade Transaction Costs -- 4. Sensitivity Tests Of Critical Assumptions -- 5. Conclusions & Recommendations --...

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