THE OECD TRADE FACILITATION INDICATORS (TFIs) What are the TFIs ? - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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THE OECD TRADE FACILITATION INDICATORS (TFIs) What are the TFIs ? An evaluation tool to measure the impact of trade facilitation on trade flows and costs following the structure of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement A monitoring and

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THE OECD TRADE FACILITATION INDICATORS (TFIs)

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What are the TFIs ?

  • An evaluation tool to measure the impact of

trade facilitation on trade flows and costs

 following the structure of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

  • A monitoring and benchmarking tool

providing

 an overview of country performance, strengths, weaknesses and evolution  a basis for prioritising trade facilitation reforms and targeting aid interventions  a support for mobilising technical assistance by donors in a targeted way

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How are the TFIs built ?

  • A regulatory database covering the full spectrum
  • f border procedures contained in the TFA
  • Compiled by the OECD with inputs from public

sources, governments and the private sector and fact-checked by covered countries

  • First “edition” in 2012 (133 countries), updated and

expanded in 2015 to cover 163 countries across income levels, geographical regions and development stages

  • Two interactive web-tools allow comparisons and

policy simulations

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Assessing Impact from TFA Implementation

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16.5 17.4 14.6 12.6 13.7 12.8 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Low income countries Lower-middle income countries Upper-middle income countries % "Full" implementation "Limited" implementation

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Potential Trade Costs Reductions for the Top Four Sets of Measures

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Monitoring country performance

http://www.compareyourcountry.org/trade-facilitation

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View your country’s profile

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Compare to worldwide best practice

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Compare to your income group average and to other countries

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Visualize country trends

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Simulate policy changes

http://oe.cd/tfi-sim

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Strengths and weaknesses compared to a third country

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Policy changes for an improved performance

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A respected and increasingly popular tool

To date…

  • Used by WTO TFA negotiators for advocacy purposes
  • 2014 APEC Connectivity Blueprint – to benchmark APEC TF progress
  • African Alliance for e-commerce – to identify TF challenges in Africa
  • World Bank – to explain country performance differences in the Doing

Business and LPI indicators

  • 2015 World Trade Report
  • 2015 Aid for Trade at a Glance publication
  • 2015 B20 Trade Policy Report to G20 Trade Ministers

In the coming months…

  • ASEAN TF progress monitoring
  • Single Window-specific module developed for the IDB and promoted in

SE Asia

  • Support for TFA implementation assistance programs

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Thank you

OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators http://oe.cd/tfi-tools Compare your country tool

http://compareyourcountry.org/trade-facilitation

Interactive Policy Simulator http://oe.cd/tfi-sim evdokia.moise@oecd.org silvia.sorescu@oecd.org

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