Trade facilitation: a conceptual review

Grainger, Andrew (2011) Trade facilitation: a conceptual review. Journal of World Trade, 45 (1). pp. 39-62. ISSN ISSN 1011-6702

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Abstract

With falling tariff levels, it is probably not surprising that the non-tariff area and trade facilitation, in particular, are receiving growing attention. Apart from the World Trade Organization (WTO), trade facilitation is a subject of substance within a wide range of international organizations including several United Nations (UN)-type bodies, the World Customs Organization (WCO) as well as those concerned with economic development, supply chain security, and sector-specific issues such as international transport and logistics. The resulting body of international trade facilitation instruments and initiatives, which include conventions as well as detailed technical recommendations, is extensive. This article provides a general review of key elements and topics that are associated with trade facilitation and sets them against underlying challenges and obstacles in practice as well as for research. While much of the current effort in trade facilitation begins with a top-down premise – whereby governments seek to implement international conventions and recommendations nationally – the author argues that trade facilitation is inherently an operations-focused topic and deserves to be approached from a bottom-up approach, too. Such approach not only provides a strong case for an interdisciplinary research agenda, it also brings into question whether current institutions concerned with trade facilitation have the necessary capabilities to apply themselves to the more operational aspects associated with international trade.

Item Type: Article
RIS ID: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1010737
Additional Information: This paper was first published in the Journal of World Trade. The publisher retains copyright and has given permission to post the contribution on the author’s personal or institutional web site.
Keywords: Trade Facilitation, Review, Trade and Customs Procedures
Schools/Departments: University of Nottingham, UK > Faculty of Social Sciences > Nottingham University Business School
Depositing User: Grainger, Dr Andrew
Date Deposited: 21 Dec 2012 14:38
Last Modified: 04 May 2020 20:23
URI: https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/id/eprint/1769

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