Studies

This publication describes the type of food safety and quality issues impacting cross-border trade. It highlights important food safety and quality control strategies, which will strengthen food safety and quality within countries, which will facilitate cross-border trade. Robust food quality and safety systems can lead to greater confidence in the importing country of the export country capabilities and thereby require less stringent import controls. Finally, the publication brings out guidance to governments for implementing effective food control systems that will facilitate exports as these will meet importing country requirements; and will also expedite import clearance and release of goods at border. An overview of each of these areas is highlighted below in brief.

The Guide to Business Process Analysis to Simplify Trade Procedures [Russian], developed by ESCAP in collaboration with UNECE and UNNExT, provides a concise methodology for the elicitation and systematic documentation of existing trade procedures and processes. 

 
The focus of this study is on transport and transit requirements in paperless systems, transport-related single windows systems and integration of transport requirements and transport-related systems, including customs transit systems, in overall single window environment.

Based on the ESCAP study on paperless transit, the guide is prepared to provide support to the training programmes for capacity building of officials, to design and implement paperless transit systems.