North Macedonia started to regularly use the new pre-arrival process (PAP) in August 2020. One year later, the question was "Have the expected improvements been realized?".

Simplifying and digitising export procedures in Kenya – KenTrade, Deutsche Post DHL Group and GIZ kick-start project activities to reduce time for exporters.

Indonesia Customs and the Indonesia National Single Window (INSW) shared their experience about assessing data and building risk profiles of importers and exporters in Indonesia during a workshop on the topic “Risk Targeting and Risk Measurements” with more than 60 participants.

“What do new Pre-Arrival Processing (PAP) capabilities in Montenegro tell us about customs performance measurement?” A group of experts from the Alliance network discuss this question in the current issue of the WCO News Number 94, which is published three times a year by the World Customs Organization (WCO).

Sri Lanka Customs will work together with Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the private sector in the new project Digitising Global Maritime Trade (DGMT). The project is financed by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ).

More than 30 partners of the Alliance met online at the eighth working meeting in November. New ideas emerged and initiatives were launched from the lively exchange. At the same time, the Alliance organised this year’s virtual high-level forum for a global exchange. At the working meeting the Alliance partners…

“What do new Pre-Arrival Processing (PAP) capabilities in Montenegro tell us about customs performance measurement?” A panel of experts from the Alliance network discussed this question and shared insights gained from a recent impact assessment of the Alliance project in Montenegro that introduced a PAP system. The session on 24 November 2020 was part of the annual PICARD Conference hosted by the World Customs Organisation (WCO).

Improving digital access to advance sea cargo information – Cambodia Customs officially joins project on Digitising Global Maritime Trade.

The Brazilian government is working on an innovative regulatory approach to increase the efficiency of product safety regulation. It will simplify the process of certification for import licenses.

The project aims at reducing maritime trade costs by improving customs administrations access to advance cargo information and increasing efficiencies in customs clearance processes.

Digitizing Global Trade – A new project by the German Alliance for Trade Facilitation. We are looking for interested partner countries!

The Serbian customs administration has set up the legal and IT framework for implementing the new Pre-Arrival Processing system (PAP). All three national express operators have applied for a license for this trade facilitation measure and have already been approved.

In January 2020 the Alliance launched the new Trade Facilitation Project in Ukraine together with the Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and Agriculture (MEDTA) and Ukrainian Customs.

Indonesian officials and business leaders visited New Zealand as part of the Indonesian trade facilitation project of the German Alliance for Trade Facilitation. The delegation used the stdy visit to discuss a wide range of topics related to risk management in the context of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement.

High-ranking actors from politics and business committed themselves to jointly work on facilitating international trade and customs procedures.

On September 3 – 4, 2019, the Alliance for Trade Facilitation will participate in the BME Customs & Trade Summit in Darmstadt, Germany.

Indonesian Ministry of Trade signed Memorandum of Understanding to start the implementation of Trade Facilitation Project on a risk management scheme.

At the 5th working meeting, the Alliance partners once again emphasized their high level of commitment in order to further advance the Alliance and its projects.

Where should the Alliance be in 2022? In Berlin, the members of the steering committee developed proposals for the Alliance’s new vision and strategy.

On November 16, 2018, interested Alliance partners met to discuss opportunities for a pilot project on trade facilitation through blockchain technology. Nearly twenty participants from BMZ, GIZ and various companies attended the event, which was organized by the Alliance’s administrative office, at the Impact Hub Berlin and via video conference...

Am 25. September fand der Tag der Deutschen Industrie, veranstaltet vom Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (BDI), in Berlin statt. Unter dem diesjährigen Motto „Risiko“ kamen 1100 VertreterInnen...

On September 13, 2018, representatives of companies and Serbian authorities celebrated the successful completion of the Alliance project "Implementation of Electronic Pre-Arrival Processing "...

n June 14, 2018, the 8th Day of Foreign Trade of the Agricultural and Food Industry took place at the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy in Berlin...

On March 1, 2018, 34 Alliance partners gathered at the friendly invitation of Krones AG in Neutraubling for their third half-year working meeting. The aim of the meeting was to identify new opportunities for cooperation with project countries and to inform all partners present about latest developments in ongoing projects...

For the first time since the Alliance was founded, partners and interested parties met to exchange information on planned Alliance projects and to discuss trade facilitation trends and developments...