Introducing information management in agrifood chains

Single window facilities are a central tool in the facilitation of international trade, as evidenced by the inclusion of a provision for their implementation in the final text of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (UNNExT) (unnext.unescap.org) provides a comprehensive Single Window Implementation Toolkit for trade facilitation, based on the UN/CEFACT step-by-step process. The present publication complements these more horizontal, i.e., sector-independent, guides by applying some of the principles to the agrifood sector, taking into account the specific requirements and characteristics of that sector.

Related Subject(s): International Trade and Finance