Trade facilitation in times of pandemic: practices and lessons from the Asia-Pacific region


25 January 2021
Short description

The Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has hit international trade worldwide and in Asia and the Pacific, underscoring the importance of maintaining trade connectivity not only for the immediate pandemic response, but also for the subsequent recovery efforts in order to build resilience to future disruptions. The report first describes, in the section II, the initial developments and lessons learnt in trade and transport facilitation practices in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Section III presents the results of a Survey on trade facilitation in times of crisis and pandemic in the Asia and the Pacific region. Finally, Section IV discusses the ways forward for trade facilitation measures to support a sustainable and resilient recovery from the COVID-19 crisis and how the Asia-Pacific region can be better equipped to build back better. 

Link
https://www.unescap.org/kp/2021/trade-facilitation-times-crisis-and-pandemic-pr…

Output / Results

Report of the project

Coverage

Asia and the Pacific Region

Partner

ESCAP Trade

Stream

Support to implementing best practices in TF in times of crisis and epidemic