Message from the NCTF Chair

As a World Trade Organization (WTO) member, Cambodia ratified the World Trade Organization Trade Facilitation Agreement (WTO-TFA) on 12 February 2016, becoming the 69th country and the eighth least developed country on the list of implementing nations. The agreement entered into force on 22 February 2017 after two-thirds of the member states ratified Cambodia's participation. In compliance with Section 3 of Article 23 of the WTO-TFA, which requires each member state to establish or retain an existing National Trade Facilitation Committee to facilitate and monitor the implementation of the provisions of this Agreement, such a committee shall be introduced.

Message from the Chair of the NCTF Secretariat

The National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) was established through Sub-Decree No. 18 ANKr. BK,dated February 26, 2020, held its first virtual meeting on October 11, 2021, to discuss the WTO-TFA's implementation progress, effectiveness, and direction, and to launch the trade facilitation roadmap 2022-2025 to define the strategic direction of additional assignments. In the following steps, the NCTF Secretariat has been tasked with compiling and publishing a set of laws, regulations, and other documents related to the Trade Facilitation Agreement and disseminating them among NCTF members, relevant ministries, and the private sector. In the following steps, the NCTF Secretariat has been tasked with compiling and publishing a set of laws, regulations, and other documents related to the Trade Facilitation Agreement and disseminating them among NCTF members, relevant ministries, and the private sector. National Trade Facilitation Roadmap 2022-2025”, including the trade facilitation roadmap 2022-2025, the notification on the implementation of Cambodia's WTO-TFA, several WTO-TFA articles, laws, regulations, sub-decrees and relevant decisions to assist in monitoring and coordinating the WTO-TFA's implementation.