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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The implementation of the provisions of the WTO-TFA contributes to promoting trade facilitation, an improved investment climate, and enhanced global economic competitiveness, in line with Cambodia’s governmental policy direction under the exemplary leadership of Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia<\/strong>. The Rectangular Strategy and the National Strategic Development Plan form part of his administration’s new and visionary strategies developed following the long-term vision to promote the country’s economic growth. In this regard, the Royal Government has established the National Committee on Trade Facilitation (NCTF) with the Secretariat at the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE) of Cambodia to coordinate and monitor the implementation of the provisions of the WTO-TFA. In this function, the NCTF and its Secretariat must ensure the effectiveness and its operation in full compliance with the implementation agreement and cooperation with ministries-institutions, private sectors, and development partners to enhance the trade policy and procedures implementation of the government. To assist in performing these roles and responsibilities, NCTF has developed and compiled relevant WTO-TFA documents like the National Trade Facilitation Roadmap 2022-2025 <\/strong>for NCTF members and disseminated them to development partners and the general public. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n I hope that \u201cNational Trade Facilitation Roadmap 2022-2025<\/strong>\u201d will be a useful document for the NCTF members and the relevant private sector to understand in participating in WTO-TFA implementation. I would like to express my appreciation to NCTF members and development partners through technical assistance, capacity-building initiatives, and financial support during the trade facilitation roadmap development and the WTO-TFA’s implementation phase. I would also like to extend my gratitude to the NCTF Secretariat for the outstanding work during <\/p>\n\n\n\n the development of this critical document. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2083,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1998","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n