The establishment of a single window is a crucial step in the move towards paperless trade, generating significant savings in time and money for companies as well as the different public bodies involved in foreign trade. Under the Trade Facilitation Agreement of the World Trade Organization, which entered into force in 2017, all the Organization’s members committed to maintaining or establishing a single window. Asia is home to some of the world’s largest trading economies and to several of the most advanced single windows. This report analyses and compares the main functionalities of four: th…
Over the last two decades, the concept of the single window for foreign trade has become an increasingly important item on the global trade facilitation agenda. Asia is home to some of the world’s most advanced single windows, and the Republic of Korea is among the pioneers in the transition towards a paperless trade environment. This document presents the history and main features of its dual system, composed of two interconnected single windows: UNIPASS and uTradeHub. The experience in the Republic of Korea may be useful for policymakers in Latin America and the Caribbean, where single windo…
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La falta de datos detallados dificulta el análisis del comercio electrónico transfronterizo en América Latina y el Caribe. En este trabajo se utiliza la base de datos Marketplace Explorer de América Latina y el Caribe, de la Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe (CEPAL), el Centro de Comercio Internacional (ITC) y la Universidad de Ciencias Aplicadas de Ámsterdam, sobre tráfico de visitas a plataformas en línea de comercio electrónico entre empresas y consumidores. Los datos muestran que las diez mayores economías de la región concentran más del 90% del tráfico transfronterizo dir…