AN EXPLORATION OF THE NEED FOR AND COST OF SELECTED TRADE FACILITATION MEASURES IN ASIA AND THE PACIFIC IN THE CONTEXT OF THE WTO NEGOTIATIONS

IRD
IRCT
IT
ITC
ITCC

Internal Resources Division
inland river container terminal
information technology
International Trade Centre
Import Trade Control Committee

LCA

LCSs

LDCs

letter of credit authorization
land customs stations
least developed countries

MFA

MOICS

Multifibre Arrangement

Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Supplies

NBR

NGTF

NITDB
NMCT
NMTTFP
NPOA
NRB
NTBs

NW II - TRCBP

National Board of Revenue

Negotiating Group on Trade Facilitation (at the WTO)

Nepal Intermodal Transport Development Board

New Mooring Container Terminal

Nepal Multimodal Transit and Trade Facilitation Project

National Programme of Action

Nepal Rastra Bank

non-tariff barriers

Nepal Window II Trade Related Capacity Building Programme

OECD

OGL

Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
open general license

PAN

PLI

PSI

permanent account number
post landing inspection
pre-shipment inspection

RMG

ready-made garments

S&DT
SAARC
SACEPS
SAD
SAFTA
SASEC
SBW
SME
SPS

special and differential treatment

South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation
South Asia Centre for Policy Studies
single administrative document

South Asian Free Trade Agreement

South Asian Subregional Economic Cooperation
special bonded warehouse
small and medium sized enterprise
sanitary and phytosanitary measures

TA
TBT
TF
TFMs

TIA

technical assistance

technical barriers to trade

trade facilitation

trade facilitation measures

Tribhuvan International Airport