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

Response
(Y = Yes; N = No)

Comments

C
N

I
N

I
D

B
D

N
P

CN: China / IN: Indonesia / ID: India /
BD: Bangladesh / NP: Nepal

1

Are any of the following
published?

Laws

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Regulations

~

~

~

~

Documentary requirements

~

~

~

~

~

BD: Changes

Standard operating practices

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

BD: Sectoral

Standard processing times

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

CN: Usually in newspapers /
ID: No decision to publish it so far. /
BD: 3 days for PSI.

Specific customs procedures

~

~

~

—

~

Tariff classification

~

~

~

~

~

Valuation

Y

Y

N

Y

Y

ID: Provided by local customs office /
BD: GATT valuation.

Exemptions, prohibitions,
restrictions

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

BD: Statutory Regulatory Orders
(SROs).

Duty & tax rates

~

~

~

—

~

BD: Tariff classification/tax schedule.

Fees and charges

~

~

~

~

~

Administrative arrangements
& requirements

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Management plans

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

BD: Strategic development plan.

Rulings

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

NP: Supreme court decisions are
published in Nepal Law Journal, but
decisions of lower level courts are not
published.

Judicial decisions

~

~

^N^

—

~

ID: published by private publishers.

Agreements with other
countries

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

Other?

Y

BD: Nothing verbal; all published;
dispatch is poor.

2

Is relevant customs and
trade related information
made available via the
Internet?

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

IN: http://www.beacukai.go.id