Establishing Well Functioning National Trade Facilitation Bodies (NTFBs)
In the OIC Member States
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sectors designate the chairs.124, 125 A permanent secretariat of three individuals has been established
to provide backup support and to monitor the progress of decision implementation for the whole
PEMUDAH including FGTAB.126 This secretariat was run by MITI from 2007 until September 2013,
when it was switched over to the Malaysian Productivity Corporation (MPC) in order to increase
productivity.127,128
The organization OF PEMUDAH is represented by the following organizational chart:
Figure 12: PEMUDAH´s structure
Source:
The main objective of the Focus Group on Trading Across Borders (FGTAB) is to improve Malaysia’s
trade environment, especially with respect to cross-border trade. FGTAB has grown while identifying
areas of economy where further improvement is needed.
The missions of the FGTAB highlighted in this study are:
 Reduce the number of documents and reduce times;
 Reduce the cost of international trade;
124 Ibid
125 www.pemudah.gov.my
126 Ms. Bahria Bt. Mohd Tamil, op. cit.
127 Ibid
12 op. cit.