Establishing Well Functioning National Trade Facilitation Bodies (NTFBs)

In the OIC Member States

•

To monitor the implementation of the action plan

BOX 6. National Trade and Transport Facilitation Committee of Malaysia

Malaysia has always been business friendly and willing to improve its ranking in business and

international trade, encouraging direct foreign investment and facilitating business.

Examining the role of PEMUDAH and FGTAB will explain how these bodies have contributed to

recent economic results in Malaysia.

The NTTFC’s main tasks are:



To review the status of the public services delivery system in terms of processes,

procedures, legislation, and human resources, and to propose new policies for

improvements;



To benchmark best practices in order to simplify how business is done;



To enhance collaboration among public and private sector agencies in order to improve

Malaysia’s competitiveness;



To monitor the implementation of policies, strategies, and procedures that would

improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the public and private sector delivery system;



To take appropriate action to address issues in line with the national philosophy of

Malaysia: People First, Performance Now

Source: Author

4.3.3.

Case study from the OIC Arab group: Morocco

4.3.3.1.

Introduction

The official name of the national Trade Facilitation Mechanism in Morocco is

National Commission for

Facilitation of Trade Procedures

(NCFTP).

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In the 1970s, Morocco suffered a crisis, as did many other developing countries. That’s when

institutions such as the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the U.S. Treasury

Department promoted a reform package known as the Washington Consensus. The Washington

Consensus included policies in such areas as macroeconomic stabilization, economic opening for

trade and investment, and the expansion of market forces within the domestic economy.

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Morocco needed to develop a structure promoting trade facilitation, and the NCFTP was established

for this purpose by the Prime Minister’s Circular nº 1/1149 of 21 July 1986.

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The findings about Morocco lay down the following points: it is an OIC member state with an NTFB

and other coordination mechanisms that function properly; stakeholders in Morocco come from both

the private and the public sector; objectives, organization, responsibilities, performance, current

funding, success factors, challenges being faced, and best practices.

142 Said Maghraoui Hassany, Director of Foreign Trade Policy.

143 Ibid

144 Ibid