Establishing Well Functioning National Trade Facilitation Bodies (NTFBs)

In the OIC Member States

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The main objectives when the NCFTP was created were:

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To reduce the time of import and export operations, particularly at ports and

customs clearance;

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To reform documents through the adoption of a national series of documents aligned with

the United Nations template;

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To promote electronic data interchange (EDI) specific to foreign trade at both a national and

an international level;

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To introduce procedures involving ex-post control;

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To simplify and standardize the information that operators must provide in material customs

clearance procedures;

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To provide operators with a practical guide on international business procedures;



To define remedies and establish procedures for arbitration and dispute settlement between

operators and relevant administrative departments.

Figure 14: Foreign Trade Ministry Organization

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The NCFTP is responsible for the implementation of the measures established in the Bali agreement

(90% of the measures are already Category A). NCFTP´s main objective for 2016 is to ensure the

optimal functioning of PortNet, the single window for all trade operations.

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Said Maghraoui Hassany, op. cit.

Lhoussaine WAHIB, Technical Advisor to the head of government, National Committee of Business Environment (CNEA).

Thami Maaroufi, Technical Advisor to the head of government, National Committee of Business Environment (CNEA).