Establishing Well Functioning National Trade Facilitation Bodies (NTFBs)
In the OIC Member States
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Figure 4: Worldwide motivations of establishing a NTFB
Source: UNCTAD 2014, National Trade Facilitation Bodies in the World
Developed countries generally have an internally driven motivation (i.e., need to improve export and
imports procedures).
Whereas developing and least developed countries generally have an externally driven motivation –
e.g., the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation and WTO needs assessment.
The mandates of NTFBs worldwide vary but reflect the rationale for establishing NTFBs (discussed in
a separate section of this paper)45:
45 Ibid, p.20.