Establishing Well Functioning National Trade Facilitation Bodies (NTFBs)
In the OIC Member States
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Analysis
The crucial success factors are mainly active involvement and participation of the key stakeholders,
including private sector; coordination among the stakeholders and awareness of the necessity of
improved trade facilitation system both for imports and exports.
Within the main obstacles for the Working Group are the lack of activity and frequency of the
meetings. Additionally, it has been reported that occasionally there is a lack of understanding of the
main concepts on TF issues under current negotiations are not yet very clear to many stakeholders;
capacity both in terms of human and institution is not adequate.
For the National Committee, another obstacle is the lack of active participation, ownership and
proper link between plan and priorities, beside the limited human resources and vulnerability of
feuds among stakeholders.
The lesson learned by the Working Group, through its actions over the years, has been in a position
to accurately identify the position of Bangladesh in the area of TF and the needs and the exigencies in
terms of enhancing the facilitation of its trade environment. The knowledge and experience, it has
gathered, will be of crucial importance once the draft of the WTO TF negotiation is complete and the
TF Agreement comes into force. As for the National Committee, active participation from all the
members/stakeholders is the key.
3.4.5. Bahrain
Description
Bahrain has a National Trade Facilitation Committee that was established in 2008 by Ministerial
Decree under the leadership of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
National Trade Facilitation Committee of Bahrain composed of all relevant stakeholders, including
Customs Administration, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Standards Authority,
the Ministry of Finance, business associations, clearing agents, port and airport management
authorities, and shipping agents.
The principal functions performed by the committee are the coordination of trade facilitation
measures and priorities and their implementation at the national level.
Currently, there is insufficient information on the participation of the private sector, neither
regarding its organization, main achievements, nor other data.
3.4.6. Kazakhstan
Description
It has been found that in Kazakhstan the dominant role is played by the national Governments. The
commissions in Kazakhstan were set up in 1998. These commissions are understood to be led by the
ministry for transport and with representation from other government agencies with responsibility
for the regulations of cross-border transport and from logistics providers and transport services. It is