Establishing Well Functioning National Trade Facilitation Bodies (NTFBs)
In the OIC Member States
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The FAL committee has learned as a lesson that through the coordination of actions foreign trade and
competitiveness of its country increases.
3.5.4. Egypt
Description
Egypt has a Trade Facilitation Sub-Committee (TFSC), which was established in 2002 and reformed
in 2011. The TFSC is running and functioning properly.
According to the information gathered in this investigation, there are approximately five government
agencies involved in trade procedures – the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Justice, the
Ministry of interior Affairs, the Customs Authority, the General organization for export and imports
control, Veterinary Quarantine, and Agriculture Quarantine.
Private sector participation is through four agencies. The Federation of Industries, the General
Federation for the Chambers of Commerce, the Egyptian Businessmen Association in Cairo, and the
Egyptian Businessmen Association in Alexandria.
The TFSC is an ad hoc group that performs the functions of study proposals submitted by WTO
Members, formulates the Egyptian negotiating position, follows up the implementation of WTO
negotiations at the national and international level, and discusses matters related to trade facilitation
with the aim of improving export and import measures. Funding comes from government budget.
Analysis
The TFSC has improved import and export measures. Its main achievement is the preparation of the
Egyptian negotiating position in the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation. In addition, it follows up
on the implementation of any outcomes from these negotiations. It also strives to reduce the
documentation, time, and costs associated with exports and imports.
3.5.5. Kyrgyz Republic
Description
The official name of the NTFB is Kyrgyz Republic national council on trade and transport, was
established on the Presidential Decree N° 464 on the State policy in the external trade sphere and
measures on improvement of export-import procedure, adopted on 23 October 2007.
The participation of the public sector is through the following agencies: Ministry of the economic
development and trade; Government Customs committee; Ministry of transport and
communications; Presidential Investment council; Government apparatus; Ministry of justice;
Ministry of finance; Ministry of Health; Ministry of agriculture, water management and industry;
Governmental agency of the information resources and technology; Border guard; National institute
of standards and metrology; Chamber of Commerce; Transporters Association; Freight forwarders
association; Kyrgyz members of the Association of International Road Carriers; Market, industry and
services Association; Mountain Association; Entrepreneurs Union; Oil traders Association and
International Business Council.