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OECD Trade Facilitation Indicators for Brazil: A roadmap for trade reforms Results at the national level

Evdokia Moise and Silvia SorescuOECD Trade and Agriculture Directorate

Brasilia, 8-9 December 2016

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OECD TFIs: context TFIs for Brazil: data collection TFIs for Brazil: initial results at the national level

government and private sector sectoral perspective regional perspective

Outline

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An evaluation tool to measure the impact of trade facilitation on trade flows and costs

following the structure of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement

A monitoring and benchmarking tool providing

an overview of country performance, strengths, weaknesses and evolution

a basis for prioritising trade facilitation reforms and targeting aid interventions

What are the TFIs ?

Why the TFIs ?Welfare gains under alternative scenarios of trade cost reductions Trade Facilitation

matters to business one of the four policy

areas with the highest estimated impact on foreign input sourcing decisions

A 1% reduction in trade costs would result in USD 40 billion welfare gains with 63% accruing to developing countries1 2 3

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OECD Non-OECD

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Potential Trade Cost Reductions from TFA Implementation by Income Group

- 2015

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TFIs: worldwide performance - 2015

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First step towards a longer term Trade Reform Plan focussing on trade expansion as a driver for growth

Meant to Assess Brazil’s trade facilitation strengths and weaknesses, Identify opportunities to promote trade cost reductions and unlock

participation in global value chains Recognize specific implementation challenges at the sectoral or

regional level Detect reform bottlenecks and specific areas of action over the short-,

medium- and long-term A transparent basis for effective cooperation between border

agencies and relevant supply chain stakeholders

Objectives of the TFI assessment of Brazil

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TFIs Brazil: data collection

86 respondents Government

Industry Associations

Chambers of Commerce

Sectoral Associations

Importers and Exporters

Customs Brokers

Airport, Port and Dry Port Operators

Express Industry

Freight Forwarders

Road and Ocean Carriers

Consulting firms

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Brazil TFIs: Government and private sector

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Improve border agency cooperation, within Brazil and across the border with the country’s neighbors

Understand and address the variation in perceptions between government agencies and private sector in the areas of documents’ harmonization and of governance and impartiality

Miscommunication ? Government efforts that fail to produce tangible

results ? Other ?

Challenges

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Customs and other agencies

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Better TF performance in Customs ? … or better awareness of TF issues ?

Other border agencies : insufficiently sensitized ?

lacking appropriate TF resources ? Other ?

More specifically : insufficient dialogue with the private sector ? poorly systematized fees and procedures ? inadequate reflection about governance ?

Discrepancy areas : what do they mean ?

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Information availability

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Dialogue with the private sector

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Advance rulings

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Appeal procedures

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Fees, charges and penalties

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Harmonisation of documents

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Automation of border procedures

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Streamlining of procedures

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Domestic border agency cooperation

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Cross-border agency cooperation

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Governance and impartiality

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