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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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40,000
60,000
80,000
100,000
120,000
140,000
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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