Trade Facilitation and E-business(UN/CEFACT)

The 43rd UN/CEFACT Forum, hosted by the Italian government at CNEL in Rome, brought together over 200 participants from 50+ countries in a unique platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration. Over three days, attendees engaged in 20+ sessions addressing critical topics such as digital connectivity in trade corridors, transparency and traceability of sustainable value chains, and women’s empowerment in trade facilitation, with key contributions from partners such as WTO, European Commission, and World Bank. 

Furthermore, technical discussions and in-depth standardization dialogues focused on digital product passports and multimodal reference data models. The Forum highlighted progress on 25 UN/CEFACT projects and the 4th session of the ToS on ESG traceability, while setting the stage for advancing UN/CEFACT deliverables ahead of the 2025 Plenary in Geneva

Fourth Session of the Team of Specialists on Environmental, Social and Governance Traceability of Sustainable Value Chains in the Circular Economy, 12 December 2024, Rome, Italy.

The UN/CEFACT standards publication process is currently in progress, with several updates at various stages: 

• The UN/EDIFACT D24A is pending validation, undergoing careful review to ensure accuracy.
• Simultaneously, the UN/CCL D23B has been completed and awaits uploading to the ECE website for public access.
• Additionally, we are pleased to announce that the UN/LOCODE 2023-2 publication is now complete, providing valuable location code information. We are dedicated to delivering reliable and up-to-date standards, and we appreciate your patience as we finalize these crucial publications for the benefit of the global trade community.

UNECE website issues: broken links: UNECE Trade Facilitation publications may be experiencing unavailability issues due to broken links or URL redirects. We understand the inconvenience this may cause, and we apologize for any difficulties in accessing the necessary resources. Rest assured, our technical team is actively working to resolve these problems, and we anticipate a full resolution by the end of August. We appreciate your patience and understanding during this period, and we are committed to ensuring seamless access to the publications moving forward.