Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation: ECE Regional Report 2024

The fifth United Nations Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation, jointly conducted by the five United Nations Regional Commissions and UNCTAD, offers an in-depth and comparative analysis of the implementation of 60 trade facilitation measures in over 160 countries worldwide in 2023. Aside from measures in the WTO TFA, the survey covers the implementation of cutting-edge paperless and cross-border trade facilitation measures and those supporting more inclusive and sustainable trade, thus going beyond the WTO TFA to a “WTO+” implementation. In this edition of the survey, ‘trade facilitation for e-commerce’ and ‘trade facilitation and wildlife protection’ measures were added to the survey on a pilot-basis, due to the rising importance of cross-border e-commerce and the increasing need to combat illegal wildlife trade.