G/TFA/N/CAN/4  
 
8 October 2020  
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Committee in Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION BASED ON ARTICLE 22 .1 AND 22.2 OF 
THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA  
The following communication, dated 5 October  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Canada  for Members' information.  
 
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The following information is being provided by Canada in response to the notification requirements 
set out in Article 22.1 and 22.2  of the Agreement on Trade Facilitation  (WT/L/931) . 
 
1  NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 22.1  
Period c overed by the notification: 20 17-2019 
 
Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(CAD) Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistanc e Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Canada -Indonesia Trade 
and Private Sector 
Assistance : Aims to facilitate 
trade and inves tment for small 
and medium -sized enterprises 
(SMEs) in Indonesia, with a 
focus on those owned and 
operated by women. 
Recognizing that SMEs are the 
drivers for poverty reduction 
and economic growth in 
Indonesia, the project works 
with the Indonesian 
governm ent, private sector 
organizations, and trade policy 
experts to address regulatory 
constraints related to 
Indonesian SME development 
and access to markets.  
Status: Closed  Total Budget:  
12.5 million  
Disbursed (2017):  
2.7 million  
Disbursed (2018):  
2.4 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
0 Indonesia  Conference 
Board of Canada  http://w05.inte
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000352001  
Global Alliance for Trade 
Facilitation : A public -private 
platform established to 
accelerate and assist in 
implementation of the WTO 
Trade Facilitation Agreement 
in developing countries 
through private sector driven 
projects that improve the 
time, cost, ease, and Total Budget:  
10 million  
Disbursed (2016):  
0 Global  World Economic 
Forum  http://w05.inte
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projectbrowser
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002781001  G/TFA/N/CAN/4  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(CAD) Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistanc e Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
predictability of moving goods 
across borders – in view of 
growing and diversifying 
trade, strengthening 
competitiveness, and 
contributing to inclusive 
growth.  
Status: Operational  
Improving Border 
Management to Reduce 
Trade Costs : Seeks to reduce 
trade costs by speeding up and 
modernizing border and 
customs management 
systems within the East 
African Community (EAC). The 
project provides expertise, 
training and funding to help 
the EAC member states 
streamline custom clearance 
and reven ue sharing 
procedures within and 
between countries while 
integrating and improving the 
gender sensitivity of their 
border management systems.  
Status: Closed  Total Budget:  
12 million  
Disbursed (2017):  
0.4 million  
Disbursed (2018):  
0 
Disbursed (2019):  
0.6 million  Sub Saharan 
Africa, regional: 
Burundi , Kenya, 
Rwanda, South 
Sudan , Tanzania 
and Uganda  TradeMark East 
Africa  http://w05.inte
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035577001  
Making Trade Work for 
Women in Eastern Africa : 
Aims to promote the economic 
empowerment of women 
traders in Eastern Africa and 
works to reduce sexual and 
gender -based violence 
towards them. The project is 
focused on addressing the 
constraints, which limit the 
participation of East African 
women traders in economic 
activities and cross -border 
trade.  
Status: Operational  Total Budget:  
15 million  
Disbursed (2018):  
1 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
3.5 million  Eastern Africa  TradeMark East 
Africa  https://w05.int
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005606001  
ITC Institutional Support 
2016 -2019 : This grant 
represents Canada’s 
institutional support to the 
International Trade Centre, 
the technical co -operation 
agency of the World Trade 
Organization and the United 
Nations Conference on Trade 
and Development. The Centre 
provides assistance by making  
policy environments friendlier 
for export business, by 
strengthening the institutions 
that provide support to 
exporters, and by assisting 
small export enterprises and 
communities to reach global 
markets with products and 
services. Its activities take into  Total Budget:  
2.85 million  
Disbursed (2017):  
0.95 
Disbursed (2018):  
0.95 America, 
regional;  Asia, 
regional; Africa, 
regiona l International 
Trade Centre  http://w05.inte
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projectbrowser
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banqueprojets/
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projet/details/D
002475001  G/TFA/N/CAN/4  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(CAD) Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistanc e Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
account crosscutting 
development issues such as 
gender equality, sustainable 
development and poverty 
reduction.  
Status: Terminating  
Investment Climate 
Improvements Program : 
Aims to create a more 
transparent and business -
friendly environment for both 
women and men 
entrepreneurs in Ethiopia. 
Activities include, inter alia, 
reviewing policies and 
regulations related to trade 
logistics, business regu lation 
and tax administration and 
recommending improvements 
based on consultations with 
government and industry, as 
well as examples from other 
countries.  
Status: Closed  Total Budget:  
5 million  
Disbursed (2017): 
0.9 million  Ethiopia  International 
Finance 
Corporation  http://w05.inte
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035510001  
Revenue Generation – 
Equipment & Technical 
Assistance : The Revenue 
Generation project supports 
the Haitian government's 
ability to generate revenue. It 
provides technical assistance 
to improve customs and tax 
institutions in Haiti. The 
technical assistance and 
equipment provided by this 
project help to modernize the 
Customs Administration and 
the Tax Administration, 
enabling an increase in 
government revenues.  
Status: Operational  Total Budget:  
19.6 million  
Disbursed (2017):  
0.75 million  
Disbursed (2018):  
0.47 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
0.1 million  Haiti Canada Revenue 
Agency  
Canada Border 
Services Agency 
and C2D 
Services/Data 
Torque  http://w05.inte
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projet/details/a
033349002  
http://w05.inte
rnational.gc.ca/
projectbrowser
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033349001  
Support to Boosting Intra -
African Trade Action Plan 
to Reduce Poverty  (BIAT) : 
Provides technical assistance 
to African trade policy 
makers/negotiators, including 
the AU Conference of 
Ministers, trade ministries, 
RECs, WTO chairs, and trade 
corridor management 
institutions on: African CFTA 
negotiations and BIAT 
implementation monit oring; 
trade policy analysis; and 
trade facilitation initiatives, 
including the Global Survey on 
Trade Facilitation and 
Paperless Trade 
Implementation; and the 
development and 
implementation of single Total Budget:  
13.1 million  
Disbursed (2017): 
2.5 million  
Disbursed (2018):  
2.4 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
0 Africa  UN Economic 
Commission for 
Africa  http://w05.inte
rnational.gc.ca/
projectbrowser
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banqueprojets/
project -
projet/details/d
000794001  G/TFA/N/CAN/4  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(CAD) Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistanc e Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
windows through the African 
Alliance for Electronic 
Commerce. Has supported 
African WTO negotiations and 
WTO TFA policy dialogue.  
** Note that in preparation for 
the 2019 report, the Global 
Survey on Trade Facilitation 
and Paperless Trade was 
renamed to the Global Survey 
on Digital and Sustainable 
Trade Facili tation.  
Status: Operational  
Trade Facilitation Support 
Program : Assist developing 
countries in reforming and 
aligning their trade facilitation 
laws, procedures, processes & 
systems to enable 
implementation of the WTO 
TFA 
Status: Operational  Total Budget:  
2 million  
Disbursed (2017):  
0 
Disbursed (2018): 
0 
Disbursed (2019): 
0 Global International 
Finance 
Corporation  http://w05.inte
rnational.gc.ca/
projectbrowser
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banqueprojets/
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projet/details/d
000464001  
Business Enabling 
Environment Support : The 
project supports the 
government reform efforts 
related to national business, 
tax and trade regulations in 
order to improve market 
access, increase trade, 
investment and job creation 
and enhance private sector 
competitiveness. Project 
activities inclu de, inter alia: 
Streamlining government 
procedures related to business 
licencing and inspection 
reforms; Designing and 
implementing procedures for 
the removal of up to 20% of 
non-tariff barriers to trade 
such as red tape and customs 
delays to increase trad e 
volumes and investment in 
Tanzania.  
Status: Operational  Total Budget:  
9 million  
Disbursed (2017):  
2.0 million  
Disbursed (2018):  
2.0 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
0 Tanzania  International 
Finance 
Corporation  http://w05.inte
rnational.gc.ca/
projectbrowser
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banqueprojets/
project -
projet/details/d
001588001  
Central America, Panama, 
Dominican Republic 
Regional Technical 
Assistance Centre 
(CAPTAC -DR): support 
facilitates economic growth in 
the Centre’s member countries 
by strengthening National and 
regional public institutions’ 
economic, financial, and 
statistical management 
capacities. CAPTAC -DR 
respond s to requests from the 
governments of member 
countries for macroeconomic Total Budget:  
10 million  
Disbursed (2017):  
2.0 million  
Disbursed (2018):  
4.0 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
0 Costa Rica, 
Dominican 
Republic, 
El Salvador, 
Guatemala, 
Honduras, 
Nicaragua, 
Panama  International 
Monetary Fund  http://w05.inte
rnational.gc.ca/
projectbrowser
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banqueprojets/
project -
projet/details/D
000916001  G/TFA/N/CAN/4  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(CAD) Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistanc e Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
technical assistance and 
training in areas such as 
central banking, monetary and 
exchange rate policy, tax 
policy and administration, 
customs policy and 
administration, and financial 
statistics.  
Status: Closed  
Canadian Market Access 
and Capacity Building 
Services : aims to develop the 
ability of small - and medium -
sized enterprises (SMEs) and 
related trade -support 
institutions in developing 
countries to pursue export 
opportunities in Canada, 
including the provision of 
information and specific export 
capacity buildin g training. 
Components of the project 
specifically targets developing 
countries with which Canada 
has negotiated, or is 
negotiating, free trade 
agreements in order to help 
them to implement these new 
agreements.  
Status: Closed  Total Budget:  
10 million  
Disbursed (2017):  
2.1 million  
Disbursed (2018):  
1.1 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
0.25 million  Global  Trade 
Facilitation 
Office  (TFO) 
Canada  https://w05.int
ernational.gc.c
a/projectbrows
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banqueprojets/
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projet/details/D
000170001  
Women in Trade : aims to 
increase the number of women 
from developing countries 
involved in international trade 
as exporters, and to increase 
the share of exports generated 
by women -led small and 
medium enterprises (SMEs), 
while seeks to address the 
main constraints faced by 
women exporters.  
Status: Operational  Total Budget:  
11.7 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
0.9 million  24 countries 
across Africa, 
Central 
Ameri ca, South 
America, 
Caribbean, 
Middle East, 
South Asia  Trade 
Facilitation 
Office (TFO) 
Canada  https://w05.int
ernational.gc.c
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006355001  
Canadian Trade and 
Investment Facility for 
Developm ent (CTIF) : 
provides responsive technical 
assistance to support reforms 
to trade and investment 
policies and regulations. 
Technical assistance includes 
deployment of Canadian 
experts, training, study tours, 
advisory support, conference 
support, policy rese arch, 
stakeholder engagement or 
institutional development.  
Status: Operational  Total Budget:  
11.6 million 
Disbursed (2017):  
0.99million  
Disbursed (2018): 
0.85 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
0.95 million  Asia-Pacific 
(ASEAN, 
Indonesia, 
Thailand, 
Vietnam, 
Afghanistan, 
Bhutan, and the 
Pacific Island 
countries (PICs) 
of Nauru, Fiji, 
Papua New 
Guinea, 
Solomon 
Islands)  Cowater 
International 
and Institute of 
Public 
Administration 
of Canada 
(IPAC)  https://w05.int
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a/projectbrows
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  Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(CAD) Beneficiary 
country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistanc e Procedures 
for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Expert Deployment 
Mechanism for Trade and 
Development (EDM) : By 
deploying Canadian and 
international technical 
experts, EDM  assists 
developing countries 
negotiate, implement, adapt 
to and benefit from their trade 
and investment agreements 
with Canada, including 
facilitating trade and 
investment among 
traditionally excluded groups 
such as women -led small and 
medium enterprises (SMEs) 
and Indigenous businesse s. 
Status: Operational  Total Budget:  
16.5 million  
Disbursed (2017):  
0 
Disbursed (2018):  
0.45 million  
Disbursed (2019):  
0.72 million  Global  Cowater 
International 
and Institute of 
Public 
Administration 
Canada  https://w05.int
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a/projectbrows
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000353001  
 
2  NOTIFIED UNDER ARTICLE 22. 2 
Developing countries seeking assistance should contact the relevant Canadian government office 
abroad. Contact information can be accessed through the following link:  
http://inter national.gc.ca/world -monde/country -pays/index.aspx?lang=eng  
 
Information regarding Canada's international assistance can be accessed through the following link:  
http://international.gc.ca/world -monde/issues_development -enjeux_developpement/priorities -
priorites/index.aspx?lang=eng  
 
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