G/TFA/N/GBR/4  
 
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION BASED ON ARTICLE S 22.1 AND 22.2  
OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM  
The following communication, dated 21 December 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United Kingdom . 
 
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The United Kingdom hereby makes the following notifications in response to  Article s 22.1 and 22.2  
of the Trade Facilitation Agreement . 
 
Period covered by the notification: Projects operational in 202 2 
 
Table 1: Regional a ssistance  
 
Description of the 
technical and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources1 Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed 
(GBP)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where necessary)  Implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of the 
assistance  
Revenue Mobilization, 
Investment and 
Trade (ReMIT) 
Programme.  580,442  Pakistan  Foreign, 
Commonwealth 
and 
Development 
Office (FCDO)  FCDO  
TradeMark East 
Africa  14,932,000  Burundi  
Democratic Republic 
of the Congo  
Ethiopia  
Ghana  
Kenya  
Malawi  
Rwanda  
Somalia  
Tanzania  
Uganda  
Zambia  FCDO  TradeMark East Africa  
https://www.trademar
kea.com/   
 
1 Some programmes may support capacity building in other areas, in addition to trade facilitation.  G/TFA/N/GBR/4  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources1 Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed 
(GBP)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where necessary)  Implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of the 
assistance  
UK Trade Partnership 
Programme  2,432,270  ACP countries with 
UK Economic 
Partnership 
Agreements; UK 
Export Promotion 
pilot projects in:  
CARIFORUM  
Cameroon  
Comoros  
Cote d'Ivoire  
Fiji  
Ghana  
Madagascar  
Papua New Guinea  
Zimbabwe  FCDO  International Trade 
Centre (ITC) 
https://www.intracen.
org/projects/UKTP/  
 
Table 2: Multi -country assistance  
 
Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resource  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed 
(GBP)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where necessary)  Implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of the 
assistance  
Accelerate Trade 
Facilitation 
Programme  982,527  Belize  
Bolivia  
Botswana  
Cambodia  
Dominica  
Ecuador  
Eswatini  
The Gambia  
Grenada  
Honduras  
Lesotho  
Liberia  
Madagascar  
Malawi  
Mongolia  
Namibia  
Nigeria  
Peru 
Philippines  
Saint Lucia  
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines  
São Tomé and 
Príncipe  
South Africa  
Timor -Leste  
Zambia  
Zimbabwe  His Majesty 's 
Revenue & 
Customs 
(HMRC)  World Customs 
Organization (WCO) 
and United Nations 
Conference on Trade 
and Development 
(UNCTAD)  
 
https:/ /unctad.org/top
ic/transport -and-
trade -logistics/trade -
facilitation/national -
trade -facilitation -
bodies   
  
http://www.wcoomd.o
rg/en/topics/wco -
implementing -the-
wto-atf/mercator -
programme.aspx   
 
Enhanced Integrated 
Framework (EIF)  1,158,333  Least -developed 
countries  FCDO  United Nations Office 
for Project Services 
(EIF Trust Fund 
Manager)  
SheTrades 
Commonwealth  1,145,722  
 Commonwealth 
countries  FCDO  ITC 
SheTrades 
Commonwealth 
(converve.io)  G/TFA/N/GBR/4  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resource  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
disbursed 
(GBP)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where necessary)  Implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement of the 
assistance  
Standards 
Partnership 
Programme  192,000  Ghana, Rwanda  FCDO  British Standards 
Institute (BSI)  
Trade Advocacy and 
Investment Fund II 
Plus (TAF2+)  1,738,557  Global  FCDO  FCDO  
http://taf2plus.com/  
 
Notification under Article 22.2  
 
Developing countries seeking assistance should contact the relevant British embassy, high 
commission, or consulate. Contact information can be accessed through the following link:  
https://www.gov.uk/world/embassies  
 
For general enquiries, the national contact point for the United Kingdom is:  
 
Orlando Cantell  
Head of WTO, Trade  Facilitation and Capacity Building  
His Majesty 's Revenue and Customs  
14 Westfield Ave  
Stratford  
London  E20 1HZ  
E-mail: orlando.cantell@hmrc.gov.uk  
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