G/TFA/N/GBR/5  
 
11 March 2024  
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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 202 3, 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 . 
  
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Table 1: Regional assistance  
 
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  227,026  Pakistan  Foreign, Commonwealth 
and Development Office 
(FCDO)  FCDO  
TradeMark Africa  11,701,602  Burundi  
Democratic Republic of the Congo  
Ethiopia  
Ghana  
Kenya  
Malawi  
Rwanda  
Somalia  
Tanzania  
Uganda  
Zambia  FCDO  TradeMark Africa  
https://www.trademarkafrica.com/  
UK Trade Partnership Programme  4,450,617  ACP countries with UK Economic 
Partnership Agreements; UK  
Export Promotion pilot projects in:  
Cambod ia, 
CARIFORUM  
Cameroon  
Comoros  
Cote D’Ivoire  
Ethiopia  
Fiji  
Ghana  
Laos 
Madagascar  
Pakistan  
Papua New Guinea  
Senegal  
Tanzania  
Zimbabwe  FCDO  International Trade Centre (ITC) 
https://www.intracen.org/projects/UKTP/  
 
 
 
 
1 Some programmes may support capacity building in other areas, in addition to trade facilitation.   
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- 3 - 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  2,138,356  Belize  
Bolivia  
Botswana  
Cambodia  
Dominica  
Ecuador  
Eswatini  
Egypt  
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/topic/transport -
and-trade -logistics/trade -
facilitation/national -trade -facilitation -
bodies  
 
http://www.wcoomd.org/en/topics/w
co-implementing -the-wto-
atf/mercator -programme.aspx   
SheTrades Commonwealth  2,115,112  Bangladesh, Ghana, India, Kenya, 
Mozambique, Nigeria, Pakistan  FCDO  ITC 
SheTrades Commonwealth 
(converve.io)  
Standards Partnership Programme  1,285,439  Ghana, Rwanda, Bangladesh, 
Caribbean, Ethiopia, India, Kenya, 
Mozambique, Nigeria, Samoa, 
Uganda  FCDO  British Standards Institute (BSI)  G/TFA/N/GBR/5  
 
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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, t he national contact point for the United Kingdom is: 
 
UK-TF-Assistance@hmrc.gov.uk  
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