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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION BASED ON ARTICLE 22.1 AND 22.2  
OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES  
The following communication, dated 14 June 2022, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of the United States.  
 
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The United States hereby makes the following notifications in response to Article 22.1 and 22.2 of 
the Trade Facilitation Agreement (WT/L/931).  
 
1  NOTIF IED UNDER ARTICLE 22.1:  
1.1.  Annex I contains the information required pursuant to Article 22.1. It covers calendar year 
2019, which is the latest year for which full information is available. With respect to Article 22.1(c), 
relevant information is contained i n US Agency for International Development (USAID) Program 
Cycle, a framework which links the fundamental components of USAID's programming, including: 
Country/Regional Strategic Planning; Project Design and Implementation; Activity Design and 
Implementatio n; Monitoring and Evaluation; and Collaborating, Learning and Adapting. The Program 
Cycle is codified in the Automated Directive Systems (ADS) Chapter 201, which is USAID's 
operational model for planning, delivering, assessing and adapting development prog ramming in a 
given region or country. Additional details can be found on USAID's website under Strategy and 
Planning at: https://www.usaid.gov/results -and-data/planning . The ADS 201 can be fou nd at: 
https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201 . 
1.2.  Specific information regarding Millennium Challenge Corporation partnerships can be found 
under specific country links here: https://mcc.gov/where -we-work. 
2  NOTIFIED  UNDER  ARTICLE  22.2:  
2.1.  Information on the process and mechanisms for requesting assistance and support for capacity 
building is as follows: USAID is the lead agency for the United States in providing capacity assistance 
and technical assistance. USAID maintains a comprehensive a nd informative website about their 
ongoing work, types of assistance available, mission statements, and contact information. 
Information about current programs and missions, accessing such programs and missions, and 
mission directory with contact points, a nd can be accessed at this webpage: 
https://www.usaid.gov/where -we-work. 
2.2.  The national contact points for the United States are:  
Mr. Paul Fekete  
United States Agency for International Development Center for Economics and Market 
Development Bureau  for Development,  Democracy,  and Innovation  
E-Mail: ptf@usaid.gov  
 
 
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  Ms. Emanuela Montanari -Stephens  
United States Trade Representative  
Director for Trad e and Development  
Email: Emanuela.Montanari -Stephens@ustr.eop.gov  
 
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  ANNEX 1  
Description of the  
technical  and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity  building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/ 
Disbursed 
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where  
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures  for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  251,793  Bosnia and 
Herzegovina  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  1,231,361  Bosnia and 
Herzegovina  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  142,963  Central 
America, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  118 Central Asia, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
Publication and trade 
promotion  3,292,792  Central Asia, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  3,033,542  Côte d'Ivoire  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  5,633,784  Developing 
countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  46 Developing 
countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Border measures  86,489  Developing 
countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  306,660  Developing 
countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  813,333  Developing 
countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  5,339  Developing 
countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  359,165  Developing 
countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  50,342  Eastern 
Africa, 
regional  AID ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/ 6 
 
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  Description of the  
technical  and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity  building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/ 
Disbursed 
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where  
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures  for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  507,995  Eastern 
Africa, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  181,910  Eastern 
Africa, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  3,800,575  El Salvador  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  18,271  El Salvador  AID ADS 201  
Border measures  9,572  Ghana  AID ADS 201  
Publication and trade 
promotion  
 135,838  Ghana  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  
 26,402  Haiti AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity building  
 1,279,169  Indonesia  AID ADS 201  
* 
 24,281  Indonesia  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  254,311  Jordan  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  17,609  Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  444,028  Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  AID ADS 201 
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  3 Libya  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  135,706  Madagascar  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  1 Madagascar  AID ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/ 6 
 
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  Description of the  
technical  and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity  building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/ 
Disbursed 
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where  
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures  for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Publication and 
trade promotion  27,350  Mozambique  AID ADS 201  
* 932,746  Myanmar  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  40,024  Pakistan  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  536,286  Philippines  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  1,174  Philippines  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  1,092,861  Senegal  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  672,300  Senegal  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  200,000  South Africa  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  1,410,753  South Africa  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  153,855  South Africa  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  1,042,662  Southern 
Africa, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  1,794,288  Sri Lanka  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  236,403  Turkmenistan  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  9,291,852  Ukraine  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  675,986  Ukraine  AID ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/ 6 
 
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  Description of the  
technical  and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity  building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/ 
Disbursed 
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where  
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures  for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Publication and 
trade promotion  903,964  Uzbekistan  AID ADS 201  
Border measures  826 Viet Nam  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  1,908,086  Viet Nam  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  1,747,639  Western 
Africa, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  350,515  Western 
Africa, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  5,962  Western 
Africa, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  79,622  Western 
Africa, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  3,172,750  Western 
Africa, 
regional  AID ADS 201 
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  1,500,000  Yemen  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  1,420,344  Zambia  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  252,977  Zambia  AID ADS 201  
Post Clearance 
Audits and Risk 
Analysis  30,000  Western 
Balkans, 
regional  DOC ADS 201  
Post Clearance 
Audits, Risk 
Analysis, and 
Authorized Economic 
Operators  5,270  Georgia  DOC ADS 201  
Publication, Advance 
Rulings, Border 
Agency 
Coordination, Private 
Sector Engagement, 
Public Consultation  70,000  El Salvador, 
Honduras, 
Guatemala  DOC ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/ 6 
 
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  Description of the  
technical  and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity  building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/ 
Disbursed 
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where  
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures  for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  18,415,185  El Salvador  MCC ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  146,187  Caribbean & 
Central 
America, 
regional  STATE  ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  79,300  China 
(People's 
Republic of)  TDA ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  408,098  South & 
Central Asia, 
regional  TDA ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  54,663  South & 
Central Asia, 
regional  TDA ADS 201  
Note:  Calendar year 2020 OECD reported information; and Agencies listed: Department of Energy (DOE); 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (includes Customs and Border Protection); Department of 
State  (DOS);  US Agency  for International  Development  (AID);  Millennium  Challenge  Corporation  
(MCC); Department of Commerce (DOC); US African Development Foundation (ADF); Trade and 
Development Agency (TDA).  
* indicates USAID redacted this field in accordance with the exceptions outlined in the Foreign Aid 
Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016.  
 
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