G/TFA/N/JPN /8 
 
25 August  2023 
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 22 .1 AND 22.2 OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON TRADE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN  
The following communication, dated 23 August  2023, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Japa n. 
 
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Period covered by the notification: 202 1 
 
 Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (*) 
1 Customs Cooperation 
Fund (General)  through 
WCO Customs 
Cooperation Fund  3,300,000 WCO Member 
countries  Ministry of 
Finance  Official 
Development 
Assistance 
(ODA)  
2 Customs Cooperation 
Fund (Combat ting Goods 
Infringing Intellectual 
Property Rights)  through 
WCO Customs 
Cooperation Fund  1,180,000  WCO Member 
countries  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
3 JICA-WCO Collaboration 
on Capacity Building on 
Trade Facilita tion and 
Customs Modernization  1,508 ,000 Africa and the 
Pacific Islands  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
4 Data Collection Survey 
for Improvement of 
Customs Procedure at 
the Main Borders in 
Cambodia  172,000 Cambodia  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
5 Data Collection Survey 
on the Revision of OSBP 
Source Book (3rd Edition)  182,000 Sub Saharan  
African Region  Government of 
Japan   ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/ 8 
 
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   Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (*) 
6 Data Collection Survey 
on the African 
Continental Free Trade 
Area (AfCFTA)  137,000 Sub Saharan  
African Region  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance   ODA 
7 Project for Enhancing 
the Human Resource 
Development Capacity of 
Customs Administration  96,000 Thailand  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
8 Project for Capacity 
Development on 
Customs Clearance 
Operations with Risk 
Management  77,000 Lao People ’s 
Republic  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
9 Project of Capacity 
Development for 
National Single Window 
and Customs 
Modernization by 
Introducing Automated 
Cargo Clearance System 
Phase 2  157,000 Myanmar  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
10 Project on Capacity 
Development for Trade 
Facilitation and Border 
Control in East Africa  240,000  Kenya  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
11 Project for Capacity 
Development on Smooth 
Operation of OSBPs on 
the North -South 
transport Corridor  93,000  Zambia  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
12 Project for Capacity 
Development on Smooth 
Operation of OSBPs on 
the North -South 
transport Corridor  411,000  Zambia  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
13 Project for Capacity 
Development of South 
Sudan Customs for 
Introduction of 
Harmonized System 
Code (Phase 2)  791,000  South Sudan  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/ 8 
 
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   Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (*) 
14 Consolidating 
procedures for 
enhancing trade 
facilitation and securing 
of revenue collection 
toward strengthening 
risk management  25,000  Malaysia JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
15 Advisor for The Customs 
Laboratory  21,000  Malaysia  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
16 JICA Expert for the 
Enhancement of 
Customs Operation  94,000  Philippines  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
17 Enhancing the Capacity 
of Data Analysis and 
Risk Management  43,000  Thailand  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
18 Customs  Policy and 
Administration Adviser 
for Trade Facilitation  70,000  Cambodia  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
19 Advisor on Trade 
Facilitation through 
Customs Modernization  54,000  Cambodia  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
20 Strengthening of 
Governance and Trade 
Facilitation in the Field of 
Customs  40,000  Lao People’s 
Republic  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
21 Strengthening of 
Governance and Trade 
Facilitation in the Field of 
Customs  15,000  Lao People’s 
Republic  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
22 Enhancing Customs 
Capacity through Master 
Trainer Program in the 
Pacific Islands  27,000  Timor -Leste  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/ 8 
 
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   Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (*) 
23 Enhancing Customs 
Capacity through Master 
Trainer Program in the 
Pacific Islands  27,000  Fiji JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
24 Enhancing Customs 
Capacity through Master 
Trainer Program in the 
Pacific Islands  27,000  Papua New 
Guinea  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
25 Enhancing Customs 
Capacity through Master 
Trainer Program in the 
Pacific Islands  27,000  Tonga  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
26 Enhancing Customs 
Capacity through Master 
Trainer Program in the 
Pacific Islands  27,000  Vanuatu  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
27 Enhancing Customs 
Capacity through Master 
Trainer Program in the 
Pacific Islands  27,000  Samoa  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
28 Data collection survey 
on the enhancement of 
customs administration 
under the changing 
circumstance on 
international trade  137,000  Various 
WTO member 
countries  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
29 Data collection survey 
on the enhancement of 
customs administration 
under the changing 
circumstance on 
international trade  185,000 Various 
WTO member 
countries  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
30 Workshop o n Customs 
Processing Model , and 
Rules of Origin for 
Vietnam  1,000  Vietnam  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/ 8 
 
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   Description of the 
technical and financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD)  Beneficiary 
country/ Region 
(where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (*) 
31 Project of Capacity 
Development for 
National Single Window 
and Customs 
Modernization by 
Introducing Automated 
Cargo Clearance System 
in Myanmar  4,000  Myanmar  JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
32 Workshop on Customs 
Administration  (A), (B) 
and (C)  15,000 Afghanistan , 
Algeria , Burkina 
Faso, Burundi, 
Côte d’Ivoire , 
Egypt , Ethiopia , 
Guinea , Iran, 
Kazakhstan , 
Malawi , Nigeria , 
Pakistan , 
Senegal , Sudan , 
Tunisia , 
Tadzhikistan , 
Turkmenistan, 
Uzbekistan , 
Zimbabwe , etc. JICA/ Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
*  Each amount is rounded to the nearest thousand.  
*  For reference, a summary of information on the process and mechanisms for requesting 
assistance and support for capacity building can be found at:  
http://www.jica.go.jp/english/our_work/typ es_of_assistance/index.html  
 
Contact points : 
 
Japanese Embassies serve as the contact points. Any developing country interested in obtaining 
assistance should contact the Japanese Embassy, the list of which can be found at: 
http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html  
 
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