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8 June 2021  
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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 4 June 2021 , 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  NOTIFIED UNDER AR TICLE 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 in US  Agency for International Development (US AID) 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 
Implementation; Monitoring and Evaluation; and Collaborating, Learning and Adapting. The Program 
Cycle is codified in the Automated Directi ve Systems (ADS) Chapter 201, which is USAID's 
operational model for planning, delivering, assessing and adapting development programming 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 found at: 
https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/201 . 
1.2.  Specific information  regarding Millennium Challenge Corporation partnerships  can be found 
under specif ic 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 point for the United States is:  
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  G/TFA/N/USA/5  
 
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  ANNEX I  
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  3,879  Armenia  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  6,766  Azerbaijan  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  3,902,890  Bilateral, unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Border measures  65,774  Bilateral, unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  588,160  Bilateral, unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  65,000  Bilateral, unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  414,391  Bilateral, unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  50,000  Bilateral, unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  1,951  Bilateral, unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  548,470  Bilateral, unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  140,242  Bosnia and Herzegovina  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  1,111,100  Bosnia and Herzegovina  AID ADS 201  
Border and 
related agencies 
capacity building  445,049  Caribbean & Central 
America, regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and 
related agencies 
capacity building  42,873  Caribbean & Central 
America, regional  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  2,642,471  Central Asia, regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  6,496,245  El Salvador  AID ADS 201  
Border and 
related agencies 
capacity building  216,339  El Salvador  AID ADS 201  
Border and 
related agencies 
capacity building  19,665  Far East Asia, regional  AID ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/5  
 
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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  117,831  Georgia  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  7,434  Ghana  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  812,928  Haiti AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  48,355  Indonesia  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  2,619,925  Indonesia  AID ADS 201  
Border and 
related agencies 
capacity building  2,914  Indonesia  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  904,051  Jordan  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  534,999  Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  89,294  Madagascar  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  500,000  Moldova  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  182,493  Mozambique  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  3,545,428  Mozambique  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  49,502  Myanmar  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  300,863  Pakistan  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  1,843,179  Pakistan  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  59,004  Senegal  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  199,202  Senegal  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  482,186  Senegal  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  1,161,300  South Africa  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  441,357  South Africa  AID ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/5  
 
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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  1,782,162  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  385,745  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  16,109  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  1,219,610  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  148,550  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  1,613,510  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  275,712  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  50,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  2,575,274  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  490,761  Sri Lanka  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  62,106  Turkmenistan  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  3,626,000  Ukraine  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  927,619  Ukraine  AID ADS 201  
Border and 
related agencies 
capacity building  34,723  Ukraine  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  780,020  Uzbekistan  AID ADS 201  
Border measures  23,899  Viet Nam  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  2,779,350  Viet Nam  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector 
engagement and 
capacity building  278,947  Zambia  AID ADS 201  
Border Measures  4,167  Algeria  DOE ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/5  
 
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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 Measures  23,556  America, regional  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  13,797  Argentina  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  58,140  Armenia  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  17,160  Azerbaijan  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  93,857  Bilateral, unspecified  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  58,286  Brazil  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  416,201  China (People's Republic 
of) DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  7,365  Egypt  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  293,056  Europe, regional  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  41,691  Georgia  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  171,056  India  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  90,581  Indonesia  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  2,265  Jordan  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  37,838  Kazakhstan  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  77,692  Kenya  DOE ADS 201 
Border Measures  93,347  Malaysia  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  59,499  Mexico  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  4,192  Moldova  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  3,057  Morocco  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  129,900  Pakistan  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  29,169  Panama  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  59,038  Philippines  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  8,380  South & Central Asia, 
regional  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  119,990  South Africa  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  19,229  Sri Lanka  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  6,332  Thailand  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  1,496  Tunisia  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  12,911  Turkey  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  86,432  Ukraine  DOE ADS 201  
Border Measures  11,076,100  El Salvador  MCC ADS 201  
Border Measures  6,318  Albania  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  1,195  Bangladesh  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  1,468  Bilateral, unspecified  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  88,107  Bilateral, unspecified  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  2,010  Bosnia and Herzegovina  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  84,335  Caribbean & Central 
America, regional  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  85,970  Central Asia, regional  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  5,516  Europe, regional  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  31,368  Georgia  DOS ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/5  
 
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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 Measures  54,636  India  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  13,981  Indonesia  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  105,000  Indonesia  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  20,884  Kenya  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  50,000  Kyrgyzstan  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  6,511  Lebanon  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  170,000  Malaysia  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  53,827  Mongolia  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  2,984  Montenegro  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  14,910  Morocco  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  1,195  Nepal  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  5,305  North Macedonia  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  11,301  Serbia  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  3,985  Sri Lanka  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  22,525  Tajikistan  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  5,900  Thailand  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  40,000  Turkmenistan  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  127,669  Uzbekistan  DOS ADS 201  
Border Measures  187,664  China (People's Republic 
of) TDA ADS 201  
Border Measures  95,800  India  TDA ADS 201  
 
Note:  Calendar year 2019 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 Foundatio n (ADF); Trade and Development 
Agency (TDA).  
 
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