G/TFA/N/JPN/5  
 
27 March 2020  
(20-2514) Page: 1/7 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER ARTICLE 22 .1 AND 22.2 OF  
THE AGREEMENT ON TRA DE FACILITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM J APAN  
The following communication, dated 24 March  2020, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Japan for Members' information.  
 
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Period covered by the notification: 201 8 
 
 Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance 
and capacity 
building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD 
millions) 
(*) Beneficiary country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (**) 
1 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
HS 
classification ) 0.031  Nepal  Government of 
Japan  Official 
Development 
Assistance (ODA)  
2 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
customs 
enforcement 
and anti -
smuggling ) 0.027  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
3 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
customs 
clearance 
system,  
Authorized 
Economic 
Operator (AEO) 
and 
surveillance ) 0.028  Laos Government of 
Japan  ODA 
4 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
customs 
modernization ) 0.122  Cameroon, Central African 
Republic , Comoros, Congo, 
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo , Gabon, Guinea, 
Madagascar, Mauritius, 
Mauritania  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
5 Accepting 
trainees 
(training 
course on 
training 
management ) 0.026  Philippine s Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/5  
 
- 2 - 
 
   Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance 
and capacity 
building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD 
millions) 
(*) Beneficiary country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (**) 
6 Accepting 
trainees 
(training 
course on 
customs 
modernization ) 0.014  Tunisia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
7 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
customs 
modernization ) 0.084  Angola, Botswana, Malawi, 
Mozambique, Namibia, 
South Africa, Swaziland, 
Zambia, Zimbabwe  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
8 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
customs 
modernization ) 0.022  Ghana, Liberia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
9 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
post clearance 
audit) 0.035  Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
10 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
AEO) 0.031  Philippines  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
11 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
rules of o rigin) 0.023  Malaysia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
12 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
customs 
valuation ) 0.025  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
13 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
post clearance 
audit) 0.017  Benin  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
14 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
training 
management ) 0.029  Thailand Government of 
Japan  ODA 
15 Accepting 
trainees 
(workshop on 
information 
technology  for 
customs 
clearance ) 0.012  Gabon  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
16 Dispatch of 
experts  
(workshop on 
customs 
modernization ) 0.006  Cambodia, Myanmar, 
Thailand Government of 
Japan  ODA 
17 Dispatch of 
experts (WCO 
accreditation 
workshop on 
rules of o rigin) 0.001  Asia Pacific Region  Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/5  
 
- 3 - 
 
   Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance 
and capacity 
building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD 
millions) 
(*) Beneficiary country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (**) 
18 Dispatch of 
experts  (WCO 
accreditation 
workshop on 
Mercator 
Programme 
Advisor ) 0.004  Asia Pacific Region  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
19 Dispatch of 
experts 
(workshop on 
national single 
window ) 0.001  Cambodia , Vietnam  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
20 Dispatch of 
experts 
(workshop on 
drug detector 
dog) 0.006  Iran Government of 
Japan  ODA 
21 Dispatch of 
experts 
(workshop on 
human 
resource 
development ) 0.006  Asia Pacific Region  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
22 Dispatch of 
experts 
(workshop on 
HS 
classification ) 0.005  Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
23 Dispatch of 
experts 
(workshop on 
frontline border 
capability 
against 
terrorist 
threats ) 0.002  Asia Pacific Region  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
24 Dispatch of 
experts  
(workshop  on 
passenger 
controls ) 0.001  Asia Pacific Region  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
25 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(meeting of 
heads of WCO 
Asia/Pacific 
Regional 
Training Centre  
and Regional 
Office for 
Capacity 
Building ) 0.006  Asia Pacific Region  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
26 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(WCO Capacity 
Building 
Committee, 
etc.) 0.010  WCO member countries  Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/5  
 
- 4 - 
 
   Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance 
and capacity 
building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD 
millions) 
(*) Beneficiary country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (**) 
27 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(meeting on 
national single 
window ) 0.002  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
28 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(Regional Joint 
Coordinating 
Committee  of 
Japan 
International 
Cooperation 
Agency)  0.003  East African Community  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
29 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(Myanmar Joint 
Coordinating 
Committee ) 0.003  Myanmar  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
30 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(Malaysia Joint 
Coordinating 
Committee ) 0.002  Malaysia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
31 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(Oceania 
Customs 
Organisation  
(OCO)  Annual 
Conference ) 0.003  OCO countries  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
32 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(meeting on 
national single 
window)  0.002  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
33 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(Vietnam Joint 
Coordinating 
Committee ) 0.001  Vietnam  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
34 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(meeting on 
national single 
window)  0.003  Cambodia , Myanmar  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
35 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(meeting on 
national single 
window)  0.006  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/5  
 
- 5 - 
 
   Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance 
and capacity 
building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD 
millions) 
(*) Beneficiary country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (**) 
36 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(meeting on 
national single 
window)  0.008  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
37 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(meeting of 
heads of WCO 
Asia/Pacific 
Regional 
Training Centre 
and Regional 
Office for 
Capacity 
Building)  0.003  WCO member countries  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
38 Other 
programmes 
for capacity 
building 
resources  0.360 
(37 projects ) Armenia,  Bangladesh , 
Plurinational State of  Bolivia , 
Botswana,  Cambodia , 
Comoros,  Costa Rica,  Côte 
d'Ivoire,  Dominican Republic,  
Ethiopia,  Ghana,  Guatemala,  
Guinea,  Iraq, Jordan,  Kenya,  
Lesotho,  Madagascar,  
Marshall Islands , Mauritius,  
Moldova,  Mongolia,  
Mozambique,  Myanmar , 
Nigeria,  Papua New Guinea,  
Samoa , Serbia,  Sri Lanka,  
Sudan,  Ukraine,  Uzbekistan,  
Vanuatu , Venezuela,  West 
Bank and Gaza Strip , 
Zambia,  Zimbabwe  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
39 Other 
programmes 
for capacity 
building 
resources  0.803  
(51 projects)  Afghanistan , Angola , 
Bangladesh , Benin , Bhutan , 
Botswana , Burkina Faso,  
Cambodia,  Cameroon,  Cote 
d'Ivoire,  Democratic 
Republic of the Congo , 
Egypt,  Ethiopia,  Gabon,  
Ghana,  Guinea,  India,  
Kenya,  Kiribati,  Kyrgyz  
Republic , Lao People's 
Democratic Republic , Liberia,  
Madagascar,  Malawi,  Mali, 
Mauritius,  Republic of 
Moldova,  Mongolia,  Morocco,  
Myanmar,  Namibia,  Nepal,  
Nicaragua,  Niger,  Nigeria,  
Papua New Guinea,  Rwanda,  
Samoa,  Senegal,  Sierra 
Leone,  South Africa,  
Eswatini,  Tanzania,  Timor 
Leste,  Togo,  Tunisia,  
Uganda,  Uzbekistan,  Viet 
Nam, Yemen,  Zimbabwe  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
40 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(meeting on 
national single 
window)  0.001  Myanmar  Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/5  
 
- 6 - 
 
   Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance 
and capacity 
building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD 
millions) 
(*) Beneficiary country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (**) 
41 Meeting and/or 
seminars 
overseas  
(meeting on 
national single 
window)  0.0007  Myanmar , Vietnam  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
42 Financial 
contribution  
(Asia-Pacific 
Economic 
Cooperation 
Trade and 
Investment 
Liberalisation 
and Facilitation 
Account ) 0.040  Asia-Pacific region  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
43 Financial 
contribution  
(ASEAN 
Promotion 
Centre on 
Trade, 
Investment 
and Tourism ) 0.554  Southeast Asia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
44 Financial 
contribution  
(Customs 
Cooperation 
Fund (for 
capacity 
building 
activities to 
enhance 
capacities of 
Customs 
administrations 
in developing 
WCO 
Members )) 3.305  Cross regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
45 Financial 
contribution  
(Customs 
Cooperation 
Fund (for 
capacity 
building 
activities of 
combating 
goods 
infringing 
intellectual 
property rights 
to enhance 
capacities of 
Customs 
administrations 
in developing 
WCO 
Members )) 1.181  Cross regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/5  
 
- 7 - 
 
   Description of 
the technical 
and financial 
assistance 
and capacity 
building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
disbursed  
(USD 
millions) 
(*) Beneficiary country/ 
Region (where 
necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (**) 
46 Financial 
contribution  
(Asia-Pacific 
Economic 
Cooperation 
Support Fund 
(except 
contributions 
tied to counter -
terrorism 
activities) ) 0.172  Cross regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
*  Any fraction  smaller than 0.0 01 of one USD million  is rounded down to the nearest three  decimal 
places  (in the case of 0.00 15, the fraction is rounded down to 0.0 01). However, if the amount 
contains a zero in the third decimal point , such amount  is expressed in four decimal places (in the 
case of 0.0001, such amount is written as such).  
**  For reference, a summary of informatio n 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/types_of_assistance/i ndex.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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