G/TFA/N/GBR/3  
 
5 January 202 2 
(22-0046) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION BASED ON ARTICLE 22 .1  
OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM  
The following communication, dated 4 January 202 2, 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 22.1 of the Trade 
Facilitation Agreement . 
 
Period covered by the notification: Projects operational in 202 1 
 
Table 1: Regional assistance  
 
Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(GBP)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Asia Regional Trade 
and Connectivity 
Programme (ARTCP)  7,880,000  Intraregional Cooperation 
across Central Asia, South 
Asia and Southeast Asia  
 Foreign, 
Commonwealth 
and Development 
Office (FCDO)  FCDO  
Revenue Mobilization 
Investment and Trade 
Programme (REMIT)  
 796,445  Pakistan  FCDO  FCDO  
TradeMark East Africa1 33,100,000  Burundi  
Democratic Republic of the 
Congo  
Ethiopia  
Kenya  
Malawi  
Rwanda  
Somalia  
South Sudan  
Tanzania  
Uganda  
Zambia  
 FCDO  TradeMark  East 
Africa  
https://www.tra
demarkea.com/   
 
1 Funding for TradeMark  East Africa may support capacity building in some areas other than trade 
facilitation.  G/TFA/N/GBR/3  
 
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  Description of the 
technical and 
financial assistance 
and capacity 
building resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(GBP)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
UK Trade Partnerships 
Programme  
 
 
 4,042,947  Countries with Economic 
Partnership Agreements 
with the UK;  
CARIFORUM  
Cameroon  
Comoros  
Cote D’Ivoire  
Fiji 
Ghana  
Madagascar  
Papua New Guinea  
Zimbabwe  FCDO  International 
Trade Centre 
https://www.int
racen.org/projec
ts/UKTP/   
 
Table 2: Multi -country assistance  
 
Description of 
the technical and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(GBP)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Enhanced 
Integrated 
Framework  1,000,000  Least -developed Countries  FCDO  United Nations 
Office for 
Project Services 
(EIF Trust Fund 
Manager)  
 
HMRC -WCO-
UNCTAD Trade 
Facilitation 
Capacity Building 
Programme  1,310,000  Botswana  
Bolivia  
Cambodia  
Eswatini  
The Gambia  
Honduras  
Lesotho  
Liberia  
Madagascar  
Malawi  
Myanmar  
Namibia  
Nigeria  
Philippines  
Sao Tome e Principe  
Somalia  
South Africa  
Timor -Leste  
Zambia  
Zimbabwe  Her Majesty’s 
Revenue & 
Customs (HMRC)  United Nations 
Conference on 
Trade and 
Development 
(UNCTAD) and 
World Customs 
Organization 
(WCO)  
 
https://unctad.o
rg/topic/transpo
rt-and-trade -
logistics/trade -
facilitation/natio
nal-trade-
facilitation -
bodies   
  
http://www.wco
omd.org/en/topi
cs/wco -
implementing -
the-wto-
atf/mercator -
programme.asp
x  
 
Prosperity Fund 
Global Trade 
Programme - Trade 
Facilitation in 
Middle Income 
Countries  
 362,000  Brazil  
India 
Nigeria  
Philippines  
South Africa  FCDO  FCDO  G/TFA/N/GBR/3  
 
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  Description of 
the technical and 
financial 
assistance and 
capacity building 
resources  Status and 
amount 
committed/  
Disbursed  
(GBP)  Beneficiary 
country/Region 
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing 
agency in the 
Member 
providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  
Trade Advocacy 
and Investment 
Fund II Plus 
(TAF2+)  
 
 2,916,706  Global  FCDO  FCDO  
http://taf2plus.c
om/  
 
 
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