G/TFA/N/JPN/6  
 
5 May 2021  
(21-3842) Page: 1/3 
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 4 May 2021 , is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of Japan . 
 
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Period covered by the notification: 201 9 
 
 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 The Project for 
Enhancing Trade 
Facilitation and Border 
Control Capacity in East 
Africa  through Un ited 
Nations Office for 
Project Services  3,219,000 Burundi, 
Kenya, 
Rwanda,  
Tanzania, 
Uganda  Ministry of 
Foreign Affairs  Official 
Development 
Assistance 
(ODA)  
2 Customs  Cooperation 
Fund (General) through 
WCO Custo ms 
Cooperation Fund  3,348,000 WCO 
Member 
countries  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
3 Customs Cooperation 
Fund (Combatting 
Goods Infringing 
Intellectual Property 
Rights) throu gh WCO 
Customs Cooperation 
Fund 1,196,000 WCO 
Member 
countries  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
4 Asia-Pacific Economic 
Cooperation Support 
Fund (except for 
contributions tied to 
counter -terrorism 
activities)  168,000 APEC 
economies  Ministry of 
Finance ODA 
5 Workshop on customs 
valuation/post clearance 
audit 13,000 Ghana  Ministry  of 
Finance  ODA 
6 Workshop on TFA  27,000 Malaysia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
7 Workshop on 
classification  47,000 Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
8 Workshop on  
intelligence and 
enforcement  30,000 Bangladesh  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/6  
 
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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  
(*) 
9 High-level customs 
policy dialogue on trade 
facilitation and anti -
smuggling  76,000 Antigua and 
Barbuda , 
Jamaica , 
Haiti Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
10 Workshop on customs 
valuation  11,000 Malawi  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
11 Workshop on 
classification  30,000 Cambodia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
12 Workshop on trade 
statistics  29,000 Viet Nam Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
13 Study visit program  32,000 Thailand  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
14 Workshop on rules of 
origin  25,000 Cambodia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
15 Workshop on training of 
drug detector dog 
trainers 28,000 Malaysia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
16 Workshop on 
enforcement operation 
on air passenger  32,000 Mongolia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
17 Workshop on human 
resource development  4,000 India Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
18 Workshop on data 
analysis and risk 
management  29,000 Thailand Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
19 Workshop on post 
clearance audit  31,000  Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
20 Workshop on post 
clearance audit/customs 
valuation  54,000 Myanmar  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
21 Workshop  on risk 
management and 
enforcement  52,000 Indonesia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
22 Workshop on risk 
management and 
enforcement  28,000 Philippines  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
23 Workshop on customs 
clearance management  37,000  Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
24 Workshop on customs 
laboratory  27,000 Cambodia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
25 Workshop on risk 
management  21,000 Nigeria  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
26 Workshop on customs 
valuation and post 
clearance audit  5,000  Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
27 Workshop on risk 
management  5,000 Thailand  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
28 Workshop  on AEO  4,000 Viet Nam Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
29 Workshop on IPR  8,000 Indonesia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
30 Workshop on training of 
drug detector dog 
trainers  7,000  Malaysia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
31 Capacity development of 
customs laboratories  4,000 Azerbaijan  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
32 Workshop on 
intelligence and 
enforcement  8,000 Brazil  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/6  
 
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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  
(*) 
33 Meeting on post 
clearance audit  2,000 Myanmar  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
34 Meeting on enforcement 
operation on air 
passengers  3,000  Mongolia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
35 Meeting on enforcement  3,000  Cambodia  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
36 Meeting on customs 
clearance  13,000 Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
37 Workshop on rules of 
origin  6,000 Viet Nam Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
38 WCO accreditation 
workshop on IPR  6,000  WCO 
Member 
countries  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
39 Workshop on post 
clearance audit  4,000  Philippines  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
40 Meeting on customs 
clearance  7,000 Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
41 WCO Asia/Pacific 
Security Conference  33,000  Asia Pacific 
region  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
42 Japan-Myanmar 
Customs Joint Working 
Group  4,000 Myanmar  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
43 Working group activity 
on intelligence analysis  8,000 Benin, 
Burkina 
Faso, Cote 
d'Ivoire, 
Ghana, 
Nigeria, Togo  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
44 Long-term experts 
annual meeting  15,000  Asia Pacific 
region  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
45 Meeting of Heads of 
WCO RTC and ROCB  7,000  WCO 
Member 
countries  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
46 WCO Capacity Building 
Committee  12,000  WCO 
Member 
countries  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
47 WCO End of Project 
workshop  2,000  WCO Asia 
Pacific region  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
48 Oceania Customs 
Organization  (OCO) 
Annual Conference  2,000 OCO 
countries  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
49 Myanmar Joint 
Coordinating Committee  4,000 Myanmar  Ministry of 
Finance  ODA 
50 Meeting of Heads of 
WCO Asia Pacific RTC 
and ROCB  2,000  WCO Asia 
Pacific region  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/types_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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