G/TFA/N/JPN/1  
 
16 June 2017  
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Committee on Trade Facilitati on Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 22 OF THE AGR EEMENT ON TRADE FACI LITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM J APAN  
The following communication, dated 16 June 2017, is being circulated at the request of Japan  for 
Members' information.  
 
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Period covered by the no tification: 2015  
 
Description of the 
technical and 
financial 
assistance and 
Capacity  building 
resources  Status and 
amount disbursed  
 Beneficiary 
country/Region (where 
necessary)  The implementing 
agency in the 
Member providing 
assistance  Procedures for 
disbursement 
of the 
assistance  (*) 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$3000 Malaysia  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$30,000  Malaysia  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$30,000  Indonesia  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$30,000 Mongolia  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$10,000  Malaysia  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$50,000 Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$40,000  Cambodia  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$30,000  Cambodia  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$30,000  Thailand  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$40,000  Asia, regional  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$130,000 South of Sahara, 
regional  Recipient government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$250,000 
(25 projects)  Albania , Bolivia , 
Comoros , Costa Rica , 
Dominican Republic , 
Jordan , Lebanon , 
Lesotho , Moldova , Sri 
Lanka , Sudan , Tajikistan , 
Venezuela , Zimbabwe , 
Cameroon , Côte d'Ivoire , 
Ghana , Malawi , 
Mauritius , Mongolia , 
Nicaragua , Nigeria , 
Senegal , Swaziland , 
Uzbekistan  Central  Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$40,000  Bilateral, unspecified  Other  - G/TFA/N/JPN/1  
 
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  Capacity  building 
resources  US$520,000  
(52 projects)  Afghanistan , Angola , 
Bangladesh , Benin , 
Bhutan , Botswana , 
Burkina Faso , Burundi , 
Cambodia , Democratic 
Republic of the Congo , 
Egypt , Eritrea , Ethiopia , 
Gabon , Guinea , India, 
Kenya , Kiribati , 
Kyrgyzstan , Lao People's 
Democr atic Republic , 
Liberia , Madagascar , 
Mali, Morocco , Myanmar , 
Namibia , Nepal , Niger , 
Papua New Guinea , 
Rwanda , Samoa , Sierra 
Leone , South Africa , 
Tanzania , Timor -Leste , 
Togo, Tunisia , Uganda , 
Vanuatu , Viet Nam , 
Yemen , Cameroon , Côte 
d'Ivoire , Ghana , Malawi , 
Mauritius , Mongolia , 
Nicaragua , Nigeria , 
Senegal , Swaziland , 
Uzbekistan  Central Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$840,000  Bilateral, unspecified  Other  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$9,910,000  Bilateral, unspecified  Other  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  0 Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  0 Indonesia  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  0 Mongolia  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$40,000  Myanmar  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$40,000  Oceania, regional  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$30,000  Cambodia  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$40,000  Mongolia  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resour ces US$40,000  Asia, regional  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  0 Thailand  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  0 Indonesia  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$40,000  Malaysia  Recipient 
Government  - 
Technical and  
financial 
assistance  US$90,000  Bilateral, unspecified / 
APEC Trade and 
Investment liberalization 
and Facilitation  Fund Other  
Multilateral 
Institutions  - 
Technical and  
financial 
assistance  US$1,170,000  Bilateral, unspecified / 
WCO Customs 
Cooperatio n Fund  Other  
Multilateral 
Institutions  - 
Technical and  
financial 
assistance  US$3,710,000  Bilateral, 
unspecified /WCO 
Customs Cooperation 
Fund Other  
Multilateral 
Institutions  - 
Technical and  
financial 
assistance  US$170,000  Bilateral, unspecified / 
APEC Supp ort Fund 
(except contributions 
tied to counter -terrorism 
activities)  Other  
Multilateral 
Institutions  - 
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  *No description because of the amount disbursed.  
 
Contact points:  
Japanese embassies serve as the contact points. Any developing country interested in obtaining 
assistance should contact the Japanese embassy, whose list can be found at:  
http://www.mofa.go.jp/about/emb_cons/mofaserv.html  
 
For reference, a summary of information on the pro cess 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  
 
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