G/TFA/N/JPN/3  
 
10 September 2018  
(18-5602) Page: 1/5 
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 4 September 2018, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Japan for Members' information.  
 
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Period covered by the notification: 2016  
 
 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 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.032  Myanmar  Government of 
Japan  Official 
Development 
Assistance (ODA)  
2 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.067  Lao PDR  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
3 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.029  Indonesia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
4 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.031  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
5 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.041  Malaysia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
6 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.046  Myanmar  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
7 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.022  Indonesia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
8 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.041  Asia, regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
9 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.026  Myanmar  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
10 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.039  Lao PDR  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
11 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.019  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/3  
 
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   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  
(**) 
12 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.027  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
13 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.031  Thailand  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
14 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.032  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
15 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.004  Thailand  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
16 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.008  Cambodia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
17 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.006  Oceania , 
regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
18 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.004  Indonesia  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
19 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.002  Lao PDR  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
20 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.002  Africa , 
regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
21 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.007  America, 
regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
22 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.009  Asia, regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
23 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.004  America, 
regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
24 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.002  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
25 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.003  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
26 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.012  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
27 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.003  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
28 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.006  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
29 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.001  Asia, regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
30 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.003  Asia, regional  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
31 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.003  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/3  
 
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   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  
(**) 
32 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.737  
(52 projects)  Afghanistan, 
Angola, 
Bangladesh, 
Benin, Bhutan, 
Botswana, 
Burkina Faso, 
Burundi, 
Cambodia, 
Cameroon, 
Cote d'Ivoire, 
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo, Timor -
Leste, Egypt, 
Eritrea, 
Eswatini, 
Ethiopia, 
Gabon, 
Ghana, 
Guinea, India, 
Kenya, 
Kiribati, 
Kyrgyz, Lao  
PDR, Liberia, 
Madagascar, 
Malawi, Mali, 
Mauritius, 
Moldova, 
Mongolia, 
Morocco, 
Myanmar, 
Namibia, 
Nepal, 
Nicaragua, 
Niger, Nigeria, 
Papua New 
Guinea, 
Rwanda, 
Samoa, 
Seneg al, 
Sierra Leone, 
South Africa,  
Tanzania, 
Togo, Tunisia, 
Uganda, 
Uzbekistan, 
Vanuatu, 
Viet Nam Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/3  
 
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   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  
(**) 
33 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.350 
(32 projects)  Albania, 
Azerbaijan, 
Bolivia, 
Cameroon, 
Comoros, 
Costa Rica, 
Côte d'Ivoire, 
Dominican 
Republic, 
Eswatini, 
Ghana, 
Guatemala, 
Iraq, Jordan, 
Kosovo, 
Kyrgyzstan, 
Lebanon, 
Lesotho, 
Madagascar, 
Malawi, 
Mauritius, 
Moldova, 
Mongol, 
Nicaragua, 
Nigeria, 
Senegal, 
Sri Lanka, 
Sudan,  
Tajikistan, 
Ukraine, 
Uzbekistan, 
Venezuela, 
Zimbabwe  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
34 Capacity 
building 
resources  0.029  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
35 Project for 
National Single 
Window and 
Customs 
Modernization 
by Introducing 
Automated 
Cargo 
Clearance 
System  27.172  Myanmar  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
36 Assistance 
through Asia-
Pacific 
Economic 
Cooperation 
Trade and 
Investment 
Liberalisation 
and Facilitation 
Account (TILF)  0.082  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA G/TFA/N/JPN/3  
 
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   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  
(**) 
37 Finance 
Contribution for 
capacity 
building 
activities to 
enhance 
capacities of 
Customs 
administrations 
in developing 
WCO Members  3.683  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
38 Finance 
Contribution for 
capacity 
building 
activities of 
combating 
goods infringing 
intellectual 
property rights 
to enhance 
capacities of 
Customs 
administrations 
in developing 
WCO Members  0.981  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
39 Asia-Pacific 
Economic 
Cooperation 
Support Fund 
(except 
contributions 
tied to counter -
terrorism 
activities)  0.195  Bilateral, 
unspecified  Government of 
Japan  ODA 
40 Capacity 
building of 
developing 
countries 
related to 
implementation 
of international 
standards in 
the SPS field  0.049  Bilateral, 
unspecified  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 0.001). 
**  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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