G/TFA/N/JPN/1/Rev.1  
 
27 June 2017  
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION UNDER A RTICLE 22 OF THE AGR EEMENT ON TRADE FACI LITATION  
COMMUNICATION FROM JAPAN  
Revision  
The following communication, dated 27 June 2017, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Japan . 
 
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Period covered by the notification: 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$3,000 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 governme nt - 
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  - G/TFA/N/JPN/1/Rev.1  
 
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  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$40,000  Bilateral, unspecified  Other  - 
Capacity  buildi ng 
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 
Democratic 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 , 
Malaw i, 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  buildi ng 
resources  US$2 ,000 Lao People's Democratic 
Republic  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$4 ,000 Indonesia  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$4 ,000 Mongolia  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$40,00 0 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 
resources  US$40,000  Asia, regional  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$3000  Thailand  Recipient 
Government  - 
Capacity  building 
resources  US$5000  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 
Cooperation Fund  Other  
Multilateral 
Institutions  - G/TFA/N/JPN/1/Rev.1  
 
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  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  (*) 
Technical and  
financial 
assistance  US$3,710,000  Bilateral, 
unspecified /WCO 
Customs Cooperation 
Fund Other  
Multilateral 
Institutions  - 
Technical and  
financial 
assistance  US$170,0 00 Bilateral, unspecified / 
APEC Support Fund 
(except contributions 
tied to counter -terrorism 
activities)  Other  
Multilateral 
Institutions  - 
* 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 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  
 
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