G/TFA/N/USA/3  
 
13 May 2019  
(19-3270) Page: 1/8 
Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION BASED O N ARTICLE 22 .1 AND 22.2 
OF THE TRADE FACILITATION AGREEMENT  
COMMUNICATION FROM T HE UNITED STATES  
The following communication, dated 9 May 2019,  is being circulated at the request of the delegation 
of the United States  for Members' information.  
 
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The United States  hereby makes the following notifications in accordance with Article  22 of the Trade 
Facilitation Agreement (WT/L/931).  
1. Notified under Article 22.1:  
Annex I contains the information required  pursuant to Article 22.1. It covers calendar year 2017, 
which is the latest year for which full information is available. With respect to Article 22.1(c), relevant 
information is contained in USAID's Program Cycle, a framework which links the fundamental 
components of the Agency's programming, including: Country/Regional Strategic Planning; Project 
Design and Implementation; Activity Design and Implementation; Monitoring and Evaluation; and 
Collaborating, Learning and Adapting. The Program Cycle is codifie d in the Automated Directive 
Systems (ADS) 201 chapter which is USAID's operational model for planning, delivering, assessing 
and adapting development programming in a given region or country. Additional details can be found 
on USAID's website under Strate gy and Planning at: https://www.usaid.gov/results -and-
data/planning . The ADS 201 can be found at: https://www.usaid.gov/ads/policy/200/ 201. 
Specific information regarding Millennium Challenge Corporation agreements can be found under 
specific country links here: https://mcc.gov/where -we-work. 
2. Notified under Article 22.2:  
Information on the process and mechanisms for requesting assistance and support for capacity 
building is as follows: The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is the lead 
agency for the United States in providing capacity assistance and technical assista nce. USAID 
maintains a comprehensive and informative website about their ongoing work, types of assistance 
available, mission statements, and contact information. Information about current programs and 
missions, accessing such programs and missions, and mi ssion directory with contact points, and can 
be accessed at this webpage: https://www.usaid.gov/where -we-work. 
The national contact point for the United States is:  
Mr. Paul Fekete  
United States Agency for  International Development  
Senior International Trade Advisor, Office of Trade and Regulatory Reform, Bureau for Economic 
Growth, Education and Environment  
E-Mail: ptf@usaid.gov  G/TFA/N/USA/3  
 
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  ANNEX I  
Description of 
the technical and  
financial  
assistance and  
capacity building  
resources  Status and 
amount  
committed/dis
bursed  Beneficiary  
country/Region  
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing  
agency in the  
Member  
providing  
assistance  Procedures for  
disbursement  
of the  
assistance  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$13,155,000  Afghanistan  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$60,000  Argentina  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$85,000  Armenia  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$947,000  Asia, regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$100,000  Azerbaijan  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$733,000  Azerbaijan  AID ADS 201  
Border and  related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$76,000  Azerbaijan  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$68,000  Azerbaijan  DOE ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  US$7,000  Bosnia and Herzegovina  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$129,000  Bosnia and Herzegovina  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$560,000  Bosnia and Herzegovina  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$12,000  Bosnia and Herzegovina  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$40,000  Brazil  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$7,000  Cambodia  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$2,464,000  Central Asia, regional  AID ADS 201 
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$96,000  Central Asia, regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$60,000  Chile DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$60,000  Chile DOE ADS 201  
Bilateral  
Co-operation on 
IPR US$200,000  China  DOC ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/3  
 
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  Description of 
the technical and  
financial  
assistance and  
capacity building  
resources  Status and 
amount  
committed/dis
bursed  Beneficiary  
country/Region  
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing  
agency in the  
Member  
providing  
assistance  Procedures for  
disbursement  
of the  
assistance  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$762,000  China  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$120,000  China  DOE ADS 201  
Border measures  US$150,000  Developing countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$399,000  Developing countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$40,000  Developing countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$2,113,000  Developing countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$669,000  Developing countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$787,000  Developing countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$306,000  Developing countries, 
unspecified  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$126,000  Developing countries, 
unspecified  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$630,000  Egypt  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$47,000  Egypt  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$1,914,000  El Salvador  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$179,000  El Salvador  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$39,000  El Salvador  MCC ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$548,000  Europe, regional  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$2,450,000  Far East Asia, regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$68,000  Georgia  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$82,000  Ghana  AID ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/3  
 
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  Description of 
the technical and  
financial  
assistance and  
capacity building  
resources  Status and 
amount  
committed/dis
bursed  Beneficiary  
country/Region  
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing  
agency in the  
Member  
providing  
assistance  Procedures for  
disbursement  
of the  
assistance  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$1,050,000  Ghana  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$119,000  Haiti AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$322,000  India DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$70,000  India DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$1,113,000  Indonesia  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$100,000  Indonesia  DOE ADS 201 
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$46,000  Indonesia  DOE ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$1,388,000  Jordan  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$151,000  Jordan  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$43,000  Jordan  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$53,000  Kazakhstan  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$70,000  Kenya  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$5,000  Kosovo  STATE  ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$8,000  Kyrgyzstan  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$36,000  Lao People 's Democratic 
Republic  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$1,113,000  Lao People 's Democratic 
Republic  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$40,000  Latin America, regional  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$30,000  Latin America, regional  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$110,000  Lebanon  DOE ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  US$82,000  Madagascar  AID ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/3  
 
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  Description of 
the technical and  
financial  
assistance and  
capacity building  
resources  Status and 
amount  
committed/dis
bursed  Beneficiary  
country/Region  
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing  
agency in the  
Member  
providing  
assistance  Procedures for  
disbursement  
of the  
assistance  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$106,000  Madagascar  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$395,000  Madagascar  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$225,000  Malawi  ADF ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$140,000  Malaysia  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$32,000  Malaysia  STATE  ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$65,000  Mexico  DOE ADS 201  
Border measures  US$100,000  Middle East, regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$22,000  Middle East, regional  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$85,000  Middle East, regional  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$51,000  Moldova  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$19,000  Morocco  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$2,430,000  Mozambique  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$59,000  Mozambique  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$25,000  Myanmar  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$1,694,000  North & Central America, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$92,000  North & Central America, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$928,000  North & Central America, 
regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$50,000  North Macedonia  STATE  ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$148,000  Pakistan  AID ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/3  
 
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  Description of 
the technical and  
financial  
assistance and  
capacity building  
resources  Status and 
amount  
committed/dis
bursed  Beneficiary  
country/Region  
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing  
agency in the  
Member  
providing  
assistance  Procedures for  
disbursement  
of the  
assistance  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$2,894,000  Pakistan  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$1,784,000  Pakistan  AID ADS 201  
Border measures  US$308,000  Pakistan  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$120,000  Pakistan  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$60,000  Panama  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$56,000  Panama  DOE ADS 201 
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$888,000  Philippines  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$1,650,000  Philippines  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$43,000  Philippines  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$69,000  Philippines  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$37,000  Philippines  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$149,000  Philippines  STATE  ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$35,000  Senegal  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$628,000  Senegal  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$158,000  South & Central Asia, regional  DOE ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$205,000  South Africa  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$438,000  South Africa  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$4,995,000  South Africa  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  US$101,000  South Africa  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$35,000  South Africa  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$35,000  South America, regional  DOE ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/3  
 
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  Description of 
the technical and  
financial  
assistance and  
capacity building  
resources  Status and 
amount  
committed/dis
bursed  Beneficiary  
country/Region  
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing  
agency in the  
Member  
providing  
assistance  Procedures for  
disbursement  
of the  
assistance  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$440,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$5,594,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$11,773,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement  
and capacity 
building  US$318,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$906,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$7,917,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$3,091,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$572,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Administrative 
procedures  US$61,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$653,000  South of Sahara, regional  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$8,000  Tajikistan  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$7,000  Thailand  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$198,000  Turkmenistan  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$10,000  Turkmenistan  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$230,000  Uganda  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$2,094,000  Ukraine  AID ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$620,000  Ukraine  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$102,000  Ukraine  DOE ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$21,000  Uzbekistan  DOE ADS 201  
Publication and 
trade promotion  US$2,228,000  Viet Nam  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$52,000  Viet Nam  AID ADS 201  G/TFA/N/USA/3  
 
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  Description of 
the technical and  
financial  
assistance and  
capacity building  
resources  Status and 
amount  
committed/dis
bursed  Beneficiary  
country/Region  
(where  necessary)  The 
implementing  
agency in the  
Member  
providing  
assistance  Procedures for  
disbursement  
of the  
assistance  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$18,000  Viet Nam  DOE ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$2,535,000  Zambia  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$622,000  Zambia  AID ADS 201  
NCTF and private 
sector engagement 
and capacity 
building  US$13,000  Zambia  AID ADS 201  
Border and related 
agencies capacity 
building  US$32,000  Zimbabwe  ADF ADS 201  
 
Note:  Calendar year 2017 OECD reported information; and  Agencies listed: Department of Energy (DOE); 
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (includes Customs and  Border Protection); Department of State (State);  
US Agency for International Development (AID); Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC); Department of 
Commerce (DOC); US  African Development Foundation (ADF).  
 
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