30. Traders in your country apply for letters of credit electronically from banks or insurers without lodging paper-based documents FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [x] NA [ ] 30.1Please list the main banks and insurers in your country which can retrieve letters of credit electronically without lodging paper-based documents. BORDER AGENCY COOPERATION 31. National legislative framework and institutional arrangement are available to ensure border agencies to cooperate with each other FI [ ] PI [x] PS [ ] NI [ ] NA [ ] 31.1. Does legislation or government policy enable or require national border agencies to coordinate, cooperate and assist each other in carrying out border control operations? [x] Yes [ ] No 31.2. Is there an inter-agency agreement or memorandum-of-understanding that defines modes of cooperation among national border agencies? [x] Yes [ ] No 31.3. Is there an inter-agency working group or similar body to develop strategy and oversee implementation of border agency cooperation? [x] Yes [ ] No 32. Government agencies delegating controls to Customs authorities FI [ ] PI [x] PS [ ] NI [ ] NA [ ] 32.1. Is there an inter-agency agreement or memorandum-of-understanding that defines how government agencies delegate controls to Customs? [x] Yes [ ] No 33. Alignment of working days and hours with neighbouring countries at border crossings FI [x] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] NA [ ]
Please specify progress or improvement made over the past 12 months Further information (e.g., website, date of implementation…) MAINSTREAM THE WTO TFA AND OTHER TRADE FACILITATION MEASURES INTO AN SME POLICY FRAMEWORK 39. Government has developed facilitation measures that ensure easy and affordable access for SMEs to trade information FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] DK [ ] 40. Government has developed specific measures that enable SMEs to more easily benefit from the AEO scheme FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] DK [ ] 41. Government has actions to make the single windows more easily accessible to SMEs (e.g., by providing technical consultation and training services to SMEs on registering and using the facility.) FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] DK [ ] 42. Government has taken actions to ensure that SMEs are well represented and made key members of National Trade Facilitation Committees (NTFCs) FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] DK [ ] References: (i) UNESCAP-ITC, Making the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement Work for SMEs, ; and (ii) ITC, SMEs and the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, FACILITATION AND AGRICULTURE TRADE 43. Testing and laboratory facilities are equipped for compliance with sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards in your country FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] DK [ ] 44. National standards and accreditation bodies are established for the purpose of compliance with SPS standards in your country FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] DK [ ] 45. Application, verification and issuance of SPS certificates is automated FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] DK [ ] WOMEN IN TRADE FACILITATION 46. The existing trade facilitation policy/strategy incorporates special consideration of women involved in trade FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] DK [ ] 47. Government has introduced facilitation measures to benefit women involved in trade FI [ ] PI [ ] PS [ ] NI [ ] DK [ ]