European Union Supportfor Trade Facilitation

Presentation at WCO Knowledge AcademyBrussels, 8 July 2014

Giorgio CocchiEuropean CommissionDG Development and Cooperation (DEVCO)

Short reminder

Support for Trade Facilitation is part of the much wider

Aid for Trade :

€ 11.6 billion in 2012(EU and Member States)

Sources: OECD CRS, Monterrey Questionnaires, EU

Overall levels of EU AfT (€m)

AfT by major donor (€m)

2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 -

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

31% 30% 31% 34% 25% 35% 40% 34%

37% 36% 31% 32%

EU+EU MS Multilateral Japan United States Others CRS Countries

Sources: OECD CRS, Monterrey Questionnaires, EU

Africa receives most of EU AfT (€m)

Africa Asia America Europe Oceania Unspecified -

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

2011 2012Sources: OECD CRS, Monterrey Questionnaires, EU

1.Current EU support for Trade Facilitation

2.Programming 2014-20203.How to access funding

Current EU & MS support for TF

2010 – 2012 : about € 432 million in:AsiaEU Neighbourhood countriesLatin AmericaAfrica, Caribbean, Pacific

Current EU support for TF

• More than 130 Programs including 52 in Africa• Updated list periodically circulated in WTO

• Infrastructure Facility (private/public funds managed by the European Investment Bank)

Programming 2014 - 2020

• Regional Indicative Programs• National Indicative Programs• Pan-African Program• Africa, Caribbean, Pacific:

Intra-ACP Program• Thematic programs

I. EU Regional Indicative Programs 2014 - 2020- Regional Integration and Trade (incl. TF)

• Asia (North and South) : € 170 M• ASEAN : € 150 M

II. EU Regional Indicative Programs 2014 - 2020- Regional Integration and Trade (incl. TF)

• Central Africa € 60 M• West Africa € 145 M• Southern & Eastern Africa : € 500 M

III. EU Regional Indicative Programs 2014 - 2020- Regional Integration and Trade (incl. TF)

Pacific € 50 MCaribbean € 96 MCentral America € 45 MLatin America € 220 M (incl. TF € 20 M)

IV. EU Regional Indicative Programs2014 - 2020- Regional Integration and Trade (incl. TF)

South Neighborhood € 82 M(Algeria, Morocco, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, the Palestinian Authority, Syria, Tunisia)

East Neighborhood: still under discussionArmenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine

EU commitment on TF post-Bali

• Starting from the signature of the Trade Facilitation Agreement, aim at at least €400 million over five years, or over a third of developing countries’ estimated needs

• Including up to €30 million to a dedicated international trade facilitation facility for the most urgent actions.

Key contacts• National Authorising Officer (normally the Finance

Minister, Director General or Permanent Secretary

• Regional Authorising Officer (for Regional Economic Communities/Organisations)

• EU Delegation, Embassies, Offices of Multilateral Donors in the country/region.

Where to find additional information:On the EU :http://europa.eu

On EU Development policy:

http://europa.eu/pol/dev/index_en.htm

The Annual Aid for Trade EU Report 2014:Will be published in July at http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm