Bhutan: Supporting Participation in the SASEC Trade Facilitation
This technical assistance will help strengthen the technical and institutional capacity of Bhutan’s Customs through better alignment of procedures and practice with internationally accepted standards. It will also reduce time and cost of trade for Bhutan through reduction of import-export processes.
PROJECT DETAILS | ||
Commitment Date Funding Type Country Sector Status Total Cost |
11 Sep 2013 Technical Assistance Bhutan Trade Facilitation Closed $1.50 million |
KEY OUTPUTS |
Legal, administrative, and technical documents for Bhutan’s accession to the Revised Kyoto Convention prepared Systems upgrades to the Regulatory Audit Management Information System supported Strategic and technical advice to the Government to support the effective operations of the National Trade Facilitation Committee of Bhutan provided |
FINANCING |
$1.5 million (Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction) |