13 July, 2018 Regional Report of Agricultural Coopreration in Greater Tumen Region

This report discusses trades of agricultural and foodproducts, cross-border cooperation in agricultural sectors, and approaches for GTI agricultural cooperation.Through providing guidance for projects for agricultural cooperation, this report is intended to help securing major food supplies and further growths in related industries in the region as well as the participating countries.

21 April, 2018 Report on Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Cooperation Scheme among Customs Administrations in support of Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) Member States

The Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) program has received much attention as the global trade and the security threats grow. As of April 2017, there are 73 AEO programs in operation and 17 more programs to be launched in the near future. This report provides information on the AEO programs of the GTI Member States and drafts a Standardized Mutual Recognition Arrangement Text. This project was suggested by the General Administration of Customs of China at the 5th GTI Trade Facilitation Committee (TFC), adopted by TFC members in 2015, and endorsed by the GTI Consultative Commission in 2016.

2015 Trade Facilitation Study

Poor physical transport infrastructure – hard barriers to trade – has been improving in the Greater Tumen Region (GTR thereafter), but non-physical or institutional impediments – soft barriers – to border-crossing and behind-the-border barriers remain very high in the GTR. These barriers led to a call for identifying and removing them so as to encourage free movement of goods, services, and people in the region, thus placing trade at the core of the trade and investment facilitation agenda. To identify bottlenecks for effective trade integration within the GTR, this study, jointly conducted by UNDP and GTI, provides policy recommendations to the TFC members for preparing a trade facilitation strategy that contributes to improving GTR’s competitiveness and trade expansion among countries in the region and with the rest of the world.

2015 Economic Environment Report of GTR 2015: Fostering Economic Cooperation in NEA in the New Global Environment

Economic Environment Report of GTR 2015: Fostering Economic Cooperation in NEA in the New Global Environment