Trade monitoring

Ukraine and Moldova joined the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) in 2016. Good progress was made on the accessions of Australia, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan while discussions continued on China’s accession. Russia applied to join the GPA. Phase II of the e-GPA web portal was completed, providing a single entry point for market access information. The WTO Secretariat continued to provide technical assistance to developing countries and strengthened its partnerships with other international organizations.

La disponibilidad de estadísticas sólidas apuntala todos y cada uno de los aspectos de la labor de la OMC. Al facilitar información detallada sobre la estructura de los aranceles, las medidas no arancelarias, las corrientes comerciales y el crecimiento económico, por ejemplo, nuestros estadísticos contribuyen a mejorar la transparencia de las políticas comerciales y proporcionan a los responsables de la formulación de las políticas los conocimientos analíticos que necesitan. La presente publicación, el informe Estadísticas del comercio internacional, es parte esencial de este esfuerzo. Quiero expresar mi agradecimiento a todos aquellos que han participación en la elaboración de este amplio informe.

These Trade Profiles combine information on trade flows and trade policy measures of WTO members, observers and other selected economies.

This is Malaysia’s Seventh Trade Policy Review at the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Trade has historically been an engine of growth and continues to play an important role in the Malaysian economy. Malaysia’s trade policy is aimed at creating a free and fair trading environment with a vision to make the country one of the most competitive trading nation by 2020.

This section provides quantification of the various channels through which trade facilitation reform, and in particular implementation of the Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA), can benefit the global economy. First of all, estimates of how much the implementation of the TFA could reduce trade costs are provided, and the group of countries and regions that may see the biggest reductions is identified. Further, estimates of the effects of the TFA on exports, export diversification and GDP, calculated using standard economic approaches, are presented. In order to provide a range of estimates, various implementation scenarios are considered. The differentiated impact of trade facilitation is analysed in order to provide insights on how the aggregate benefits of TFA implementation are distributed across country groups (developed, developing and least-developed countries), enterprises and product groups. Finally, the induced effects of trade facilitation on foreign direct investment, border revenue collection and reduction in trade-related and other forms of corruption are examined.

Les tableaux statistiques ci-dessous montrent les tendances à long terme et les ventilations plus détaillées des produits de base et des pays d’origine et de destination.