OECS policy unit conducts consultations on Trade facilitation

May 17, 2013

CASTRIES, St.Lucia , May 16, CMC-Specialists from the OECS Secretariat are meeting in Basseterre, St Kitts Nevis, this week for a consultation on national and regional measures to better facilitate trade in keeping with the emerging commitments being negotiated on Trade Facilitation in the World Trade Organisation.
This will be the final in the current series of national consultations which began in February 2013.
Programme Officer at the Castries based OECS Secretariat’s Trade Policy Unit, Alicia Stephen says the objective of the process is to simplify and harmonize international trade procedures such as payment of fees, access to information and cooperation between customs and other authorities.

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