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North-East Asia Forum on Trade and Transport Facilitation

23 October 2012 - 24 October 2012
Seoul, Republic of Korea

UNESCAP SRO-ENEA and the Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) supported by UNDP will jointly organize the North-East Asia Forum on Trade and Transport Facilitation on 23-24 October 2012, in cooperation with the Ministry of Strategy and Finance, Republic of Korea, the Korea International Trade Association (KITA), and the United Nations Network of Experts for Paperless Trade in Asia and the Pacific (UNNExT)

The Forum aims to enhance trade and transport flows in North-East Asia through greater partnership and better communication among the subregional countries and between the public sector and business communities. The Forum will bring together public and private sector stakeholders on trade and transport from China, Japan, Mongolia, Republic of Korea and Russian Federation, to share perspectives and practices on trade and transport facilitation and develop recommendation for closer cooperation. The Forum is organized as a series of three meetings: (i) Private Public Dialogue on Trade Facilitation; (ii) Second Meeting of the GTI Trade Facilitation Committee; (iii) Seminar on the Development and Facilitation of International Intermodal Transport in North-East Asia.

Programme

Summary and Recommendation

List of Participants

List of Presentations

23 October 2012

Private-Public Dialogue on Trade Facilitation

Session 1: Trade Facilitation in North-East Asia

• Andrea Goldstein, Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UNESCAP SRO-ENEA
  - Trade in North-East Asia: State of play
• Chang Dohwan, Program Advisor, GTI
  - Trade facilitation and development of regional trade and investment in the Greater Tumen Region
• Zhang Haiying, Chief Economic Official, Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat
  - Prospects for China-Japan-Korea Free Trade Agreement and implications for trade in North-East Asia
• Eugene Gherman, Russian APEC Study Centre
  - Russian Federation's accession to WTO: Impact on its trading partners in North-East Asia

Session 2: Developing and Implementing Trade Facilitation Measures – Perspectives from the Public Sector

• Bowon Kang, Program Manager, AEO Center, Customs Services Korea
  -Implementation of Authorized Economic Operator in Korea and the need to expand mutual recognition in the subregion
• Lin Jing, Director, Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
  - Electronic Sanitary and Phytosanitary Certification: Case study from China
• Soo Yeob Kim, Director, Maritime Affairs Research Department, Korea Maritime Institute
  - NEAL-NET's approach to facilitate logistics network in the subregion
• Mandukhai Batsukh, Customs Officer, Mongolian Customs General Administration
  - Customs initiatives to facilitate trade in Mongolia

Session 3: Trade Facilitation Challenges in the Sub-region – Perspectives from the Private Sector

• Ariunaa Ganbold, General Manager, Mongolian Cashmere Association
  - Challenges in fulfilling regulatory requirements: Customs, Inspections and standards
• Ding Qiang, General Manager, Cofurtune, China International Electronic Commerce Center
  - Crossing borders: Need for harmonized control, consistency and information sharing
• Yoo Jin Cho, Korea International Trade Association
  - Facilitating trade for SMEs
• Raymond Yee, Vice President, Customs and Regulatory Affairs, DHL Asia Pacific
  - Meeting the growing demand of North-East Asia's logistics market
• Chang Ho Yang, Graduate School of Logistics in North-East Asia, Incheon University
  - Towards an integrated logistics system in North-East Asia: Challenges and Opportunities for subregional cooperation
  

24 October 2012

Seminar on the Development and Facilitation of International Intermodal Transport in North-East Asia

Session 1: Development of International Intermodal Transport in North-East Asia

• Fedor Kormilitsyn, Economic Affairs Officer,Transport Division
  - Brief introduction to ESCAP Secure Cross-Border Transport Model and other models related to border-crossing facilitation
  - The TIR Convention and the concept of its application in East and North-East Asia
  

Session 2: Country information and views on the development of intermodal transport in North-East Asia

• Sung-Won Lee, Director, Korea Transport Institute
  - Integrated Intermodal Transport and Logistics Development for the NE Asia
• Enkhriimaa Nyam-Osor, Vice Director, Tuushin, Mongolia
  - Current situation on intermodal transport in Mongolia and recommendations to improve it
• Rachel Pei, Deputy Secretary General, Chongqing International Freight Agency Association
  - The Current Status of Intermodal Transport in China and Recommendations on Areas of Further Development in NE Asia
• Yury Sitkov, Director, Freight Forwarders Association of Russia