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  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Implementing Trade Facilitation and Understanding New Challenges
  • From Farm to Fork
    • Foreword
    • Executive Summary
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Scope and Approach
    • 3. Case Study Highlights
    • 4. Benefits of Improved Agricultural Supply Chains
    • 5. Tipping Points: Saving Food through Economic Efficiency
    • 6. Case Studies
      • Nigerian Cassava Flour: Broadening Value Chains for Traditional Crops
      • Indian Tomatoes: Adding Value and Reducing Losses through Processing
      • Kenyan Avocados: Connecting to High-value Export Markets
    • 7. Lessons for Implementation of Solutions
  • Enabling Automotive Trade
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Approach
    • 3. Key Findings
    • 4. Recommendations
    • 5. Conclusion
    • 6. Case Studies
  • Enabling Trade in the Pacific Alliance
    • Foreword
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Production Integration Perspectives
    • 3. Supply Chain Barriers to Trade in the Pacific Alliance
    • 4. The Road Ahead
    • Appendix
  • Enabling Smart Borders
    • Foreword
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Best Practices along the Path to Smarter Borders
    • 3. Conclusion
    • Appendix: Case Studies
  • Acknowledgements
  • Download as PDF
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  • Report Home
  • Foreword
  • Introduction: Implementing Trade Facilitation and Understanding New Challenges
  • From Farm to Fork
    • Foreword
    • Executive Summary
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Scope and Approach
    • 3. Case Study Highlights
    • 4. Benefits of Improved Agricultural Supply Chains
    • 5. Tipping Points: Saving Food through Economic Efficiency
    • 6. Case Studies
      • Nigerian Cassava Flour: Broadening Value Chains for Traditional Crops
      • Indian Tomatoes: Adding Value and Reducing Losses through Processing
      • Kenyan Avocados: Connecting to High-value Export Markets
    • 7. Lessons for Implementation of Solutions
  • Enabling Automotive Trade
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Approach
    • 3. Key Findings
    • 4. Recommendations
    • 5. Conclusion
    • 6. Case Studies
  • Enabling Trade in the Pacific Alliance
    • Foreword
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Production Integration Perspectives
    • 3. Supply Chain Barriers to Trade in the Pacific Alliance
    • 4. The Road Ahead
    • Appendix
  • Enabling Smart Borders
    • Foreword
    • 1. Introduction
    • 2. Best Practices along the Path to Smarter Borders
    • 3. Conclusion
    • Appendix: Case Studies
  • Acknowledgements
  • Download as PDF

Enabling Trade in the Pacific Alliance:

4. The Road Ahead

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By providing insights on private-sector priorities, the objective has been to put forward relevant inputs for the Alliance countries that can be used in their integration agendas for the future. Common concerns raised in this preliminary survey are related to land transport, border and customs control, public information on freight, time to process paperwork and frequent changes in regulations. When this work is completed, robust survey results and detailed qualitative input from focus groups will provide a clearer picture of specific priorities and ideas for initiatives to drive progress. Based on this input, policy-makers and representatives from the private sector can take advantage of the World Economic Forum on Latin America in 2014 to agree on main priorities and a way forward. 

It is encouraging that the Pacific Alliance Business Council is already advancing many elements of these recommendations, and concrete proposals are expected to be presented to policy-makers in early 2014. A working agenda is already in place to develop a proposal on ways to harmonize technical standards for selected productive sectors (e.g. cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, processed food products). In addition, the Business Council is working on a roadmap to reduce time and costs of exporting and importing through the interoperability of single windows within the Alliance. Moreover, in advancing work on logistics competitiveness, the Business Council is looking to reduce some of the barriers preliminarily highlighted in this report, such as by promoting transparency on freight and other logistics costs. 

Continued implementation of priority initiatives can be organized through the Pacific Alliance’s existing structures, from both the public sector through the four layers of discussion groups, and the private sector through the Business Council. External organizations such as the IDB and the World Economic Forum can continue to serve useful roles as intermediaries and sources of analytical support. Through open communication and aligned incentives, the public and private sectors can work together to make the Pacific Alliance vision a reality.

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