This Domain concentrates on the business processes, commercial practices and official procedures involved in the international trade transactions. Using the Buy-Ship-Pay (International Supply Chain Reference Model), the Domain covers all aspects of end-to-end transactions from initial sales contract to final settlements. ITPD is the successor of the TBG15 “International Trade Procedures Working Group” and GE2 of Working Party 4. |
The work of the Domain is divided into three main areas: a) The maintenance of existing UNECE trade facilitation recommendations; b) The development of new trade facilitation recommendations; and c) New initiatives, techniques and tools to facilitate international trade transactions. Further work of the Domain includes: a) Ensuring that recommendation projects being developed in UN/CEFACT (within and outside of the ITP-PDA) are keeping trade facilitation in view; b) Ensuring that recommendation projects being developed in UN/CEFACT (within and outside of the ITP-PDA) are compliant with all published and approved UNECE trade facilitation recommendations; and c) Acting as a focal point for any questions related to recommendation development within UN/CEFACT. |