무역원활화를 위한 민간 부분의 역할과 협력방안

Cooperation and Roles of the Private Sector in Trade Facilitation

International trade volumes have been increasing consistently. Meanwhile, private sectors i.e. business community(exporters, importers, carriers, freighter forwarders, etc) have been demanding more efficient trade facilitation processes which make trade across borders faster, cheaper and more predictable. There are great potential benefits from trade facilitation for both border agencies and the business community. But border agencies have some problems related to effective border management under the resources limitation. So it is necessary to cooperate with private sectors in order to offer an effective and secure border control. There are concrete cooperation ways as follows ; Firstly, border agencies need to establish and maintain a national committee on trade facilitation effectively. Secondly, border agencies and private sectors continue to strengthen cooperation activities through seminar, workshop, study group, etc. Thirdly, border agencies need to increase outsourcing and contracting-out of border agencies services. Through these cooperation measures, border agencies will be able to improve border management effectively and private sectors to reinforce their competitiveness.