National Trade Facilitation Committees in the quest for sustainability

The study introduces UNCTAD’s novel Sustainability Score for National Trade Facilitation Committees. This score aims at a assessing the sustainability prospects of National Trade Facilitation Committee by identifying a range of key factors contributing to the daily operations of the National Trade Facilitation Committee. Based on the relevance of these factors for the Committee’s capacity to be functional, the Sustainability Score provides an indication for the national committee’s prospects to be sustainable. As such, the Score focuses on the prerequisite for setting up and operating an efficient and sustainable NTFC.