USAID Trade Project Final Report USAID Trade Project USAID/Pakistan Office of Economic Growth & Agriculture Contract Number: Task Order EEM-I-03-07-00005 September 2014 Disclaimer: This report is made possible by the support of the American people through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The contents of this report are the sole responsibility of Deloitte Consulting LLP. \ Trade Project Table of Contents Table of Acronyms & Initialisms .................................................................................................. 1 1. Executive Summary ............................................................................................................. 4 1.1 Project Background ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.2 Select Accomplishments .................................................................................................................... 6 2. Improved Pakistan Trade Environment (Component 1) ....................................................... 11 2.1 Support to the Ministry of Commerce ............................................................................................... 11 2.2 Strengthening the Human and Institutional Capacity of the National Tariff Commission ................. 19 2.3 Anti-Dumping Appellate Tribunal (ADAT) ......................................................................................... 24 2.4 Government of Pakistan Compliance with the Revised Kyoto Convention and Agreement on Trade Facilitation ............................................................................................................................................... 25 2.5 Trade Development Authority of Pakistan & Trade Portal................................................................ 26 2.6 Support for Women’s Participation in the Trade Sector ................................................................... 27 2.7 Enhancing Regional Trade and Investment ..................................................................................... 30 2.8 Board of Investment (BoI) ................................................................................................................. 36 2.9 Quarterly Trade Bulletin .................................................................................................................... 36 3. Increased Trade at Pakistani Borders (Component 2) ......................................................... 37 3.1 Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (APTTA) ............................................................... 37 3.2 Pakistan Customs Compliance Risk Management .......................................................................... 43 3.3 Single Window (SW) ......................................................................................................................... 50 3.4 Wagah-Attari Customs Border Assessment Study ........................................................................... 51 3.5 FBR Study Tour to Australian Customs Facilities ............................................................................ 52 4. Support to Reconstruction Opportunity Zones (ROZs) (Component 3) ................................ 53 5. Lessons Learned ............................................................................................................... 54 6. Monitoring and Evaluation ................................................................................................. 55 Annex 1: Select Success Stories ............................................................................................... 59 Annex 2: Project Indicators ....................................................................................................... 63 Annex 3: Trainings.................................................................................................................... 73 Annex 4: Project Deliverables ................................................................................................... 83 List of Tables and Figures Table 1: Component Overview ..................................................................................................................... 5 Table 2: NTC Technical Training in Pakistan ............................................................................................. 20 Figure 1: NTC International Training Figures ............................................................................................. 21 Table 3: NTC ICT Training Figures ............................................................................................................ 22 Figure 2: ICT Support to the NTC ............................................................................................................... 23 Figure 3: NTC Private Sector Outreach & Stakeholder Feedback ............................................................. 24 Figure 4: Percentage increase in WIT trainees’ post-training positive rating of their skillset ..................... 29 Figure 5: WIT trainees’ self-assessment of increased employability and interest in pursuing a career in the international trade sector ...................................................................................................................... 29 Table 4: APTTA Milestones (2010-2013) ................................................................................................... 38 Table 5: Afghan-Pakistan Import Transit Trade (2007-2013) ..................................................................... 39 Table 6: Afghan-Pakistan Import Transit Trade (2007-2014) ..................................................................... 43 Table 7: Trade Project Activity M&E Plan and USAID MSF Indicators ...................................................... 55 Figure 6: Data Collection and Reporting .................................................................................................... 58 US Agency for International Development (USAID) Trade Project \ Trade Project Table of Acronyms & Initialisms Acronym Definition ADAT Anti-Dumping Appellate Tribunal ADB Asian Development Bank AEO Authorized Economic Operator APTTA Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement (2010) ATF WTO Agreement on Trade Facilitation ATT Afghan Transit Trade ATTA Afghan Transit Trade Agreement BoI Board of Investment BOT Build Operate and Transfer BTA Bilateral Trade Agreement CABOC Central Asian Business Opportunities Conference CAL Customs Agent License/Licensing CAR Central Asian Republic CAREC Central Asian Regional Economic Cooperation Project CBTA Cross Border Transport of Persons, Vehicles, and Goods Agreement CCES Centre for Customs and Excise Studies CMS Case Management System CO Commercial Officer CRM Compliance Risk Management DG Director General ECO Economic Cooperation Organization ECO-TTFA Economic Cooperation Organization Transit Transport Framework Agreement EDI Electronic Data Interchange EGA Economic Growth & Agriculture Office FBR Federal Board of Revenue FDI Foreign Direct Investment FPCCI Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce & Industry FTA Free Trade Agreement FY Fiscal Year GDP Gross Domestic Product GoP Government of Pakistan GPA WTO Agreement on Government Procurement GSP (US) Generalized System of Preferences GSP+ (EU) Generalized System of Preferences Plus HS Harmonized System ICT Information and Communications Technology ILO BWP International Labour Organization ‘Better Work Program’ IMF International Monetary Fund IPP Beaconhouse National University Institute for Public Policy IR Intermediate Results IT Information Technology ITA WTO Agreement on Information Technology LDBC Least Developed Beneficiary Country US Agency for International Development (USAID) Trade Project 1 \ Trade Project LoI Letter of Intent LUMS Lahore University of Management Sciences MFN Most Favored Nation MLJ Ministry of Law and Justice MoC Ministry of Commerce MoU Memorandum/a of Understanding NDMA Non-Discriminatory Market Access NHA National Highway Authority NIST National Institute for Standards and Technology NLC National Logistics Cell NPS National Policy Section NTC National Tariff Commission PAJCCI Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Chamber of Commerce & Industry PASDEC Pakistan Stone Development Company PCA Post Clearance Audit PIM Pakistan Institute of Management PMP Performance Management Plan PRAL Pakistan Revenue Automation Limited PTA Preferential Trade Agreement RCCI Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce & Industry RKC Revised Kyoto Convention RMS Risk Management System ROZ Reconstruction Opportunity Zone SAARC South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation SAD Single Administrative Document SAFTA South Asia Free Trade Agreement SATIS SAARC Agreement on Trade in Services SEZ Special Economic Zone SPS Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary SRO Statutory Regulatory Order SW Single Window SWOT Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities and Threats TDAP Trade Development Authority of Pakistan TIFA Trade and Investment Framework Agreement TIR Transit International Routier (Convention) TNA Training Needs Assessment TPR Trade Policy Review TtT Train the Trainer UNCOMTRADE United Nations Commodity Trade Statistics UNESCAP United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific USAID US Agency for International Development USD US Dollar WCO World Customs Organization WeBOC Web Based One Customs WGI Worldwide Governance Indicators US Agency for International Development (USAID) Trade Project 2 \ Trade Project WIT