The Trade Information Portal was officially launched in Ashgabat, within the framework of the Trade Complex Exhibition of Turkmenistan, Turkmenportal.com reports.
With the launch of the Portal in Turkmenistan, all five Central Asian countries - Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan - gained access to transparent cross-border trade procedures.
The launch ceremony was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan, EU Ambassador to Turkmenistan Diego Ruiz Alonso, Head of Trade Facilitation and Policy for Business at ITC Mohammad Said.
The work on the creation of the trade portal of Turkmenistan was carried out within the framework of the Ready4Trade Central Asia project by the International Trade Center with the assistance of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and in partnership with the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan.
The online platform is used in about 30 countries around the world. It promotes compliance with Article 1.2 of the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and the overarching goal of trade facilitation set out in the Agreement.
“The introduction of the Trade Information Portal in Turkmenistan is a major achievement as the portal will help improve the country's ability to comply with the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement and lower barriers to trade. The portal can serve as a one-stop source for all relevant trade information, procedures and requirements, and facilitate navigation in the regulatory environment,” said Diego Ruiz Alonso, EU Ambassador to Turkmenistan.
CentralasianLIGHT.org
March 4, 2023