KARACHI: The Revenue Mobilization for Investment and Trade Programme (ReMIT) conducted a one-day workshop on Risk Management System for Cross Border Trade Regulatory Agencies (CBRAs) at a local hotel.

The training workshop was attended by officers from all major regulatory agencies including Customs, Animal Quarantine Department, Department of Plant Protection, Pakistan Standards and Quality Control Authority (PSQCA) and Pakistan Single Window (PSW).

ReMIT-ITC project is being funded under a grant from the Foreign & Commonwealth Development Office (FCDO) of the UK Aid in implementing a 4-year Technical Assistance program for Pakistan.

The main thrust of this International Trade Centre (Geneva) project is to promote Pakistan’s exports and compliance level in line with the country’s commitments under the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement.

Inaugurating the session Dr. Jawwad Agha, the National Project Coordinator & Advisor Trade Facilitation, informed that the project had initiated a series of seminars and workshops with the aim to equip the regulating agencies with comprehensive knowledge of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA) which was ratified by Pakistan in 2015.

The TFA primarily aims at identifying obstacles in movement of goods across border in import, export and transit trade and encourages the member countries to implement the trade facilitation measures included in various articles of the Agreement by providing technical support.

The chief guest Wajid Ali, Chief Collector of Appraisement (South) spoke on the importance of managing organizational risks and moving towards the international best practices to graduate to the Artificial Intelligence systems.

Later, he distributed certificates amongst the participants.

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