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United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

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Shanghai tops 2019 ranking of world’s best-connected ports: UNCTAD

The Shanghai port in China has topped the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) 2019 ranking of the world’s best-connected ports in…
  • August 14, 2019
  • 1 minute read

UNCTAD warns ports not prepared for climate change

The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) says ports are not ready to cope with the projected impacts of climate change, a…
  • December 12, 2018
  • 3 minute read

Updated World Tariff Profiles released

The World Tariff Profiles 2017—the latest edition of the annual report on tariff-based market access conditions for goods imposed by World Trade Organization (WTO)…
  • October 25, 2017
  • 2 minute read

IATA, UNCTAD cooperate to standardize cargo messaging standards

The Cargo-XML messaging standard of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) is now fully integrated into ASYCUDAWorld, the United Nations Conference on Trade and…
  • January 28, 2017
  • 2 minute read

Declining trade value amid volume growth alarming, says UNCTAD

The falling value of world trade in goods and services even as the global economy grew in 2015 gives cause for concern, said a…
  • December 23, 2016
  • 2 minute read

World tariff guide adds new info on non-tariff measures, HS classification

The latest edition of the World Tariff Profiles—the annual report on tariff-based market access requirements that are imposed by countries on goods they import—has…
  • December 2, 2016
  • 2 minute read

Budding economies urged to join global value chains for faster growth

Developing economies that overcome obstacles to global value chain participation will be able to realize economic growth much faster, according to a new joint…
  • September 16, 2013
  • 2 minute read