Estimating the WCO Revised Kyoto Convention’s Impact on International Trade
(2012) NEKH01 20121Department of Economics
- Abstract
- When administrations of customs procedures are heterogeneous, lack mutual cooperation and
suffer from unnecessary complexity, they become non-tariff barriers to trade. The WCO
International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs procedures
(Revised Kyoto Convention) serve as a blueprint for modern and efficient customs procedures,
supplementary to the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation confined by the Doha declaration
to the GATT Articles V, VIII and X. This paper examines the Revised Kyoto Convention’s impact
on international trade. Econometric analysis provided in this essay show that accession to the
convention and implementation of the principles of the General Annex is correlated with
... (More) - When administrations of customs procedures are heterogeneous, lack mutual cooperation and
suffer from unnecessary complexity, they become non-tariff barriers to trade. The WCO
International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs procedures
(Revised Kyoto Convention) serve as a blueprint for modern and efficient customs procedures,
supplementary to the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation confined by the Doha declaration
to the GATT Articles V, VIII and X. This paper examines the Revised Kyoto Convention’s impact
on international trade. Econometric analysis provided in this essay show that accession to the
convention and implementation of the principles of the General Annex is correlated with
increased trade volumes, thus promoting the expansion of international supply networks and
increases the gains of trade. (Less)
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- author
- Svensson, Joakim LU
- supervisor
- organization
- course
- NEKH01 20121
- year
- 2012
- type
- M2 - Bachelor Degree
- subject
- keywords
- Trade Facilitation, Revised Kyoto Convention, World Customs Organization
- language
- English
- id
- 2607321
- date added to LUP
- 2012-06-15 11:23:07
- date last changed
- 2012-06-15 11:23:07
@misc{2607321, abstract = {{When administrations of customs procedures are heterogeneous, lack mutual cooperation and suffer from unnecessary complexity, they become non-tariff barriers to trade. The WCO International Convention on the Simplification and Harmonization of Customs procedures (Revised Kyoto Convention) serve as a blueprint for modern and efficient customs procedures, supplementary to the WTO negotiations on trade facilitation confined by the Doha declaration to the GATT Articles V, VIII and X. This paper examines the Revised Kyoto Convention’s impact on international trade. Econometric analysis provided in this essay show that accession to the convention and implementation of the principles of the General Annex is correlated with increased trade volumes, thus promoting the expansion of international supply networks and increases the gains of trade.}}, author = {{Svensson, Joakim}}, language = {{eng}}, note = {{Student Paper}}, title = {{Estimating the WCO Revised Kyoto Convention’s Impact on International Trade}}, year = {{2012}}, }