The following is excerpted from an 8 July 2013 news item by the World Trade Organization.
In a joint statement, 27 governments and organizations at the Fourth Aid for Trade Global Review on 8 July 2013 underlined the importance of providing technical assistance to trade facilitation programmes of developing countries. They noted that trade facilitation commitments rose by 365 per cent in 2011 to a total of more than US$ 381 million.
This item is available in its entirety at:
http://www.wto.org/english/news_e/news13_e/fac_08jul13_e.htm