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United Nation’s Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation

  • Integrity Education, Delhi
  • 24, Jul 2021
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India has scored 90.32% in United Nation’s Economic and Social Commission for Asia Pacific's (UNESCAP) latest Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation.

After evaluation of 143 economies, the 2021 Survey has highlighted India's significant improvement in the scores on all 5 key indicators, as follows:

  • Transparency:100%
  • Formalities: 95.83%
  • Institutional Arrangement and Cooperation: 88.89%
  • Paperless Trade: 96.3%
  • Cross-Border Paperless Trade: 66.67%
  • India is the best performing country when compared to South and South West Asia region (63.12%) and Asia Pacific region (65.85%).
  • The overall score of India has also been found to be greater than many OECD countries including France, UK, Canada, Norway, Finland etc.
  • The overall score is greater than the average score of EU.

About the Survey

  • The Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation is conducted every two years by UNESCAP.
  • The 2021 Survey includes an assessment of 58 trade facilitation measures covered by the WTO’s Trade Facilitation Agreement.
  • A higher score for a country also helps businesses in their investment decisions