Trade facilitation has always made sense to me. Ever since I started work at SITPRO I have felt that the concepts we promote should be obvious to everyone. Yet trade facilitation has always seemed to be a minority interest hidden behind more contentious issues.
However, as I put together this issue I suddenly realised there had been a shift. I find myself publishing articles about the UK Government trying to identify procedures to simplify, the international Customs community uniting behind the single window concept and an EU Commissioner promoting trade facilitation as the way out of the economic downturn.
So is that it, is the SITPRO mission complete? Not yet, we still have a lot to do to convert this good will into good outcomes. Now's the time for real changes to happen!
Return to SITPRO News: Issue 68, Spring 2009
