Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and Permanent Mission of India organise Special Trade Facilitation Sessions at World Trade Organisation in Geneva.
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Dated:- 26-2-2026
Indian Delegation led by Member Customs showcases India's digital Customs reforms and TFA implementation ahead of India's Trade Policy Review in July 2026
India has notified 100% WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement commitments and advances 'TFA Plus' measures under National Trade Facilitation Action Plan 3.0
India highlights indigenously developed digital Customs ecosystem including Single Window Interface, Risk Management System and Authorised Economic Operator Programme
Digital Customs reforms reduce compliance burden for MSMEs and strengthen India's integration into global value chains
CBIC's Ease of Doing Business reforms for 2026 focus on trusted importer framework, courier export liberalisation and simplified e-commerce export procedures
Wide participation from delegates
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s experience and best practices.
Having achieved compliance with WTO TFA commitments, India has moved towards “TFA Plus” measures under the National Trade Facilitation Action Plan (NTFAP 3.0), aiming to go beyond the minimum requirements and align with evolving global best practices. During the session on Trade Facilitation, Indian Customs delegation highlighted it's 'whole-of-government approach' in Customs reforms, and pioneering efforts in creating a faceless, contactless and paperless Customs ecosystem through extensive digitalization and process re-engineering.
India has notified 100% of its TFA commitments within the stipulated timelines. The progress reflects India's sustained commitment to:
• Enhancing transparency
• Improving inter-agency coordination, and
• Simplifying cross-border trade procedures
The CBIC showcased its advanced and indigenously developed systems as following:
• Comprehensive Customs Automated Syst
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CO as Regional Training Centre for Asia-Pacific and Regional Customs Laboratory respectively. It was stated that, since 2022, NACIN has conducted 65 trainings and more than 1,800 international participants from around 30 countries were benefited by these initiatives. Several of them were done in collaboration with various international organisations such as WCO, ADB and others. Similarly, CRCL trained more than 300 international participants. India expressed its willingness to partner with countries especially developing countries to strengthen their capacity for implementing trade facilitation Agreement commitments. The participants appreciated the state-of-the-art infrastructure of these institutions and the training offered by the premier institutions of India.
The Special Secretary and Member (Customs), Shri Surjit Bhujabal, remarked that India's digitisation and modernisation of customs procedures over the past decade have contributed meaningfully to trade growth, and dee
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enabling factory-to-ship clearance. Key reforms also include removing the Rs.10 lakh value cap on courier exports, allowing exporters to ship goods of any value via courier, benefiting MSMEs and e-commerce exporters; the Return to Origin (RTO) for returning unclaimed or uncleared international courier shipments to foreign senders, and a simplified, risk-based customs framework for handling e-commerce export returns.
The Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the WTO Geneva, Dr Senthil Pandian, stated that India has pursued trade facilitation reforms as a core pillar of its trade policy. According to the UNESCAP Global Survey 2023, India achieved an overall trade facilitation implementation score of over 93 percent, placing it among the leading performers in the Asia-Pacific region and the highest in South Asia. India secured full implementation scores in areas such as Transparency, Formalities, Institutional Arrangements and Cooperation, and Paperle
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