Country Market and Customs Barriers Reports: The express delivery companies that are members of the Global Express Association strongly support efforts by the WTO to agree on standard trade facilitation measures that will improve national, regional, and global trade development. In the hope that we can contribute to better informed discussion among WTO members, we have participated with others in an attempt to compile a report on market access and customs impediments of which we are aware. The report is intended to serve several purposes: to call to the attention of governments, and particularly trade officials, those aspects of their national laws and policies that make it difficult for express delivery companies and other transport companies to serve their markets efficiently, and therefore directly affect the abilities of their business communities to compete effectively in global markets; to create an inventory of specific needs for capacity building in each country, particularly with respect to customs capabilities, for the purpose of assisting organizations such as the World Bank and the World Customs Organization to determine the total amount of assistance needed and to set priorities for assistance; and to provide potential investors with critical information about (i) the accessibility of individual countries to express delivery services, (ii) the legal and administrative environment bearing on trade efficiency, and (iii) the ability - or inability - of express carriers and other transport providers to support investments with efficient movement of materials, finished goods, replacement parts, and critical documents. We acknowledge that collection of the information needed to compile this report has been difficult, and we therefore intend to update and correct it as better information becomes available. Corrections or additional information from authoritative sources may be sent to us at info@global-express.org. Albania Algeria Andorra Angola Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas, The Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Central African Republic Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia, The Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Liberia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malaysia Malta Mexico Montenegro Morocco Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Saudi Arabia Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sri Lanka Suriname Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Thailand Togo Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay Venezuela Vietnam       © 2005 GEA.