UPS Official Says Trade Facilitation Losing Ground
Penny Naas, president of UPS's international public affairs, said one bright spot in logistics during the pandemic is that more countries accepted electronic documents as goods crossed borders. She gave the example of an inefficient paper-based process as a country…
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requiring a stamp, or chop, on goods entering or exiting the country. “A lot of that was suspended during COVID-19, but we’re starting to see some of that creep back,” she said during an Atlantic Council webinar March 31 on logistics. Naas called for digitalizing the import processes for low-value shipments, as direct exports to consumers grow rapidly. “There’s a way to digitalize it; but it’s expensive, and it’s not necessarily the sexiest of issues to digitalize the border,” she said. But if countries did, it would be a tremendous opportunity to stop illicit trade and increase revenue collection, she said.