This study examines the trading procedures and processes in detail,for two import and two export products of Sri Lanka- tea, rubber tyres, textiles and motor vehicles. Tea exports to Japan, tyre exports to India, motor vehicle imports from Japan and textile imports from India are mapped through...

This study analyses the business procedures involved in a typical trade transaction for selected products namely export of ready made garments (RMG) and shrimp and import of cotton fabrics and sugar. The broad objective has been to capture the cost, documentation and time component of such trade...

Recognizing the need for a greater efficiency in procedures related to international trade, the UNNEXT Business Process Analysis Guide to Simplify Trade Procedure was used as the basis for analyzing export processes of vegetable ghee to India and China and import processes of textile from India....

This paper concludes taht the trade facilitation processes that exist in China seems comparatively efficient. The number of documents involved is large, but given information technology and the frequency of these procedures, this does not seem to be of concern to firms. However, the number of...