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19 August 2022  
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Committee on Trade Facilitation  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF ARRANGEMENTS AND PROGRESS IN THE PROVISION OF TECHNICAL 
ASSISTANCE AND CAPACITY BUILDING SUPPORT OF CATEGORY C DESIGNATIONS  
 
COMMUNICATION FROM SIERRA LEONE  
The following communication, dated 16 August 2022 , is being circulated at the request of the 
delegation of Sierra Leone  for Members' information.  
 
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Following up from the notification dated 19 August 2022 (G/TFA/N/SLE/1/Add.4), Sierra Leone  
hereby notifies information on the arrangements co ncluded and progress made in the provision of 
technical assistance and capacity building support of the following category C designations, in 
response to Article 16 of the Trade Facilitation Agreement  (WT/L/931) . 
 
Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
 
Article 7.4 Risk Management  C 31 December 2022  31 December 2024  
Donor s: International Monetary Fund  
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
 
Ongoing capacity building for risk management officers  
 
 
Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
 
Article 7.5 Post-clearance Audit  C 31 December 2022  31 December 2024  
Donor s: International Monetary Fund  
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
 
Ongoing capacity building for post -clearance audit officers  
 
 
Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
 
Article 7.6 Establishment and 
Publication of Average 
Release Times  C 31 December 2022  31 December 2023  
Donor s: World Bank Group  
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
 
Technical assistance was provided to advance with the roll -out of the Time Release Study at the Port of 
Freetown.  A detailed implementation plan was agreed with the National Trade Facilitation Committee. It was 
agreed that additional tec hnical assistance will be pr ovided by the World Bank team to further review/update 
the Time Release Study questionnaire, train all in requirements for completing the Time Release Study and 
analyse  the Time Release Study results.  
 
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  Provision  Heading/Description  Category  Indicative date 
for 
implementation  Definitive date for 
implementation  
 
Article 8 Border Agency 
Cooperation  C 31 December 2022  31 December 2025  
Donor s: World Bank Group  
Progress in the provision of technical assistance and capacity building support:  
 
Work has commenced to establish a technical working group under the National Trade Facilitation Committee 
that will work on the development of a coordinated border management  framework. It was agreed that an 
immediate next step for the World Bank team should be to provide training in inter -agency coordination.  
 
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