This report, ‘APEC Economies: Realising the Benefits of Trade Facilitation’, extends an earlier study, ‘APEC Economies: Breaking Down the Barriers’. This report provides additional case studies of trade facilitation. It also presents quantified estimates of the gains from a selection of reforms undertaken in a number of APEC economies: Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines, Mexico, China and Australia

• Preface
• Key findings
• Trade facilitation in context
• Trade facilitation at the border: reforming customs procedures
• Trade facilitation behind the border: reforming infrastructure
• The continuing challenge for APEC
• Appendix: GTAP - the Global Trade Analysis Project framework
• Bibliography
• Tables