Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation - Communication from the Republic of Korea

World Trade Organization RESTRICTED G/C/W/150 16 April 1999 (99-1516) Council for Trade in Goods Original: English TRADE FACILITATION Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation Communication from the Republic of Korea _______________ Background 1. In the Marrakesh Agreement establishing the World Trade Organization, Members have agreed that "relations in the field of trade and economic endeavour should be conducted with a view to raising standards of living, ensuring full employment and a large and steadily growing volume of real income and effective demand, and expanding the production of and trade in goods and services, while allowing for the optimal use of the world’s resources in accordance with the objective of sustainable development, seeking both to protect and preserve the environment and to enhance the means for doing so in a manner consistent with their respective needs and concerns at different levels of economic development." 2. Mem