Asia-Pacific Trade Facilitation Report 2026: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence in Trade Facilitation
This report analyzes how artificial intelligence (AI) can transform trade facilitation in Asia and the Pacific by improving compliance, document processing, and risk management to help reduce costs and boost efficiency.
Trade facilitation is entering a new phase as AI reshapes global trade processes. This report examines the evolving role of AI in trade facilitation in Asia and the Pacific, highlighting applications across the trade value chain and assessing adoption levels. It also identifies key barriers and challenges and discusses policy priorities to leverage AI- driven digitalization to support more efficient, resilient, and adaptive trade facilitation systems.
Contents
- Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation
- Trade Costs and Trade Facilitation in Asia and the Pacific: State of Play
- Impact of Trade Facilitation on Trade
- Conclusion and Way Forward
- Theme Chapter: Promoting Sustainability and Resilience in Global Value Chains
- Introduction
- Background
- Sustainability in Global Value Chains
- Resilience in GVCs
- Trade Facilitation for Sustainability and Resilience in GVCs
- Conclusions and Policy Implications
