The study seeks to identify, among APEC Members’ economies, best practices in processes and activities from transportation arrival to the presentation of goods declaration with a view to establish a framework of measures that would lead to reduction in transaction time and cost experienced by traders.

• Chapter One: Background
• Chapter Two: Main reasons for delays to occur
• Chapter Three: Results of the survey
• Chapter Four: Commonly-applied solutions
• Chapter Five: The way forward
• Chapter Six: Conclusions
• Works Cited
• Annexes