Trade Facilitation Consulting

making international trade easier

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About

Trade Facilitation Consulting Ltd has been set up by Prof Dr Andrew Grainger and Melissa Siew. Along with associates we specialise in trade facilitation and cross-border operations (including ports) with core expertise in:

  • Research
  • Education and training
  • Project support, implementation and evaluation

Andrew Grainger brings over 20 years of practical expertise gained as a consultant, established academic and as the Deputy Director Trade Procedures at SITPRO (the UK’s former trade facilitation agency). He is also the author of “Cross-border Logistics Operations: effective trade facilitation and border management” which serves as a standard textbook and companion for the subject.

Our client list includes government agencies, businesses (big and small), research organisations and universities around the world. Where needed, we also work directly as contractors or in-house consultants for various international organisations.

Services

Based in Nottingham, UK we work worldwide. Topical themes that have dominated recent activities include:

  • Impact studies, reviews and assessments
  • The draft of trade policy and blueprint instruments
  • Trade and customs training for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), trade officials, executives and university students
  • BREXIT
  • Academic research, writing and supervision
  • Peer review and mentoring
  • National Trade Facilitation Committees
  • The assessment of trade compliance costs and development of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Economic modelling of non-tariff measures and their impact on food and agricultural supply chains
  • Single Windows, electronic trade and customs solutions, trade information portals
  • Port and border resilience simulations and contingency planning
  • Online training solutions

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