Trade Facilitation Consulting

making international trade easier

About

We aim to make international trade easier. Much of our activities focus on trade and customs procedures, and how associated compliance burdens can be reduced without undermining wider regulatory control objectives. Services draw on the expertise of the company’s founder, Prof Andrew Grainger, and associates. Our clients include: various international organisations, government agencies around the world, businesses (big and small), research institutes, and some of the world’ s top universities. Occasionally we also offer short courses via our “Trade Facilitation Academy“ and we invite you to make enquiries – be it for yourself or your organisation.

Meet the team

Services

Work is always interesting, frequently with a global footprint, and might have one of the following three themes:

  • Research – for example: to gain new insights; test ideas and technologies; to model economic costs; or to identify reform opportunities
  • Mentoring, education and training – for example, by: helping businesses work out how to be compliant; exploring with officials and their stakeholders (public and private) how significant economic and societal benefits can be achieved through trade facilitation; or developing and delivering innovative training solutions
  • Project support – for example: by assisting programme and project managers with the implementation of trade facilitation measures; or conducting impact assessments and project evaluations.

Short courses are offered via our “Trade Facilitation Academy“. Outputs frequently include detailed research reports and publications, expert commentary, and training materials. We are particularly proud of Prof Dr Andrew Grainger’s seminal textbook “Cross-Border Logistics Operations: Effective Trade Facilitation and Border Management“. Much of his research is published by leading journals – and can often be freely accessed via google scholar and ResearchGate.

Contact us to explore how we can work with you.

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Recent Blogs and News

“Cross Border Logistics Operations: effective trade facilitation and border management” – book reviews and endorsements

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Reviews and endorsements are always humbling . I certainly was pleasantly surprised to see so many for my book when it was launched in August 2021 … and of course for Prof David Widdowson’s lovely foreword! Wonderful to see, too,…

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