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CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2United Nations Electronic Trade
Documents
United Nations Electronic Trade Documents
Digital Paper for Trade
UNECE
Geneva, March 2006
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2United Nations Electronic Trade
Documents
Challenge: Paperless Trade and Cross Border Information Exchange
Response: Integrated Standards for Paper and electronic Trade Documents
Opportunity: Efficient Cross Border Information Exchange
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2
Goods can’t move faster than the information that controls them
Trade Documents are the core means of exchanging information in the SC
Documents trigger the SC processes
Information is crucial for efficiency and security
Trade Documents and Cross Border Supply Chains
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2
Some figures:
UNECE: export process average: 27 Parties
involved, 40+ documents, 300+ copies to manage
export processes
IATA: 20 to 30 documents accompany “Master
Airway Bill”
Japan: 25 Mio BoL issued annually for container
cargo to US alone
UNCTAD: 5 Bio Trade and Transport documents
are issued annually
The paper avalanche
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2
Yesterday: Exchange of paper documents
Today: Exchange of paper AND electronic documents
Tomorrow: Exchange of paper AND electronic documents
“less paper” instead “paperless”
Someone will ALWAYS insists on a paper document
Paperless Trade?Ever?
Document exchange in international trade
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2
Moving from today’s paper documents Information exchange in global trade is based on paper documentsTrade processes and practice are based on paper
documents
To electronic documents:Need the eNeed the equivalent of a paper document in quivalent of a paper document in electronic formatelectronic format
Build on existing standards and int’ agreementsBuild on existing standards and int’ agreements
Complement the Complement the paper standards paper standards with electronic with electronic standard componentsstandard components
Documents with fDocuments with fallbackallback option option to paper to paper
United Nations electronic Trade United Nations electronic Trade DocumentsDocuments
Digital Paper for TradeDigital Paper for Trade
UNeDocs
The "digital Paper" challenge…
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2United Nations Electronic Trade
Documents
Challenge: Paperless Trade and Cross Border Information Exchange
Response: Integrated Standards for Paper and electronic Trade Documents
Opportunity: Efficient Cross Border Information Exchange
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2
UN Layout Key
UNTDED (ISO 7374)
CEFACT Rec.
Kyoto/IATA/…
UNeDocs integrates trade facilitation and eBusiness standards for trade documents
A Master Data Model describes the structure of Cross Border Information
Each trade document is a specific implementation (subset) of this data model
CEFACT CCL
CEFACT NDR
UN/EDIFACT
WCO Data Model
UNeDocs Data ModelUNeDocs Data Model
UNeDocs: Integrating Standards
Document Standards
eBusiness Standards
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2 United Nations International Document
Set (IDS)
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2 United Nations International Document
Set (IDS)
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2 United Nations International Document
Set (IDS)
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2 United Nations International Document
Set (IDS)
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2
Importer
Advance copy by email
Shipping Line
UN/EDIFACT
BoL in PDF
Exporter
Bank
Paper BoL
Insurance Agent
XML
UNeDocs:one single electronic document adapting to different information processing concepts
UNeDocs
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2United Nations Electronic Trade
Documents
Challenge: Paperless Trade and Cross Border Information Exchange
Response: Integrated Standards for Paper and electronic Trade Documents
Opportunity: Efficient Cross Border Information Exchange
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2
Natio
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Using a Data Model for Cross
Border Data Exchange
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Regional Agreement
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UN
Tra
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ata
Dire
ctory
TDED UNeDocs/WCO DM
CBRDM
Country B
Natio
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UN
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TDED
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2Country of ExportCountry of Export Country of ImportCountry of Import
…FFOORRMM
…FFOORRMM
Cross Border Trade - todayCross Border Trade - today
Exchange of individual documentsExchange of individual documents
• Requires physical transport of documentsRequires physical transport of documents
• Documents issued in Country of ExportDocuments issued in Country of Export
• ..must match requirements of Country of Import ..must match requirements of Country of Import (COI)(COI)
• electronic documents need to match COI technical electronic documents need to match COI technical specsspecs
• What happens if one document is missing?What happens if one document is missing?
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2
Country of ExportCountry of Export Country of ImportCountry of Import
UNeDocs/WCO Data ModelUNeDocs/WCO Data Model
Cross Border Trade- tomorrow?Cross Border Trade- tomorrow?
BOLFFOORRMM
InvoiceFFOORRMM
CoOFFOORRMM
InvoiceInvoice BOLBOL CoOCoO
XMLXML
BOL
XMLXML
Invoice
XMLXML
CoO
Exchange based on regional Data ModelExchange based on regional Data Model
•Advance exchange of information Advance exchange of information
•One time submission of all dataOne time submission of all data
•Documents generated in Country of Import Documents generated in Country of Import (COI)(COI)
•COI can determine which documents are COI can determine which documents are requiredrequired
•COI can determine formats of documents and COI can determine formats of documents and automationautomation
•Both countries have a stable base to invest in Both countries have a stable base to invest in automationautomation
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2 Summary
UNeDocs & Cross Border Trade
UNeDocs integrates paper and electronic trade documents
UNeDocs and WCO Data Models are based on a common approach and a set of open standards
Emphasis of UNeDocs on trade and transport data and WCO DM on regulatory data
The Data Models can provide the basis for regional agreements on information exchange
The Data Models are technology independent and provide a stable basis for the investments
CEFACT
CEFACT/TBG2CEFACT/TBG2 UNeDocs
Digital Paper for Trade
Thank You
www.UNeDocs.org
www.unece.org/cefact/forum_grps/tbg/tbg2_edocs/
tbg2_edocs.htm