Special Secretary and Member (Customs) Surjit Bhujabal led the Indian delegation at the CBIC sessions at WTO in Geneva. The event comprised of two focused sessions on Trade Facilitation and Capacity Building highlighting India’s transformative reforms under the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement (TFA). The programme was also held in the run up to the 8th Trade Policy Review of India, due in July 2026. The event witnessed wide participation from WTO Members and Secretariat, with delegates from around 40 countries, reflecting strong interest in India’s experience and best practices.

Having achieved compliance with WTO TFA commitments, India has moved towards “TFA Plus” measures under the National Trade Facilitation Action Plan (NTFAP 3.0), aiming to go beyond the minimum requirements and align with evolving global best practices. During the session on Trade Facilitation, Indian Customs delegation highlighted it’s ‘whole-of-government approach’ in Customs reforms, and pioneering efforts in creating a faceless, contactless and paperless Customs ecosystem through extensive digitalization and process re-engineering.