APF Canada (1999) reports the relative importance of three kinds of trade facilitation
measures (customs, standards and regulatory conformance, and businessmobility) for the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and found that the complexity of customs regulations,
the lack of information on customs rules and regulations, administrative guidelines and
rulings, and problems with the mechanism for appealing customs decisions are the main
issues related to customs. The key issues related to standards include the lack of
transparency in standards and the complexity of standards and regulations.