The Permanent Secretariat of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA) and the National Directorate of Customs of the Republic of Paraguay organized the “IX Latin American and Caribbean Regional Meeting on Foreign Trade Single Windows”, which took place in Asunción, Republic of Paraguay, on 26 and 27 October 2017.

This IX Latin American and Caribbean Regional Meeting on FTSW included four thematic blocks, which covered the management of information in FTSWs and its use in risk management; the progress in the implementation of the WTO trade facilitation agreement, the last recommendation of the UN-CEFACT on public-private partnerships for trade facilitation, and some elements of governance in FTSWs; the importance of transport facilitation in foreign trade and, as usual, participants shared the achievements and challenges of FTSWs in the member countries of SELA attending this meeting.