Impacts of Trade Facilitation and Logistics Performance on Trade Flows: The Case of Landlocked African OIC Countries (Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger and Uganda)

Kenan Bagci, Esat Bakimli and Abdouramane Diallo

No 333447, Conference papers from Purdue University, Center for Global Trade Analysis, Global Trade Analysis Project

Abstract: This study investigates the impacts of alternative trade facilitation measures on trade flows with a special focus on five landlocked African OIC countries, namely Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Niger and Uganda. By employing a diverse set of data and methodology, it is found that there are significant gains from trade facilitation and improved logistics infrastructure. This benefit is significantly higher in the case of African countries. While infrastructure investments in logistics generate the largest gains, landlocked countries can attain additional gains from efficiency improvements in trade facilitation measures. Nevertheless, the aggregate impact of logistics performance remains significantly higher than the impacts of soft trade facilitation measures in both landlocked and coastal countries. This study also presents the potential gains for the five landlocked African OIC countries in case of a simulated improvement in their trade facilitation performance.

Keywords: International Relations/Trade; Public Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31
Date: 2022
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