Seminar on RCI Knowledge and Priorities

7 September 2012

from EARD

CAREC Corridors

2010 2011

Indicator Mean Median Margin* Mean Median Margin*

TFI1 Time to Clear a Border Crossing Point, in hours

8.7 4.1 ± 0.4 7.9 4.1 ± 0.5

TFI2 Cost Incurred at Border Crossing Clearance, in US$

186 114 ± 4 156 90 ± 4

TFI3

Cost Incurred to Travel a Corridor Section, in US$, per 500km per 20 ton

712 405 ± 29 959 637 ± 27

TFI4 Speed to Travel on CAREC Corridors, in kph (SWD)

23.5 22.6 ± 1.9 21.9 20.2 ± 1.6

SWOD Speed without Delay, in kph 35.2 37.5 ± 3.3 38.0 39.9 ± 2.1

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Topa (PRC) - Bishkek (Kyrgyz Rep) - Corridor 1c

Time Cost

Depart from Topa to Torugart

Border control, customs, health and weigh inspection at Torugart BCP 1.5 hours

Waiting time at Custom going to At-Bashi 19 hours

Refuelling at Naryn

From Naryn to Bystrovka, police payments, $1.25 to $2.5

Custom check at Bishkek, 10.5 hours, $50 payment

Border waiting 4 hours

CPMM Partners

Country Associations Afghanistan AAFFCO Azerbaijan ABADA

Kazakhstan KFFA KAZATO

Kyrgyz Republic KGZ FOA ASMAP / AIA

Mongolia MNCCI / NTTFC NARTAM

PRC CIFA, CFXU IMLA XULA

Tajikistan ABBAT Uzbekistan ADBL

AIRCUZ

• Analyses: – Speed, cost, variations (by corridor,

commodity (perishables), TIR, – Key bottlenecks, key delaying and cost factors, – Official and unofficial payments, etc.

Integrated Trade Facilitation

• Corridor Logistics Development • Regional Improvement of Border

Services

• Customs Cooperation

• Sanitary and Phytosanitary

Regional Cooperation

RCI Platforms

CAREC

GMS

GTI

Pan-Beibu

AFGHANISTAN

AZERBAIJAN

CHINA (XINJIANG, INNER MONGOLIA)

MONGOLIA

KAZAKHSTAN

KYRGYZ REPUBLIC

TAJIKISTAN

TURKMENISTAN

UZBEKISTAN

PAKISTAN

CAMBODIA

CHINA (YUNNAN, GUANGXI)

LAOS

MYANMAR

THAILAND

VIETNAM

CHINA (HEILONGJIANG,

INNER MONGOLIA, JILIN,

LIAONING)

KOREA

MONGOLIA

RUSSIA

*JAPAN

BRUNEI

CHINA (GUANGXI)

INDONESIA

MALAYSIA

PHILIPPINES

SINGAPORE

VIETNAM

MON-PRC

RCI Conference - Kunming

• Linking all subregional platforms – share experiences

– Potential inter-subregional linkages

– further research, studies, and KPSs

Thank You