Out of the Border Labyrinth: An Assessment of Trade Facilitation Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean

Martincus, Christian Volpe

doi:10.18235/0000548

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“…Volpe Martincus (2017) arrives at similar results for Colombia, where the greater ease of importing goods from abroad that has come with the SW system has led to a sharp increase in imports, but argues that additional research is needed to establish how these arrangements work in other countries. According to Evans and Harrigan (2005), the effect of shorter delivery times is equivalent to an improvement in product quality, which in turn allows companies to increase the prices of their products and their export volumes.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…Volpe Martincus (2017) analyses the impact that Costa Rica's SW has had by identifying specific shipments that were processed through the digital platform and shipments that were not, including information regarding the date on which each permit (and specific product) could begin to be processed through the SW. According to these estimates, for products for which permits are required, Costa Rica's SW system is associated with a 71.1% increase in export growth.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Although there is consensus on the advantages of the system, few studies have analysed the impact it has on import and export performance and the existing analysis are mostly for single countries (Volpe Martincus, 2017). Quantitative estimates are generally measured in terms of the number of days saved on the paperwork or formalities involved in foreign trade or the actual numbers of documents needed to complete these operations (Linke, 2012).…”

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confidence: 99%

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The impact of single windows on trade

Martínez‐Zarzoso

Chelala

2020

World Economy

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This paper is the first that quantifies the impact of single windows (SWs) on international trade globally. SWs function as a single point of entry and exit of the goods traded internationally and are therefore intended to facilitate trade. Using a structural gravity model for a panel of 176 countries from 1995 to 2017, we apply a log–log and a Poisson pseudo‐maximum‐likelihood estimator (PPML) with multidimensional fixed effects to evaluate the extent to which export and import flows vary depending on whether or not countries have operational SWs. The main results from the linearised gravity model suggest that total trade between two countries with functioning SWs increases by about 37%, of which 23 corresponds to exports and 14 to imports. The result from the PPML estimation also indicates a positive and significant effect, which is however much smaller in magnitude.

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The impact of single windows on trade

Martínez‐Zarzoso

Chelala

2020

World Economy

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“… Frequency of Customs Inspections Note: shipments selected for the red channel are subject to physical and documents inspection, shipments assigned to the yellow channel undergo only document control, shipments designated to the blue channel benefit from immediate release (De Wulf & Sokol, ; Martincus, ) …”

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“…Using original customs data, this article aims to identify, in Madagascar, some high‐risk products and high‐risk operators (importers and brokers). The proposed method is complementary to risk analysis methods based on detected non‐compliance (Geourjon & Laporte, ; Martincus, ). A two‐step procedure is adopted.…”

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The use of detailed statistical data in customs reforms: The case of Madagascar

Chalendard¹,

Raballand²,

Rakotoarisoa³

2019

Development Policy Review

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To carry out their various missions—collecting revenue, facilitating trade and ensuring security— many customs administrations have established a risk management unit. In developing countries, however, because of the lack of dedicated human and material resources, intelligence and risk analysis remain insufficiently developed. In view of the lack of resources, this article proposes a simple methodology aiming at detecting risky import operations. The mirror analysis first helps to identify and target products or sectors with the greatest risk. Based on the examination of customs declarations patterns (data mining), it is then possible to identify and target higher risk economic operators (importers and customs brokers). When implemented in Madagascar, this method has helped to reveal probable fraud cases in the context of current customs reforms.

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Import Uncertainty and Export Dynamics

Vijil,

Wagner,

Woldemichael

2023

The World Bank Economic Review

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A supply chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Firms are constantly managing uncertainties, including unexpected delays in the provision of a critical input that can slow down or halt the production process, possibly making the manufacturer miss a delivery deadline. As most exporters are also importers of intermediate goods, supply chain unreliability related to import processing times at the border could impact downstream export dynamics. The role of unpredictability in border-clearance times for imports in manufacturing firms’ entry, exit, and survival in export markets is investigated using the PPML estimator on a rich dataset built on firm-level information for 48 developing countries over 2006–2014. Uncertainty in the time to clear imported inputs impacts neither the entry nor the exit rate, but translates into lower survival rates for new exporters, reducing the number of firms that continue serving the foreign market beyond their first year of entry. This effect grows larger over time, owing to rising reputational costs to input-importing exporters and is mainly driven by South-North trade, possibly reflecting the time-sensitivity of buyers in developed countries. Results also reveal heterogeneous effects across export industries, and the mediating role of sunk costs of entry in foreign markets, which attenuate the negative effect of uncertainty on survival rates as firms delay exiting the export market.

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Out of the Border Labyrinth: An Assessment of Trade Facilitation Initiatives in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cited by 12 publications

References 44 publications

The impact of single windows on trade

The impact of single windows on trade

The use of detailed statistical data in customs reforms: The case of Madagascar

Import Uncertainty and Export Dynamics

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