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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1.1. Discrepancies in the Naming of AEOs and CCPs........................................................................... 5
Table 2.1. Conditions and Criteria for AEO in the EU ....................................................................................29
Table 2.2. Benefits for AEOC and AEOS operators..........................................................................................32
Table 3.1. Involvement of OIC Members in International Conventions ................................................40
Table 3.2. Names and launch years of AEO programs in OIC Member States.....................................42
Table 3.3. AEO programs under development: names and launch dates .............................................45
Table 3.4. Names and years of CCPs in OIC Countries...................................................................................45
Table 3.5. General Overview of Survey Respondents, 2017.......................................................................50
Table 3.6. Country Level Convergence.................................................................................................................61
Table 3.7. Variable Level Convergence across OIC and APEC....................................................................62
Table 3.8. Sectoral Convergence across OIC and APEC.................................................................................63
Table 3.9. Operator Type Convergence across OIC and APEC ...................................................................63
Table 3.10. Comparison of AEO Programs: Best Practices & OIC Countries........................................64
Table 3.11. Concluded MRAs of OIC Countries.................................................................................................65
Table 3.12. MRAs being negotiated of OIC Countries ....................................................................................65
Table 3.13. Comparison of the Types of AEO operators: Best practices and OIC countries .........66
Table 3.14. Comparison of the Benefits of AEO programs: Best practices and OIC countries.....67
Table 3.15. Comparison of Length of Authorization Process:....................................................................68
Table 3.16. Comparison of Trade Costs among countries with and without AEO ............................69
Table 3.17. Logistic Performance index in 2016 .............................................................................................71
Table 3.18. Most Commonly Incorporated Sub-Variables in OIC AEO Programs: ............................73
Table 3.19. Least Commonly Incorporated Sub-Variables in OIC AEO Programs.............................75
Table 4.1. Timeline of the Development of the Jordan Customs Golden List Program...................79
Table 4.2. Sectoral Distribution of Golden list companies...........................................................................80
Table 4.3. Criteria List that Varies with the Type of the Operator...........................................................84
Table 4.4. Requirements to Qualify for the Golden List Program ............................................................84
Table 4.5. Trade Facilitation Benefits of the AEO Program ........................................................................91
Table 4.6. Challenges of the AEO Program Addressed by Uganda Customs.....................................114
LIST OF BOXES
Box 2.1. EAC Regional AEO Program ....................................................................................................................17 Box 2.2. Mexico’s AEO Program ..............................................................................................................................36 Box 5.1. Challenges in the Design of a Successful MRA..............................................................................121 Box 5.2. Guidelines for a Successful Regional AEO/MRA..........................................................................127