FACILITATING INTRA-OIC TRADE:
Improving the Efficiency of the Customs Procedures in the OIC Member States
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 Quality of trade and transport related infrastructure (e.g., ports, railroads,
roads, information technology);
 Ease of arranging competitively priced shipments;
 Competence and quality of logistics services (e.g., transport operators,
customs brokers);
 Ability to track and trace consignments;
 Timeliness of shipments in reaching destination within the scheduled or
expected delivery time.
The surveyed countries are given scores from 1 to 5 (represents the best) for the
aforementioned six dimensions and an LPI Score. The table below illustrates the scores
of the best performers according to the LPI 2012.
Table 3: Best Performers According to the LPI 2012
Customs Infrastructure
International
Shipments
Logistics
Competence
Tracking
and Tracing
Timelines LPI Score Rank
Singapore 4.10 4.15 3.99 4.07 4.07 4.39 4.13 1
Hong Kong,
China
3.97 4.12 4.18 4.08 4.09 4.28 4.12 2
Finland 3.98 4.12 3.85 4.14 4.14 4.10 4.05 3
Germany 3.87 4.26 3.67 4.09 4.05 4.32 4.03 4
Netherlands 3.85 4.15 3.86 4.05 4.12 4.15 4.02 5
Denmark 3.93 4.07 3.70 4.14 4.10 4.21 4.02 6
Belgium 3.85 4.12 3.73 3.98 4.05 4.20 3.98 7
Japan 3.72 4.11 3.61 3.97 4.03 4.21 3.93 8
United States 3.67 4.14 3.56 3.96 4.11 4.21 3.93 9
UK 3.73 3.95 3.63 3.93 4.00 4.19 3.90 10
Source: LPI 2012
However, the situation is not so good in many developing countries and in LDCs. For
example efficiency of the customs procedures is higher in the OECD countries than
most of the developing countries and LDCs which are located in Sub-Saharan Africa,
MENA and Latin America (see Figure 2 in next page).