FACILITATING INTRA-OIC TRADE:
Improving the Efficiency of the Customs Procedures in the OIC Member States
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Table 4: Best and Low Performers According to “Border Administration” of ETI 2012
Best Performers
Efficiency of Customs
Administration
Efficiency of Import-Export
Procedures
Transparency of Border
Administration
Country Score Country Score Country Score
1 Singapore 6,61 Singapore 6,44 New Zealand 6,67
2 Sweden 6,34 Hong Kong Sar 6,29 Denmark 6,53
3 Netherlands 5,97 Denmark 6,22 Singapore 6,53
4 UK 5,96 Sweden 6,22 Sweden 6,48
5 Ireland 5,94 Korea Rep. 6,19 Finland 6,41
6 Denmark 5,91 Finland 6,12 Norway 6,33
7 Austria 5,89 UAE 6,02 Netherlands 6,18
8 New Zealand 5,96 Estonia 5,94 Luxemburg 6,16
9 Switzerland 5,77 France 5,94 Iceland 6,15
10 Hong Kong SAR 5,73 Norway 5,93 Canada 6,13
Low Performers
Country Score Country Score Country Score
123 Lesotho 2,81 Azerbaijan 2,25 Ukraine 2,4
124 Vietnam 2,81 Angola 2,21 Cote d'Ivoire 2,39
125 Burundi 2,79 Burundi 2,01 Cambodia 2,36
126 Ukraine 2,78 Burkina Faso 1,96 Nepal 2,36
127 Mauritania 2,78 Kyrgyz Republic 1,85 Kyrgyz Republic 2,26
128 Angola 2,69 Venezuela 1,84 Burundi 2,21
129 Kenya 2,59 Zimbabwe 1,82 Venezuela 2,19
130 Madagascar 2,57 Kazakhstan 1,64 Haiti 2,11
131 Haiti 2,51 Tajikistan 1,56 Chad 2,01
132 Syria 1,93 Chad 1,56 Yemen 1,91
Source: WEF 2012 Note: Scores between 1-7 (7 represents the highest)
The ETI illustrates an important fact that, customs administrations and export import
procedures in most of the developing countries and the LDCs are not performing well.
They need to improve such practices. Some of the developing countries, through
implementing sound policies have increased their rankings. For example, Qatar moved
from 102nd place in 2008 to 44th in 2012 in the field of Efficiency of Import Export
Procedures. Similarly, Bahrain moved from 43rd place to 12 th in the same period in the
field of Efficiency of Customs Administrations. On the other hand, in 2012, some of the
countries moved behind their performance in 2008. For example Burundi moved from
76th place down to 128th in the area of “Transparency of Border Administration” during
the given period.
Another interesting indicator is the Trade Facilitation Indicators (TFIs), which is
developed by the OECD. The TFIs was undertaken to measure the relative economic