Improving the Border Agency Cooperation
Among the OIC Member States for Facilitating Trade
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Table 6. Key indicators related to BAC activities in the OIC member states in the Asian region
Sources: CBRA analytics, data from CIA World Factbook, World Bank, OECD
The average for the Customs index of World Bank’s LPI is 2.53, with Malaysia’s top score of
3.37 (27th in global rankings). Also Turkey scores high with 3.23. In the OECD Trade
facilitation measure, the average for external cooperation is 1.11 and for internal cooperation
1.21, which is higher than in the Arab region. The highest scores are with Brunei, Indonesia,
Kazakstan and Maldives for external BAC (all at 1.74/2.00) and Brunei, Kyrgyz Republic and
Tajikistan for internal BAC, all with the full score of 2.00. These results indicate that there is
both potential and knowledge within the Asian countries for mutual cooperation to improve
BAC.
3.2.2. Regional initiatives
Association of South East Asian Nations
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations, or ASEAN, is a well-established economic and
political organisation founded in 1967. ASEAN’s key objectives are to accelerate economic
growth, social progress, and sociocultural evolution among its members. From ASEAN’s ten
members, three belong to OIC nations, namely Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei.
The fundamental objectives of ASEAN include the creation of a single market and
strengthening cross-border security. Effective cooperative arrangements and enhanced
information exchange across border control authorities will enable the realisation of these
Country Group
Number of
international
agreements
affiliated
Imports per
capita (USD)
Exports per
capita (USD)
Customs
indicator /
World Bank
Logistics
Performance
Index (0-5)
Trading
Across
Borders DTF
(% points) /
World Bank
Doing
Business
study
Co-operation
– External /
OECD Trade
Facilitation
Indicators (0-
2)
Co-operation
– Internal /
OECD Trade
Facilitation
Indicators (0-
2)
Afghanistan Asian 9 374 82 2,16 28,90 % data n/a data n/a
Albania Asian 13 1 733 803 data n/a 91,61 % 1,67 1,00
Azerbaijan Asian 11 953 2 887 2,57 69,59 % 1,50 1,33
Bangladesh Asian 10 237 177 2,09 34,86 % 1,67 1,00
Brunei Asian 8 9 848 24 788 data n/a 60,65 % 1,74 2,00
Indonesia Asian 12 658 685 2,87 64,75 % 1,74 1,00
Iran Asian 11 795 1 057 data n/a 39,38 % data n/a data n/a
Kazakhstan Asian 13 2 400 4 421 2,33 60,39 % 1,74 0,67
Kyrgyzstan Asian 10 934 334 2,03 72,25 % 1,00 2,00
Malaysia Asian 12 6 220 7 370 3,37 86,74 % 0,50 1,33
Maldives Asian 7 4 394 422 2,95 55,87 % 1,74 0,67
Pakistan Asian 12 214 125 2,84 38,11 % 0,25 1,67
Tajikistan Asian 11 550 64 2,35 57,05 % 1,25 2,00
Turkey Asian 14 2 928 2 127 3,23 81,00 % 0,00 1,25
Turkmenistan Asian 6 3 043 3 984 2,31 data n/a data n/a data n/a
Uzbekistan Asian 9 442 456 1,80 44,31 % 0,75 1,00
Guyana Asian 8 2 494 1 701 2,46 55,60 % data n/a data n/a
Suriname Asian 6 3 392 3 708 data n/a 75,37 % 0,00 0,00