Improving Customs Transit Systems
In the Islamic Countries
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facilitation score. The lowest scores have Gabon, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, and Mauritania,
while the highest score has Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, and Turkey.
I are given the results related to CTR cross-tabulated based on geographic regions.
Arab group has 6 countries with fully implemented transit facilitation agreements, while Asian
countries have 9 countries with partially implemented transit facilitation agreements. On the
other side, Asian countries have the highest level of cooperation between agencies of countries
involved in transit, supporting pre-arrival processing for transit facilitation and using use risk
assessment to limit control on transit shipments.
Table 36: UN Global Survey on Digital and Sustainable Trade Facilitation results related to
CTR cross-tabulated based on geographic regions
Not
Implemented
Planning
Stage
Partially
Implemented
Fully
Implemented
Total
Transit
facilitation
agreement(s)
African
Group
Count 2 0 3 4 9
% 22.2% 0.0% 33.3% 44.4% 100.0%
Arab
Group
Count 2 0 1 6 9
% 22.2% 0.0% 11.1% 66.7% 100.0%
Asian
Group
Count 3 0 9 2 14
% 21.4% 0.0% 64.3% 14.3% 100.0%
Total
Count 7 0 13 12 32
% 21.9% 0.0% 40.6% 37.5% 100.0%
Cooperation
between
agencies of
countries
involved in
transit
African
Group
Count 1 1 5 2 9
% 11.1% 11.1% 55.6% 22.2% 100.0%
Arab
Group
Count 3 0 2 4 9
% 33.3% 0.0% 22.2% 44.4% 100.0%
Asian
Group
Count 1 0 5 8 14
% 7.1% 0.0% 35.7% 57.1% 100.0%
Total
Count 5 1 12 14 32
% 15.6% 3.1% 37.5% 43.8% 100.0%
Supporting
pre-arrival
processing
for transit
facilitation
African
Group
Count 2 2 4 1 9
% 22.2% 22.2% 44.4% 11.1% 100.0%
Arab
Group
Count 4 0 4 1 9
% 44.4% 0.0% 44.4% 11.1% 100.0%
Asian
Group
Count 4 1 4 5 14
% 28.6% 7.1% 28.6% 35.7% 100.0%
Total
Count 10 3 12 7 32
% 31.3% 9.4% 37.5% 21.9% 100.0%
Customs
Authorities
limit the
physical
inspection of
transit goods
African
Group
Count 2 1 3 3 9
% 22.2% 11.1% 33.3% 33.3% 100.0%
Arab
Group
Count 0 1 1 6 8
% 0.0% 12.5% 12.5% 75.0% 100.0%
Count 1 0 5 8 14