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delivery to the final client. In this component, all agents of the cargo supply chain are
involved; therefore, traceability is the result of the global action;
 Timeliness refers to the exact time of shipment delivery. It is important to consider this
factor because due to the high degree of existing competition, not meeting the
established times is unacceptable.
Figure 33: Kyrgyz Republic Logistics Performance Index score
Source: World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index
According to the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) an indicator of trade
facilitation, Kyrgyz Republic had the biggest leap in the world comparing its 2016 rank (146th)
versus its146th 2018 rank 108 th.
4.1.2.2 World Bank Doing Business– Trading Across Border Index
The ranking of economies based on the ease of trading across borders determined by sorting
their distance to frontier scores. The “frontier” defined by the best performance observed on
each Doing Business topic across all economies and years since 2005. Trading across Borders
Rank Indicator does not include the time and cost associated with domestic transport.
The Trading across Borders indicator is one of the 11 different areas included in the Doing
Business project. The Doing Business project, launched in 2002, provides measures of business
regulations and their enforcement across 190 economies:
 The trading across borders indicator measures the time and cost associated with
the logistical process of exporting and importing goods;
 It covers three sets of procedures: Documentary compliance, Border compliance,
Domestic transport;
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