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 Customs: measures agility clearance processes, regarding speed, simplicity, and
predictability of formal issues conducted by customs control bodies;
 Infrastructure: evaluates the quality of maritime, land, rail and air transport
infrastructure;
The perception held by respondents about this infrastructure is valued regarding the modes of
transport together with storage and moving goods;
 International shipments: measures the ease of negotiating competitive prices for
international transports;
 Logistics quality and competence: indicates the quality of logistical services, such
as transport operators or customs agents;
 Tracking and tracing: measures the follow-up and location of shipments.
Identifying the exact location and route followed by each cargo is relevant up to the
moment of 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 37: Republic of Senegal 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, the Republic of Senegal in 2016 was ranked 132 nd, compared with 2018 rank 141st.
the Republic of Senegal is ranked 44th out of 52 assessed OIC MS.
4.2.2.2 World Bank Doing Business – Trading Across Border
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
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