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 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 43: Islamic Republic of Pakistan 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, Islamic Republic of Pakistan has a big decrease of the LPI performances comparing
its 2016 rank 68th versus its 2018 rank 122 nd. In details, the LPI performances of Customs
decreased for 20.30%, Infrastructure for 18.52%, International shipments 10.24%, Logistics
quality and competence lowest decrease 8.16%, tracking and tracing 21.99% and the highest
decrease on Timeliness dimension (refers to the exact time of shipment delivery) 23.56%.
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