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formalities. Containers are moved directly into the dry port and are placed under the Senegalese

Customs transit procedure, which is now based on a cross-border agreement and scheme and

only subject to transit-related control measure. The EMASE is operating in the PAD since the

1970s, and the main objective is to collaborate with the Dakar port authorities (payment of

warehousing and warehousing fees for the traders), maritime services, and with Senegalese

Customs related to transit procedures. The Mali Ministry of Economy developed a Trade Portal

Mali - website that provides information to the traders for the transit procedures, including the

Dakar – Bamako transit corridor

The Port of Dakar is expediting 2.23 million tons (on average for 2012 - 2017) of consignments

to /fromMali. The transit volume has grown on average by 11.85% per year during the last two

years (2018, 2019). A total of 26,840 containers

80.22%, were transported by road and the

remaining 19.78% by railway or in total 26,840 containers.

Transit trade fromMali is composed of chemicals (46.28%), petroleum products (20.45%), food

products (15.59%), materials and equipment (7.22%), miscellaneous goods and personal effects

(5.21%), iron and steel products (2.78%), and cotton (2.47%).

4.2.2

Assessments of Relevant Organizations

In the past years, several international and regional organizations have launched surveys on

Trade Facilitation, including the CTR. These surveys capture the current state of implementation

of different trade facilitation concepts, including Customs Administrations. The section below

contains the analysis of the Assessments of Relevant Organizations.

4.2.2.1

Republic of Senegal World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI)

Logistics Performance Index report contains data analysis the Republic of Senegal, using data

collected during the years 2016 and 2018, respectively. The Logistics Performance Index (LPI),

launched in 2007, is an interactive benchmarking tool created to help countries identify the

challenges and opportunities they face in their performance on trade logistics and what they can

do to improve their performance

. The index is calculated every two years and ranks 160

countries on the efficiency of international supply chains. The World Bank’s Logistics

Performance Index (LPI) analyses countries through six dimensions. Scores range from 1 to 5,

the highest score representing the best logistics performance. Each dimension is defined as

follows:

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