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4.6.3. Economic factors
With respect to economic factors, an assessment of the following features has been prepared:
 Economic Openness
 Ease of doing business
 Cost Structure
OIs for each country has been compiled with data for the table taken from the IMF, UN, OECD
and World Bank. It is apparent that land locked countries are generally less open than
maritime countries though not significantly so in NTTC partly due to the existence of long
established and well-functioning transport links to the ports.
Table 40: Openness of Countries in NTTC
Source: Fimotions (2017), compiled relates to the latest years from available databases, this may differ from other
sources.
Corridor country data is compared with the global mean for 190 countries from the EODB
database. Trading across borders is a part of the index and most pertinent to the study. Export
processing times are extremely high in the DRC and in South Sudan – the latter expected as it is
a new country and in the former, may well reflect the level and state of national governance.
Costs of processing exports are very high in DRC and Tanzania and obviously affects the
viability of trade. Import processing data is also available but has not been included, the
analysis presupposing that export efficiency is more central to development.
Table 41: EoDB in corridor countries in 2017
Source: World Bank.
The Cost structure to be investigated includes the cost of investment, labor, land, and energy,
the rationale being that improvements in political, economic and social cooperation along the
GDP Imports Exports Total
UGAN 26,195 4,677 2,755 7432 28%
RWAN 8,406 1,961 538 2499 30%
BUR 3,133 683 122 805 26%
KENYA 68,919 14,700 5,679 20379 30%
DRC 41,615 5,640 5,690 11330 27%
S. SUDAN 9,000 426 12 438 5%
N. TANZ 47,184 9,976 5,365 15341 33%
Country Openness
USD Millions
UGAN 115 136 71 287 64 102
RWAN 56 87 97 183 42 110
BUR 157 160 59 106 120 150
KENYA 92 105 21 143 19 191
DRC 184 515 2223 698 136
S. SUDAN 186 177 146 763 192 194
TANZ 132 180 96 1160 96 275
WORLD 59 411 56 149
Time to
export
(hours)
Cost to
export
(USD)
Country
Ranking Border Compliance Documentary Compliance
Overall Trading
across
borders
Time to
export
(hours)
Cost to
export
(USD)