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and reliability improved. Some of the main features introduced on this corridor include

following:



Multiple security bonds not required under SCT;



Multiple customs declarations not required under SCT;



Differences in customs laws and instruments eliminated;



Customs systems interfaced;



One Stop Border Controls



Multiple Customs verification replaced by joint verification;



Road, police and customs roadblocks eliminated;



Multiple weighbridges en-route reduced to two + high speed weigh-in-motion system;



Congestion at the port and border posts eliminated (CPCS, 2015).

The case study focuses on road, rail, and port performance, as well as border crossings. The oil

pipeline, while a significant asset, is not considered as it functions independently of the

mandate of the Corridor and is not relevant to the general movement of traded goods.

The time series data set for all years from 2007 has been obtained and extracted the LPIs for

NTTC members as shown in

Table 44.

This is also shown graphically in

Figure 47

clearly

indicates that African countries on the corridor are starting to catch up.

Table 44: Logistics Performance Index countries in NTTC

Year

2007

2010

2012

2014

2016

All

2.74

2.88

2.89

2.88

Burundi

2.29

1.95

1.61

2.57

2.51

DRC

1.95

2.68

2.21

1.88

2.38

Kenya

2.52

2.59

2.43

2.81

3.33

Rwanda

1.77

2.04

2.27

2.76

2.99

Tanzania

2.08

2.6

2.65

2.33

2.99

Total

10.61

11.86

11.17

12.35

14.2

Source: Fimotions (2017), data source: World Bank.