文档介绍：Unclassified TD/TC/WP(2006)3/FINAL
Organisation de Coopération et de Développement Economiques
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 30-May-2006
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TRADE DIRECTORATE
MITTEE
Unclassified TD/TC/WP(2006)3/FINAL
Working Party of the mittee
LOGISTICS AND TIME AS A TRADE BARRIER
OECD Trade Policy Working Paper No. 35
by Hildegunn Kyvik Nordås, Enrico Pinali and Massimo Geloso Grosso
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ABSTRACT
This paper analyses the relation between time for exports and imports, logistics services and
international trade. Time is found not only to reduce trade volumes, but more importantly lengthy
procedures for exports and imports reduce the probability that firms will enter export markets for time-
sensitive products at all. Furthermore, a broader range of products are ing time-sensitive following
the proliferation of modern supply chain management in manufacturing as well as retailing. Labour-
intensive products such as clothing and consumer electronics are increasingly time-sensitive and many
developing countries urgently need to shorten lead time in order to petitive in these sectors. The
report argues that reforms to this effect can be implemented at relatively low cost also in low-e
countries. The study provides case studies as well as econometric estimates of the relation between time,
logistics services and trade performance and draws policy implications.
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