The paper proceeds as follows. The next section provides an overall description of
the sector. Section 3 provides a review of key data on the logistics sector, focussing on
overall performance and the core processes that affect it. Section 4 discusses challenges
facing countries eager to further develop the logistics sector. Section 5 discusses recent
attempts in the Asia-Pacific and beyond to deal with some of those issues. Section 6
summarizes the paper and concludes.
2. Description of the sector
The common use of the term “logistics” limits it largely to a particular set of third-party
operations, especially freight forwarders and express operators. In contrast, at its
broadest, the logistics sector includes transport, freight forwarding and express
operations, warehousing, and retail and wholesale distribution. From a policy
standpoint, the broader view – a “whole of supply chain” approach – is important
because it is necessary to take a holistic perspective to dealing with trade logistics.
That perspective is necessarily multi-faceted. It facilitates a policy stance that
reduces bottlenecks and chokepoints at all points in the chain, and thus facilitates trade
transactions to the maximum possible extent. In a nutshell, it is the set of operations
that bring producers in one country into contact with consumers in another; it is
the “grease in the wheels” of international commerce that makes trade relations
possible. Trade logistics therefore incorporates two main components: international
and domestic logistics. The former set of activities focusses on the way in which
goods move between countries, and the latter focusses on their movement within
countries.
The paper proceeds as follows. The next section provides an overall description ofthe sector. Section 3 provides a review of key data on the logistics sector, focussing onoverall performance and the core processes that affect it. Section 4 discusses challengesfacing countries eager to further develop the logistics sector. Section 5 discusses recentattempts in the Asia-Pacific and beyond to deal with some of those issues. Section 6summarizes the paper and concludes.2. Description of the sectorThe common use of the term “logistics” limits it largely to a particular set of third-partyoperations, especially freight forwarders and express operators. In contrast, at itsbroadest, the logistics sector includes transport, freight forwarding and expressoperations, warehousing, and retail and wholesale distribution. From a policystandpoint, the broader view – a “whole of supply chain” approach – is importantbecause it is necessary to take a holistic perspective to dealing with trade logistics.That perspective is necessarily multi-faceted. It facilitates a policy stance thatreduces bottlenecks and chokepoints at all points in the chain, and thus facilitates tradetransactions to the maximum possible extent. In a nutshell, it is the set of operationsthat bring producers in one country into contact with consumers in another; it isthe “grease in the wheels” of international commerce that makes trade relationspossible. Trade logistics therefore incorporates two main components: internationaland domestic logistics. The former set of activities focusses on the way in whichgoods move between countries, and the latter focusses on their movement withincountries.
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