Different trade facilitation measures can be implemented
to reduce waiting times and improve the logistics
performance of countries in other ways. It has been
suggested by UNCTAD (2015) that the transparent
publication of trade-related information (such as measures
included in article 1 of the WTO TFA) as well as the
simplification and reduction of customs formalities (such
as measures included in article 10 of the WTO TFA) have
a particularly high statistical correlation with a country’s
ranking in international logistics benchmarks, such as the
World Bank Logistics Performance Index (figure 3.2).