The efficiency of customs and border clearance measures these procedures in terms of speed,
simplicity and predictability when dealing with customs and other border agencies. This is one of
Turkey’s two lagging LPI components in 2014, yet the country’s fast progressed in this dimension
after 2010. On a comparative basis, Malaysia is the only country among upper-middle-income
economies that performs better than Turkey in the LPI score for customs and other border agencies
(Figure 5).