Trade and Transport Facilitation Assessment: A Practical Toolkit for Country Implementation by The World Bank

Author:The World Bank [World Bank, The]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-8213-8412-1
Publisher: The World Bank
Published: 2010-09-15T00:00:00+00:00

Box 4.5. Central Africa: Respondent Perspectives

Several studies have identified poor road conditions, roadblocks, and border crossings as the most important impediments to efficient transport along corridors in Central Africa. But a recent study of cargo movements concluded that none of these were the major constraint on supply chain performance.

Roadblocks and maintenance problems created by poor road conditions are particularly annoying to drivers because they cannot be controlled. However, analysis of the time and costs for the various components of the supply chain concluded that roadblocks account for less than 10 percent of road transport costs (and an even smaller percentage of transit time, around 5 percent). Maintenance costs account for a larger percentage of trucking costs, but much less than fuel. More important, maintenance and tires costs mainly caused by poor road conditions were not a significant portion of total transport costs compared to fuel costs.

Although poor road conditions increase travel time, about 75 percent of total transit time is actually spent in port. Cumbersome procedures and shippers’ strategies explain why seaports account for a significant portion of total logistics costs. However, the most important cost factor for transport in Central Africa is the premiums charged by the trucking cartel that enjoys the protection of bilateral transit quotas and queuing systems.

Source: CEMAC Transit and Transport Facilitation Project (2007). Project Appraisal Document, World Bank.

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