Why the Philippines has plummeted in the world logistics rankings
In the wake of Rodrigo Duterte’s election to the presidency of the Philippines, the country’s ranking in the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index (LPI) has fallen by 14 places to 71st this year, from 57th place in 2014.
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The report “Connecting to Compete 2016: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy” showed that the Philippines scored 2.89 this year from 3.14 when it ranked 44th in 2010.
Players in the Philippines’ logistics industry have raised concerns over a series of recent driecrtivesw issued by the country’s Bureau of Customs (BoC) which, they say, have made live contracts with the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) more uncertain.
These directives have supposedly hampered PPA’s regulatory authority in licensing port operators, which port stakeholders considered as a midstream change in rules.
The Philippines’ score in the WB report dropped across all fronts except in timeliness of shipments, which jumped to 70th year from 90th in 2014.
The country’s ranking in customs services dropped to 78th place from 47th based on the efficiency of the clearance process that included speed, simplicity, and predictability of formalities by border control agencies.
For quality of trade and transport-related infrastructure, the nation dropped to 82nd from 75th. Its rank for easing the arrangement of competitively priced shipments nosedived to 35th from 60th. The ranking of the Philippines slipped to 77th from 61st for competence and quality of logistics services including transport operators and customs brokers. It also fell to 73rd from 64th on the ability to track and trace consignments.
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SOURCE: [Philstar]
