Essay On Air Cargo

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In a study, Value of Air Cargo: Air Transport and Global Value Chains , commissioned by the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a quantitative link has been identified between a country’s air cargo connectivity and its participation in global trade: a 1% increase in connectivity was associated with a 6.3% increase in a country’s total trade, thus increasing its competitiveness. The findings serve as evidence in support of policy deliberations on improving the trade facilitation environment and helping countries integrate into global value chains (GVCs), highlighting that countries with well-developed air cargo connections combined with good quality Customs services and smart borders, are better at integrating into GVCs. Concerning connectivity, the following priorities were identified: • Legislative priorities include the ratification and implementation of the (1) 1999 Montreal Convention to enable countries to adopt e-freight, (2) the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement, and (3) the WCO revised Kyoto Convention to implement smart …show more content…

And all actors, whether trade or government, have safety and security as their number one priority. There are already a number of initiatives on which the WCO, TIACA and other stakeholders work jointly, such as the development of “Pre-loading Advance Cargo Information (PLACI)” and its implementation guidelines, an initiative which I won’t introduce here as it was well explained in a previous edition of WCO News (see October 2017 edition). However, the pace of development and testing of the standards, principles and mechanisms related to the use of PLACI is very slow. Momentum is lost, and it seems that soon the confidence in it will be lost as

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