Do Private Inspection Programs Affect Trade Facilitation?

Private inspection of international shipments has been used over the last half-century for a variety of purposes. These include prevention of capital flight and improvement of import duty collection, among others. The existing literature has failed...

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Main Authors:	Velea, Irina, Cadot, Olivier, Wilson, John S.
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	AGGREGATE IMPORTS AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS AVERAGE TARIFF BEST PRACTICES BILATERAL TRADE BOTTLENECKS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL FLIGHT COMMERCE COMMON LAND BORDERS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CONTROL SYSTEMS CROSS-BORDER TRADE CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS CUSTOMS VALUATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELECTRONIC PAYMENT EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT VOLUMES EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN TRADE FRAUD GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY VARIABLES IMPORT DUTY IMPORT VALUE IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPORTING COUNTRY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MARGINAL EFFECTS MARITIME TRANSPORT MEASURE OF TRADE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL FACTORS PRODUCT CATEGORIES REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS ROUTE ROUTES RULE OF LAW SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TARIFF RATE TARIFF REVENUE TAX TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAXATION TERRORISM TRACKING SYSTEMS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALISATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE VALUES TRADE VOLUMES TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COSTS TRUE VALUATION METHOD VEHICLE VERIFICATION VOLUME OF TRADE WEB WORLD TRADE WTO
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spelling	okr-10986-39992021-04-23T14:02:14Z Do Private Inspection Programs Affect Trade Facilitation? Velea, Irina Cadot, Olivier Wilson, John S. AGGREGATE IMPORTS AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS AVERAGE TARIFF BEST PRACTICES BILATERAL TRADE BOTTLENECKS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL FLIGHT COMMERCE COMMON LAND BORDERS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CONTROL SYSTEMS CROSS-BORDER TRADE CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS CUSTOMS VALUATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELECTRONIC PAYMENT EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT VOLUMES EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN TRADE FRAUD GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY VARIABLES IMPORT DUTY IMPORT VALUE IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPORTING COUNTRY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MARGINAL EFFECTS MARITIME TRANSPORT MEASURE OF TRADE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL FACTORS PRODUCT CATEGORIES REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS ROUTE ROUTES RULE OF LAW SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TARIFF RATE TARIFF REVENUE TAX TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAXATION TERRORISM TRACKING SYSTEMS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALISATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE VALUES TRADE VOLUMES TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COSTS TRUE VALUATION METHOD VEHICLE VERIFICATION VOLUME OF TRADE WEB WORLD TRADE WTO Private inspection of international shipments has been used over the last half-century for a variety of purposes. These include prevention of capital flight and improvement of import duty collection, among others. The existing literature has failed to find much impact of these inspection programs on collected tariff revenue or corruption at the border. This paper explores the "facilitation" effect of private inspection programs on trade. The results indicate that private inspection has a positive and significant trade-facilitation effect. These programs raise import volumes for countries using them by approximately 2 to 10 percent. The findings here also suggest that the benefit of private inspection of imports may be associated with reforms and best practices applied by private inspection firms. Private firms' inspection of cargo may promote faster clearance times and process reliability, rather than improved tax collection. 2012-03-19T18:43:37Z 2012-03-19T18:43:37Z 2010-12-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101230171001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3999 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5515 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper The World Region The World Region
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topic	AGGREGATE IMPORTS AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS AVERAGE TARIFF BEST PRACTICES BILATERAL TRADE BOTTLENECKS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL FLIGHT COMMERCE COMMON LAND BORDERS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CONTROL SYSTEMS CROSS-BORDER TRADE CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS CUSTOMS VALUATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELECTRONIC PAYMENT EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT VOLUMES EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN TRADE FRAUD GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY VARIABLES IMPORT DUTY IMPORT VALUE IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPORTING COUNTRY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MARGINAL EFFECTS MARITIME TRANSPORT MEASURE OF TRADE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL FACTORS PRODUCT CATEGORIES REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS ROUTE ROUTES RULE OF LAW SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TARIFF RATE TARIFF REVENUE TAX TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAXATION TERRORISM TRACKING SYSTEMS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALISATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE VALUES TRADE VOLUMES TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COSTS TRUE VALUATION METHOD VEHICLE VERIFICATION VOLUME OF TRADE WEB WORLD TRADE WTO
spellingShingle	AGGREGATE IMPORTS AGGREGATE TRADE AGGREGATE TRADE FLOWS AVERAGE TARIFF BEST PRACTICES BILATERAL TRADE BOTTLENECKS CAPACITY BUILDING CAPITAL FLIGHT COMMERCE COMMON LAND BORDERS COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE CONSUMERS CONTROL OF CORRUPTION CONTROL SYSTEMS CROSS-BORDER TRADE CUSTOMS CUSTOMS ADMINISTRATIONS CUSTOMS VALUATION DEVELOPMENT POLICY DOMESTIC MARKET ECONOMIC COOPERATION ECONOMIC POLICY ECONOMIC RESEARCH ELECTRONIC PAYMENT EXOGENOUS VARIABLES EXPORT PERFORMANCE EXPORT VOLUMES EXPORTING COUNTRIES EXPORTING COUNTRY EXPORTS FOREIGN EXCHANGE FOREIGN INVESTMENT FOREIGN TRADE FRAUD GDP GDP PER CAPITA GLOBAL COMPETITIVENESS GRAVITY EQUATION GRAVITY MODEL GRAVITY VARIABLES IMPORT DUTY IMPORT VALUE IMPORTING COUNTRIES IMPORTING COUNTRY INFORMATION SYSTEMS INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL BANK INTERNATIONAL TRADE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM MARGINAL EFFECTS MARITIME TRANSPORT MEASURE OF TRADE MULTINATIONAL COMPANIES NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGY OPEN ACCESS POLICY RESEARCH POLITICAL FACTORS PRODUCT CATEGORIES REGIONAL INTEGRATION REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS REGIONALISM REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT RELIABILITY RESULT RESULTS ROUTE ROUTES RULE OF LAW SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TARIFF RATE TARIFF REVENUE TAX TAX RATES TAX REVENUE TAXATION TERRORISM TRACKING SYSTEMS TRADE COSTS TRADE DATA TRADE FACILITATION TRADE FLOWS TRADE LIBERALISATION TRADE LIBERALIZATION TRADE OPENNESS TRADE PERFORMANCE TRADE POLICY TRADE VALUES TRADE VOLUMES TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSPARENCY TRANSPORT COSTS TRUE VALUATION METHOD VEHICLE VERIFICATION VOLUME OF TRADE WEB WORLD TRADE WTO Velea, Irina Cadot, Olivier Wilson, John S. Do Private Inspection Programs Affect Trade Facilitation?
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relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5515
description	Private inspection of international shipments has been used over the last half-century for a variety of purposes. These include prevention of capital flight and improvement of import duty collection, among others. The existing literature has failed to find much impact of these inspection programs on collected tariff revenue or corruption at the border. This paper explores the "facilitation" effect of private inspection programs on trade. The results indicate that private inspection has a positive and significant trade-facilitation effect. These programs raise import volumes for countries using them by approximately 2 to 10 percent. The findings here also suggest that the benefit of private inspection of imports may be associated with reforms and best practices applied by private inspection firms. Private firms' inspection of cargo may promote faster clearance times and process reliability, rather than improved tax collection.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Velea, Irina Cadot, Olivier Wilson, John S.
author_facet	Velea, Irina Cadot, Olivier Wilson, John S.
author_sort	Velea, Irina
title	Do Private Inspection Programs Affect Trade Facilitation?
title_short	Do Private Inspection Programs Affect Trade Facilitation?
title_full	Do Private Inspection Programs Affect Trade Facilitation?
title_fullStr	Do Private Inspection Programs Affect Trade Facilitation?
title_full_unstemmed	Do Private Inspection Programs Affect Trade Facilitation?
title_sort	do private inspection programs affect trade facilitation?
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20101230171001 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3999
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