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Value of Air Cargo Connectivity10 February 2017, Geneva

George Anjaparidze, Senior Economistwww.iata.org/economics

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In one year…  

Source: ATAG, IATA. 

18,429 Unique city pairs

3.8 billion Passengers

54 millionFreight tonnes

$5.5 trillionTrade carried

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Air Cargo a key part of world trade

Source: The Colography Group, IATA. 

Less than 1% of

volumes

0.5%$15

billion per day

35%

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Efficient borders increasingly important

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Essential for integrating into Global Value Chains

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Source: Klaus Meinhardt, JETRO2012, ATAG, pinterest.com

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New Study: Value of Air Cargo: Air Transport and Global Value Chains

Countries with more developed aircargo connections and smarterborders are more integrated intoGlobal Value Chains reaping theassociated benefits.

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Air connectivity and trade

Air Connectivity Index (World Bank)

Value added trade data

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Measuring customs quality and smart borders

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Trade Competitiveness

MC 99Bali TFA

Rev Kyoto

Electronic processing

Risk mng controls

Coordinated procedures

"Single window"

Advance release

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What’s on the horizon?

Source: Flügel © Till Bartels

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