Mustra, Monica AlinaKunaka, CharlesSaez, Sebastian2013-01-252013-01-252013-01https://hdl.handle.net/10986/12155Services have a direct impact on the competitiveness of the goods sector. This paper illustrates the importance of logistics services, their trade dimension, and how regulatory issues act as perhaps one of the most significant barriers to competitiveness. The paper discusses recent developments and the role and benefits of logistics services and argues that from a trade agreement standpoint, logistics is a network industry that ultimately provides one service to a final client. It analyzes logistics services from a services trade perspective and proposes that trade agreements should ensure access to and use of the infrastructure required to provide these services recognizing their interconnectedness. The paper offers suggestions on additional policies World Trade Organization members, and countries negotiating services agreements regionally or bilaterally, could follow in order to fully exploit the opportunities provided by logistics services. Local regulations and complementary policies in areas such as trade facilitation will always remain important.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOAD VALOREMAD VALOREM EQUIVALENTAIMAIRAIR CARGOAIR FREIGHTAIR TRANSPORTAIR TRANSPORT SERVICESAIR TRANSPORTATIONAIRCRAFTAIRLINESAIRPORTAIRPORTSBILATERAL AGREEMENTSBILATERAL TRADEBORDER CROSSINGBORDER MANAGEMENTCABOTAGECARGO HANDLINGCARRIERSCOMMERCIAL VEHICLESCOMMODITIESCOMMODITYCOMPONENT PARTSCONTAINER DEPOTSCONTAINER HANDLINGCONTAINERSCOSTS OF TRANSPORTATIONCROSS- BORDER SERVICESCROSS-BORDER TRADECUSTOMSCUSTOMS BROKERSCUSTOMS CLEARANCECUSTOMS FACILITIESCUSTOMS PROCEDURESDISCRIMINATORY MANNERDISTRIBUTION CENTERSDISTRIBUTION SERVICESDOMESTIC REGULATIONDOMESTIC SUPPLIERSDRIVERSECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTECONOMIC INTEGRATIONECONOMIC SECTORSECONOMIES OF SCALEEXPRESS DELIVERY SERVICESEXPRESS SERVICESFINANCIAL MARKETSFLEET SIZEFLEETSFOREIGN FIRMSFOREIGN OWNERSHIPFOREIGN SERVICESFOREIGN SERVICES PROVIDERSFOREIGN SUPPLIERSFREE TRADE AGREEMENTFREIGHTFREIGHT FORWARDERSFREIGHT FORWARDINGFREIGHT TRANSPORTFREIGHT TRANSPORT SERVICESFREIGHT TRANSPORTATIONFUELFUEL PRICESGATTGENERAL AGREEMENT ON TARIFFS AND TRADEGLOBAL DISTRIBUTIONGLOBAL ECONOMYGLOBAL MARKETGLOBAL TRADEHARMONIZED SYSTEMHOURS OF OPERATIONINDUSTRIAL PRODUCTIONINFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENTINFRASTRUCTURESINSPECTIONINTEGRATED LOGISTICSINTEGRATED LOGISTICS MANAGEMENTINTERNATIONAL TRADEINTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTINVENTORYINVENTORY CONTROLINVENTORY MANAGEMENTLANDLOCKED COUNTRIESLAWSLOGISTICS CHAINLOGISTICS COSTSLOGISTICS SERVICESLONG- DISTANCELONG-DISTANCEMANUFACTURINGMARITIME SECTORMARITIME SERVICESMARITIME TRANSPORTMARITIME TRANSPORT SECTORMARITIME TRANSPORT SERVICESMARKET ENTRYMATERIALS HANDLINGMODE OF TRANSPORTMODES OF TRANSPORTMODES OF TRANSPORTATIONMULTILATERAL FRAMEWORKNATIONAL LOGISTICSNATIONAL TREATMENTOPERATING COSTSPACKAGINGPARCELSPASSENGER TRANSPORTPASSENGERSPORT AUTHORITIESPORT AUTHORITYPORT FACILITIESPRODUCTION COSTSRAILRAIL TRANSPORTRAIL TRANSPORTATIONRAW MATERIALSREGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTSREGULATORY ENVIRONMENTREGULATORY FRAMEWORKREGULATORY OBJECTIVESRESTRICTIVENESS INDEXRESTRICTIVENESS INDEXESREVERSE LOGISTICSROADROAD INFRASTRUCTUREROAD TRANSPORTROAD TRANSPORT MARKETROAD TRANSPORT SERVICESROADSROUTEROUTESSAFETYSHIPMENTSSHIPPERSSHIPPINGSTATE ENTERPRISESSUBSIDIARIESSUBSIDIARYSUPPLY CHAINSUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTSUPPLY CHAINSTAXTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTSTHIRD PARTY LOGISTICSTRADE AGREEMENTSTRADE BARRIERSTRADE CORRIDORSTRADE FACILITATIONTRADE LOGISTICSTRAFFICTRANSITTRANSIT RIGHTSTRANSPARENCYTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORT EQUIPMENTTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURETRANSPORT MANAGEMENTTRANSPORT PRICESTRANSPORT SECTORTRANSPORT SERVICESTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENTTRANSPORTATION SERVICESTRANSSHIPMENTTRANSSHIPMENT POINTSTRIPSTRUCKSVESSELSWAREHOUSE MANAGEMENTWAREHOUSINGWTOWorld Bank10.1596/1813-9450-6332