Trade Facilitation and Intra-ECCAS Trade
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Date
2026
Authors
Mougnol A Ekoula Herve William
Mbang Charles III
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AERC
Abstract
The objective of this project is to analyze the effects of the implementation of trade facilitation indicators on bilateral trade flows. Thus, drawing on recent theoretical and empirical developments, we estimate a gravity model using the two-step model of Martinez Zarzoso and Chelala (2020) using the Poisson Pseudo Maximum Likelihood (PPML) estimator in robustness. The data comes from ESCAP (extension in reference), the World Bank, UNCTAD 1and CEPII 2 over the period 2006-2015. The main results obtained are as follows: (i) Total non tariff trade costs have an overall negative and significant impact whether the country is an exporter or an importer, (ii) The time required to import a good has a negative and significant effect on exports (importers), (iii) The number of documents to export a commodity reduces exports significantly by 1%. We recommend reducing non-tariff trade costs, easing export and import
documents, and dematerializing customs procedures to reduce the time needed to export a good