Value of Air Cargo ConnectivityTo represent, lead and serve the airline industry Value of Air Cargo...

To represent, lead and serve the airline industry

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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