Brazil falls 20 ranking positions in logistics World Bank
Report published every two years shows the country behind other BRIC nations
The World Bank announced on 20 March, Connecting to Compete 2014 report: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, which lists the efficiency of the transport systems of 160 countries based on factors such as customs procedures, quality of infrastructure, and commitment tracking with deadlines.
Issued every two years, the report is developed from a survey of over a thousand logistics professionals indicate that their perception of the sector. According to the study, Brazil occupies the 65th position in the world ranking logistics, worst placement since the report was first made in 2007.
The current placement represents a decrease of 20 posts from the last report and puts Brazil behind countries like India, China and South Africa and Latin America Argentina and Chile. Among the items, the customs service and customs consisted of the worst outcome for Brazil, which occupies the 95th position in the category, behind countries such as Ecuador, Paraguay and El Salvador. The item appears in the Brazil with the best placement is the quality and logistics competence, 50. Third position.
According to the World Bank, the report’s findings show that there is still a big gap between countries with regard to the quality of logistics, especially due to problems related to construction and investment in developing countries such as BRIC , a group that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa of these, only Russia appears after Brazil in the overall ranking, occupying the 90th position. The countries that lead the ranking are Germany, Holland and Belgium.
Source: http://www.tecnologistica.com.br/