The liberalization of Maritime Transport is one important element to increase the export competitiveness of a country. In fact, studies remark that, for some countries, the effective rate of protection by the costs of transport is much higher than that of tariffs. One of the most relevant elements in the determination of the costs of maritime transport refers to the efficient management of ports. The global trend towards trade liberalization and integration and economic interdependence led Latin American countries to opt for programs of economic reforms that incorporated the participation of d…
Describes the Caribbean Trade Statistics Database, explaining the reasons for its creation. Identifies its functions and capabilities. Outlines the process of design, listing the design considerations. Provides detailed instructions for navigation of the system. Presents an overview of the current content of the database. Provides a reference guide of terms used in the analysis of trade indicators.…
Resumen
Entre los grandes cambios ocurridos en las economías de la
región en los últimos años,se produjo un proceso de transferencia de
las infraestructuras de transporte más importantes de los países.a las
empresas comerciales,sean o no de propiedad de particulares Esto
involucró a aeropuertos,vías navegables,puertos,puentes,carreteras,
ferrocarriles,entre otros,y se pasó del financiamiento público a otras
formas nuevas,mixtas.
Las modalidades de transferencia han sido variadas,así como
también la estructuración de los procesos de licitación,adjudicación y
operación,y la puesta en marcha de …
Resumen El comercio entre los países de América del Sur y los países de la Comunidad del Caribe (CARICOM)todavía mantiene niveles apreciablemente bajos.Tan sólo un 0,5 por ciento del total de los volúmenes comerciados por ambos grupos corresponde a transacciones entre ellos.En este informe se analiza si los servicios de transporte marítimo existentes son un determinante del bajo nivel de comercio observado entre estas dos regiones. Las principales razones asociadas al bajo nivel de comercio entre estos bloques parecen estar más relacionada con los patrones de producción,los factores…
Two Latin American republics, Bolivia and Paraguay, lack sovereign access to ocean ports. Their landlocked status effectively forces them to export and import products through borders with neighbouring countries; for this purpose, they frequently use land transport modes which are intrinsically more costly than ocean transport. However, being distant from ocean ports is an attribute not only of landlocked countries; but also of states or provinces, such as Mato Grosso, in Brazil, or Tucumán, in Argentina, which belong to countries with direct access to the sea. If perfect political and econo…
América Latina alberga dos repúblicas, Bolivia y Paraguay, que carecen de acceso soberano a puertos marítimos. No contar con litoral marítimo efectivamente obliga a estos dos países a exportar e importar productos a través de fronteras con países vecinos, frecuentemente utlizando para ello modos terrestres que son intrínsecamente más caros que el marítimo.Por otra parte, la lejanía de puertos marítimos no es atributo exclusivo de los países sin litoral; más bien está compartida por estados o provincias como Mato Grosso, en Brasil o Tucumán, en Argentina, que forman parte de países con litoral…
In the past few years there has been a clear trend of attaching increasing importance to inforstructures , or the capacity of ports to process the information that accompanies foreign trade flows, so that the processing becomes a facilitating factor for trade, rather than an obstacle.This led to development of the concept of a port community system, which is a computerized system that interconnects all the members of a logistics community, making the exchange of documentation as effective as possible, reducing the volume of data to be re-entered in different systems and ultimately i…
En los últimos años, se ha dado una marcada tendencia a atribuir una importancia creciente a las infoestructuras, o sea, a la capacidad de los puertos a procesar la información que nace de los flujos del comercio exterior, para que el tratamiento de la misma se convierta en un factor promotor del intercambio, y no en un obstáculo para el mismo.Así nació el concepto de Port Community System , es decir, el sistema informático que interconecta a todos los miembros de una comunidad logística, optimizando el intercambio de documentación, reduciendo el volumen de datos a reingresar en dif…
Abstract Trade between the Central American Common Market (CACM) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is very low. Only 0.2% of the two groups' trade is between them. A possible explanation for this might be a supposed lack of adequate transport services. This report analyzes if there exists a potential to promote inter-subregional trade by improving transport services. It is found that in fact there does not exist a lack of direct services. 17% of services that call in one of the subregions also call in the other. In addition, due to the increase in transshipment services, a…
The Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC); Subregional
Headquarters for the Caribbean embarked on a project Development of a Subregional
Marine-based Tourism Strategy in 2001. The project, co-funded by the Government of
the Netherlands, is aimed at the development of sustainable yachting tourism in the
Eastern Caribbean and focuses on the island arc from the British Virgin Islands in the
north to Trinidad and Tobago in the south.
The project includes the conduct of national studies in the British Virgin Islands, St.
Maarten, Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Luci…
La presente edición del Boletín FAL informa sobre un estudio y dos eventos recientes que han tenido el propósito de promover el desarrollo marítimo portuario sustentable en Centroamérica y el Caribe.…
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