According to World Bank experts, the Logistics Performance Index (LPI) in Ukraine is 40% lower than in the leading countries. This was stated by the adviser on agricultural policy of the World Bank Group Oleg Nivievskyi during his speech at the Grain & Maritime Days conference, which ended last week in Odessa.
Nivievskyi also spoke about the trend of reducing the cost of delivery of products to ports against the background of growing competition. For example, in 2015, $58 was paid for the delivery of a ton of products to the port, in 2016 the cost was reduced to $45, and last year it was paid about $40. According to the adviser, the reduction of port charges in Ukraine by 70% should provide an additional 1% of the country’s GDP.
In the latest LPI release, compiled every two years, Ukraine took 80th place, settling between Namibia and Burkina Faso. The index compilers explained the low efficiency of logistics in Ukraine by the unreasonably high level of port tariffs and fees.
