Aviation connectivity
Number of direct air connections (countries)
Aviation dwell time
Time a consignment spends at an airport
Consignee
The person or entity to whom the shipment is to be delivered to whether by land, sea or air
Customs clearance
The accomplishment of the Customs formalities necessary to allow goods to enter the fiscal territory for home use, or to be exported.
Dwell time (export and import)
Time spent at the same location (as defined by UNLOCODE) from container arrival to departure from this location. Dwell time applies to both port or exports or import, or inland terminal facilities. Consolidated import and export dwell time are defined as the sum of dwell times at port and at intermediate inland locations after ship’s unloading (imports) or before container’s loading on ship (exports).
Import corridor lead time
Import lead time of containers from leaving the port of arrival to entering the destination location, estimated for selected landlocked countries
LPI
Logistics Performance Index
Maritime connectivity
Number of partner countries accessible through direct liner shipping service
Multimodal transport
The transportation of goods (whether under a single multimodal transport contract or not), performed with at least two different means of transport
Postal connectivity
Number of international postal connections (countries)
Postal delivery time
Delivery time of a postal item from arrival at country to bureau of delivery
Tracking and tracing
Process determining the current and past locations (and other information) of a unique item or property
Turnaround time
Time container ships call at a port, including waiting time at anchor nearby
UNLOCODE
United Nations Code for Trade and Transport Locations