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Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index: China remains the world’s leading emerging markets

2020 Baar, Switzerland February 11 / PRNewswire / – According to the 2020 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index (Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index) shows that China emerging in 50 market ranked first. The index ranks countries according to factor in attracting logistics providers, freight forwarders, shipping, air cargo companies and distributors.

After China, other countries in the top of the 11th annual Index of India, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Mexico, Thailand and Turkey.

domestic logistics, China, India and Indonesia, the top three; international logistics, China, India and Mexico among the top three; and the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Saudi Arabia have the best business fundamentals. China ranked No. 8 in the business fundamentals, a decline compared with 2019.

Agility also on the 780 global supply chain professionals were surveyed. Logistics potential in the near future, India is their first choice; China is the second choice.

70 percentage professionals doing business in China said they would not because the situation of Sino-US trade and reduce or transfer service. In said they would transfer the business professionals, 25 percent said their first choice of Vietnam is the country, while 23 percent of people chose India.

2020 in index and survey Summary

  • from an international and domestic logistics market size and strength, China and India’s position on the 2020 list foremost, in business fundamentals (based on the regulatory environment, credit and debt dynamics, contract enforcement, anti-corruption safeguards, price stability and market access category ) aspects lagged behind smaller rivals. On business fundamentals, China ranked No. 8, India ranked 18th.

  • The most powerful emerging market clusters located in the Arabian Gulf and Southeast Asia, thanks to a friendly business environment and core strengths – energy wealth of the Arabian Gulf and manufacturing strength in Southeast Asia — attract logistics activities. In the Arabian Gulf, the United Arab Emirates (No. 3), Saudi Arabia (name 6), Qatar (7th), Oman (14th), Bahrain (15th) and Kuwait (19th) ranking. ASEAN countries, Indonesia (No. 4), Malaysia (5), Thailand (9th) and Vietnam (11th) ranking.

  • respondents believe that India is the most potential market, while China is the second choice. In the best business environment rankings, with several major changes: Egypt rose 10 through 17; Ukraine up 10 places to No. 27; Ghana fell 13 places to No. 32; Iran drop 12 to 38 bit.

  • 42 percent of respondents said that Sino-US trade situation or in favor of the Southeast Asian countries, which provide an alternative to Chinese manufacturing and sourcing. However, this proportion compared with 56 last year, the percentage decline.

  • although in 2019 there was a brief social unrest, but Egypt all indices have achieved significant growth. In the overall index, Egypt rose 6 through 20, and then in the business fundamentals jumped 10 ranking (No. 20), in the domestic index chance to advance 6 (No. 13), at the International Opportunities Index on forward 5 (of 23).

  • supply chain professionals, said three factors will small businesses be excluded from global trade is trade bureaucracy (17 percent), government / border instability (14 percent) and unable to compete with large enterprises (14 percent).

  • Although people might think a recession, but emerging markets in 2019 grew by about 3.7 percentage IMF expects 2020 growth will reach 4.4 percentage. When it comes to drivers of emerging market growth, 23 percent of respondents said that the modernization of customs systems and processes; 18 percent of respondents considered the increase of Internet penetration; 16 percent of respondents said that logistics providers system modern (WMS, TMS, etc.); and 15 percent of respondents considered universal and modern online payment system.

  • five “mega-cities” in emerging markets logistics hub is Shanghai, New Delhi, Sao Paulo, Mexico City and Jakarta. Mega-cities with a population of more than 10 million urban centers, requires a huge logistics support to meet domestic demand and engage in trade.

  • e-commerce fulfillment is considered the most likely to maintain or accelerate growth in logistics services, far ahead of other services, such as last-mile delivery of domestic and international express package delivery.

  • survey shows that in 2020 the smallest potential logistics market countries are Syria, Iran, Venezuela, Iraq and Libya.

The index compiled by the leading analyst and research institutions for the logistics industry, Transport Intelligence (Ti).

2020 Agility Emerging Markets Logistics Index: www.agility.com/2020index

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