Agro-Logistics in Central America : A Supply Chain Approach

Agro-Logistics in Central America : A Supply Chain Approach

This chapter uses supply chain analysis (SCA) to identify transport and logistics bottlenecks that add costs, times and uncertainty to the exportation of perishable agricultural products from Central America. Macro-level analyses of logistics perfo...

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Main Author:	World Bank
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ACCESS TO MARKET ACCESS TO MARKETS AGRICULTURE AIR AIR MARKET AVERAGE SPEEDS BACTERIA BAGS BANANAS BEEF BEETS BENCHMARK BORDER CROSSING BORDER CROSSINGS BORDER MANAGEMENT BOTTLENECKS BOTTLES BOXES BRIDGE BUSINESS LOGISTICS CADMIUM CARGO CARROTS CENTRALIZATION CHEESE CIF COLD CHAIN COMMERCE COMPETITIVENESS CONGESTION CONGESTION DELAYS CONSUMER PRICES CONSUMERS CONTAINERS COOKING CORN CREAM CUSTOMS CUSTOMS BROKERS CUSTOMS CLEARANCE CUSTOMS PROCEDURES DAIRY DEMURRAGE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS DOMESTIC TRANSPORT DRIVERS EGGS ELECTRONIC SYSTEM EXPORT MARKET EXPORT MARKETS EXPORTS FOOD EXPORT FOOD EXPORTS FOOD MARKETS FOOD PROCESSING FOOD PRODUCTS FOOD SAFETY FOODS FREE TRADE FREIGHT FREIGHT FORWARDERS FREIGHT HANDLING FREIGHT SERVICE FRUIT FRUIT PRODUCTS FRUITS FUEL FUEL COSTS FUTURE RESEARCH HAZARD HIGH TRANSPORT HIGHWAY HIGHWAYS INEFFICIENCY INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT INJURY INLAND TRANSPORT INSPECTION INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT JOURNEY JOURNEYS LAND TRANSPORT LANES LEMONS LOCAL TRANSPORT LOGISTICS COSTS LOWER TRAFFIC VOLUMES MARKET ENTRY MARKET PRICES MEAT MEATS OPEN AIR MARKET PACKING PASSENGERS PEPPERS PERISHABLE GOODS PERSONAL TRANSPORT POLICE PORK PORT INFRASTRUCTURE PORT OF ENTRY PRICE LIST PRICE VARIATION PRODUCT QUALITY PRODUCTION COSTS PROFIT MARGINS PUBLIC WORKS RADIAL ROAD NETWORK RAIL REFRIGERATION RETAIL ROAD ROAD DESIGN ROAD HAULAGE ROAD QUALITY ROUTE ROUTES RURAL INFRASTRUCTURE RURAL ROADS SAFETY SALE SALES SANITATION SEAFOOD SHIPMENTS SHIPPERS SHIPPING SHIPPING COMPANIES SHIPPING INDUSTRY SPEEDS SUGAR SUPERMARKET SUPPLY CHAIN SUPPLY CHAIN APPROACH SUPPLY CHAINS TARIFF BARRIERS TEMPERATURE CONTROL THIRD PARTY LOGISTICS TOMATOES TOTAL COSTS TRADE BARRIERS TRAFFIC TRANSIT TRANSIT CORRIDORS TRANSIT TIMES TRANSPORT TRANSPORT COSTS TRANSPORT FACILITATION TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE TRANSPORT MARKET TRANSPORT REGULATION TRANSPORT SERVICE TRANSPORT SERVICE PROVIDERS TRANSPORT SERVICES TRANSPORTS TRAVEL DISTANCES TRAVEL SPEEDS TRAVEL TIMES TRIP TRUCK DRIVERS TRUCKS VALUATION VEGETABLES VEHICLE VEHICLES WAITING TIME WAREHOUSE WAREHOUSES WAREHOUSING WHEAT WHOLESALE PRICE WHOLESALERS WTO
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/951661468017360643/Agro-logistics-in-Central-America-a-supply-chain-approach-background-paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27227

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