NIGERIA'S ports remain empty despite the federal government's push to attain export-driven economic growth, reports Lagos Daily Vanguard.
Findings from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that outbound air cargo in the third quarter recorded an increase of three per cent.
Although the Q3'22 statistic indicates a 170 per cent increase in the corresponding period of 2021, it's only because of the outcome of the government's suspension of flights due to the Covid crisis.
The overall statistics show that most airplanes bringing air cargo into the country leave with little or no cargo.
Re-exported goods are goods of foreign origin that enter Nigeria to be consumed but are sold to another country without substantial transformation.
These goods are exported in the same condition they were imported.
As a whole, Africa accounts for 1.9 per cent of global passenger and cargo traffic.
Meanwhile, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has lamented poor passenger and cargo traffic across Africa despite the large population.
'The downturn and abysmal passenger and cargo traffic are attributed largely to the dearth of intra-African connectivity and barriers to market access,' said IATA regional vice president Kamil Alawadhi.
The latest African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) Pilot Implementation Programme (PIP) is a welcome initiative; if it utilizes sufficient buy-in and fair play between its 17 participating countries.
'But let us not kid ourselves and get carried away, patting ourselves on our backs. The PIP is a step toward the Single Africa Air Transport Market, STM. Fifth freedom of traffic rights is the most visible and attractive component of STM, but the devil is in the detail,' said Mr Alawadhi.
'Not only do we require a common understanding of what these market freedoms are, but also how they are to be applied and administered. It requires just as much commitment to removing other protectionist instruments such as inconsistent and differential charges as well as administrative obstacles that run counter to the spirit and intentions of STM.'
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Findings from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) show that outbound air cargo in the third quarter recorded an increase of three per cent.
Although the Q3'22 statistic indicates a 170 per cent increase in the corresponding period of 2021, it's only because of the outcome of the government's suspension of flights due to the Covid crisis.
The overall statistics show that most airplanes bringing air cargo into the country leave with little or no cargo.
Re-exported goods are goods of foreign origin that enter Nigeria to be consumed but are sold to another country without substantial transformation.
These goods are exported in the same condition they were imported.
As a whole, Africa accounts for 1.9 per cent of global passenger and cargo traffic.
Meanwhile, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has lamented poor passenger and cargo traffic across Africa despite the large population.
'The downturn and abysmal passenger and cargo traffic are attributed largely to the dearth of intra-African connectivity and barriers to market access,' said IATA regional vice president Kamil Alawadhi.
The latest African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC) Pilot Implementation Programme (PIP) is a welcome initiative; if it utilizes sufficient buy-in and fair play between its 17 participating countries.
'But let us not kid ourselves and get carried away, patting ourselves on our backs. The PIP is a step toward the Single Africa Air Transport Market, STM. Fifth freedom of traffic rights is the most visible and attractive component of STM, but the devil is in the detail,' said Mr Alawadhi.
'Not only do we require a common understanding of what these market freedoms are, but also how they are to be applied and administered. It requires just as much commitment to removing other protectionist instruments such as inconsistent and differential charges as well as administrative obstacles that run counter to the spirit and intentions of STM.'
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