Impact of Transport Cost and Travel Time on Trade under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC)

<table class="fixed-width table-group" id="tab15"><tr><td><table class="table"><colgroup><col style="width:7.91em"/><col style="width:7.03em"/><col style="width:1.61em"/><col style="width:10.39em"/></colgroup><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Road travel time</td><td class="align_center">Distance (km)</td><td class="align_center">/</td><td class="align_center">Average speed of truck </td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left" rowspan="2">Road travel time</td><td class="align_center">2800</td><td class="align_center">/</td><td class="align_center">40km/h</td></tr><tr><td class="align_center" colspan="3">70 hours or 2.91 days</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Travel time from Kashgar to Gwadar port.</div>

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Table 15: Impact of Transport Cost and Travel Time on Trade under China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) 