Research Article

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

Table 20

Comparison of transport cost between the existing route and new CPEC route.

Origin portDestination portsExisting route transport costCPEC route transport costDifferencePercentage

Kasghar ChinaPort of Salalah$3417$1560$185754.35%
Jeddah$3517$2060$145741.43%
Shuwaikh Port$3517$2060$145741.43%
Rotterdam$4117$2760$135732.96%
Hamburg$4117$2760$135732.96%
Le Havre$4117$2760$135732.96%