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

Table 21

Comparison of travel time between the existing route and new CPEC route.

Origin port	Different ports	Existing route travel time	CPEC route travel time	Difference	Percentage
Kashgar China	Port of Salalah	27 days	07 days	20 days	74.07 %
	Jeddah	33 days	12 days	21 days	63.64%
	Shuwaikh Port	32 days	08 days	24 days	75.00%
	Rotterdam	49 days	28 days	21 days	42.86%
	Hamburg	50 days	29 days	21 days	42.00%
	Le Havre	48 days	27 days	21 days	43.75%