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Effects of logistics performance distance on wine export: International evidence: LPI and wine export

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  • Ha Doan
Ha Doan
Banking Academy of Vietnam

Published 2026-06-22

Keywords

  • Logistics performance distance,
  • Wine exports,
  • Trade facilitation,
  • Gravity model,
  • International trade

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Doan, H. (2026). Effects of logistics performance distance on wine export: International evidence: LPI and wine export. Wine Economics and Policy. Retrieved from https://oaj.fupress.net/index.php/wep/article/view/19650

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Abstract

This study examines how differences in logistics performance between trading partners may shape bilateral wine exports. Using a panel of bilateral trade flows for 152 countries over the period 1996 to 2021, we construct a Euclidean measure of logistics performance distance based on the World Bank’s Logistics Performance Index, capturing gaps in customs efficiency, infrastructure quality, shipment arrangements, logistics service competence, tracking and tracing, and delivery timeliness, with wine export data drawn from the BACI–CEPII database at the six digit Harmonized System level. The empirical analysis follows a gravity framework and is estimated using Poisson pseudo maximum likelihood, allowing for zero trade flows and heteroskedasticity. The results suggest that larger differences in logistics performance are associated with lower bilateral wine exports, indicating that logistics asymmetries likely act as an important source of trade costs. When the analysis is disaggregated by logistics components, gaps in customs efficiency, infrastructure quality, logistics service competence, and delivery timeliness appear to drive most of the negative effect, while differences in shipment arrangement and tracking capabilities play a more limited role. Subsample results further show that the adverse impact of logistics performance distance becomes stronger during periods of global economic stress, such as the global financial crisis, when supply chains are under greater strain. From a policy perspective, these findings suggest that coordinated improvements in logistics systems, particularly in customs procedures, infrastructure, and delivery reliability, may help countries strengthen export performance and enhance trade resilience in times of economic uncertainty.

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