Facilitation Portuaire “Guichet Unique"

African importers and exporters face, in effect, the highest maritime transport costs. The average freight rate is 47% higher than that of other developing countries and more than twice as high as that of developed countries, which is estimated at 5.21%. The countries most affected by exorbitant transport costs are the landlocked countries of the continent. These additional costs weigh heavily on the competitiveness of the countries and are the result of the existence of a long wait, a low productivity as well as the inadequacy and inefficiency of the services rendered. Faced with this problem of low competitiveness, the improvement of the quality of port services is often cited as a priority axis for action in port development plans. The main reason is to bring the port closer to its customers, who are importers and exporters, in order to build their loyalty and thus prevent them from turning to competing port. One stop shop is a measure that will obviously facilitate trade. Effective trade facilitation can help reduce transport costs and thereby contribute to sustainable development. The objective of this research work is to: • Search for port performance, in particular by encouraging innovation; • Promote logistics performance; • Put in place incentive rules and procedures for investment and facilitate it. We have adopted an empirical approach that makes it possible to respond to the problem of interactions between companies during a commercial transaction at the international level.