Trade Facilitation Impact (TFI) Calculator
Welcome to the Trade Facilitation Impact (TFI) Calculator. Developed under the USAID-funded TCBoost project, the TFI Calculator is an easy to use tool for estimating the impacts of reducing import and export times on a country's economy.
By following the instructions below, the TFI Calculator provides users with a range of estimates for changes in GDP and formal sector employment of unskilled workers resulting from a 1-5 day improvement in export and import times across the board. Estimates are available for more than 130 low and middle income countries worldwide. For more information on how this tool was developed, please see TC Baseline.
How to use the TFI Calculator:
Step 1: Pick country of interest
Step 2: If desired, input up-to-date GDP estimate in U.S. dollars for the country of interest. The TFI Calculator already contains 2009 GDP estimates.
Step 3: If available, input the number of unskilled workers in the formal sector for the country of interest
Step 4: Pick the number of days by which export times improve
Step 5: Pick the number of days by which import times improve
Step 6: Hit the Submit button