The Impact of Trade Facilitation on Cross-Border E-Commerce Exports of China Based on the Gravity Model

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the development of trade facilitation and the existing problems in Chins cross-border e-commerce. Then, it analyses the influence mechanism of trade facilitation on cross-border e-commerce from the theoretical basis and evaluation system. Second, it establishes the trade facilitation system, including five primary indicators and thirty-one secondary indicators from the Global Competitiveness Report. Third, it establishes the gravity model to analyse the impact of TFI on Chinas cross-border e-commerce exports. Chinas cross-border e-commerce export is taken as the explained variable. The empirical result shows that trade facilitation has a significant positive impact on Chinas cross-border e-commerce exports. The customs environment of high-income and lower-middle-income countries has the most obvious impact on cross-border e-commerce exports. The infrastructure of upper-middle-income countries has the most significant impact on cross-border e-commerce exports. Finally, it makes policy recommendations on the aspects of TFI that countries should prioritize.