Common transport policies to build intermodal logistics system in Asia

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Asian countries have intensified their efforts to liberalise their economies under the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) such that the five founding member countries of ASEAN have reduced the tariffs of 99% of their products to the 0-5 percent range. Moreover, China has begun bilateral and multilateral liberalisation trade talks that bolstered the region's momentum towards economic integration. Each company can then source/distribute raw materials and components from/to the right places without attending to each country's borders, and can sell its products to the right places in order to maximise the economic benefits of production and distribution.In the midst of on-going advances in the horizontal division of labor, it is important for each company to manage the entire supply chain spread across Asian countries with more efficiency in terms of cost and the environment. In addition, freight transport has intrinsic differences such that high-value added components require delicate handling and low-value added components do not become obsolete. In addition, logistics needs of companies have become diversified as manifested by various choices of allowable lead times, and diverse selection of intermodal transport services.In this study, we(1)review logistics policies in foreign countries and make international comparison,(2)clarify existing issues in Asian logistics systems by conducting interview survey against multinational companies,(3)identify advantages of intermodal logistics system, and(4)conclude are-wide common logistics policies and present research papers.