Mirror trade data shows different average lead times for different commodities, indicating that various modes of transport are used in the logistics of different commodities, even across the same pair of trade partners. For example, below we depict some commodities traded between India and the UK.
Figure below pertains to the mirror data on HS 0902 (tea).
The estimated lead time for this commodity over time is as follows:
The average lead time for this commodity is about 2 months.
For the same pair of trade partners (India-UK), the mirror data on another commodity, HS 0806 (tea), shows an average lead time of 1 month.
The lead time estimate is as follows:
