Study on the Impact of Trade Facilitation on Chinas Exports in BRICS Member Countries

Under the guidance of the BRICS spirit of openness, inclusiveness, and win-win cooperation, BRICS economic and trade cooperation has flourished at , has completed the historic expansion of its membership at , and has attracted many partner countries to deepen deal of their collaboration at , which has attracted a great attention from the international community. This paper constructs and measures the trade facilitation index of based on the 2010-2019 data of BRICS member countries, and further explores the impact of trade facilitation index of each country on Chinas exports by extended gravity model. It is found that the overall level of is not high and the differences are significant, and trade facilitation of BRICS member countries has a significant promotion effect on Chinas exports, and there is heterogeneity in the promotion effect of on Chinas exports, among which the quality of infrastructure and the customs efficiency of have the most significant impact. services Lower income level member countries have a higher marginal gain for Chinas exports by improving their trade facilitation index.