The Impact of Logistics Performance on the Manufacturing Sector in Algeria: An Econometric Study Using the OLS Method for the Period 2007-2023

Abstract

The study aimed to measure the performance of logistics services on the industrial manufacturing sector in Algeria during the period 2007-2023, relying on basic independent variables represented by the port infrastructure quality index and the container traffic index in the port, in addition to independent variables controlled by the volume of incoming foreign direct investment, the freedom of trade index, and the per capita share of the gross domestic product. As for the industrial manufacturing sector expressed by the index of the percentage of manufacturing industries from the gross domestic product as a dependent variable in the study, the study used multiple regression using the ordinary least squares method, and with the help of the EVIEWS12 program. The study found a significant positive relationship between the container traffic index in the port and the manufacturing industries, and a significant and inverse relationship between the container traffic index in the port and the per capita share of the gross domestic product with the industrial manufacturing sector, while the study found that there is no significant relationship between freedom of trade and foreign direct investment with the industrial manufacturing sector in Algeria.