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Cross-border trade in goods and services has expanded steadily over the past six decades due to increase of globalization and liberalization. Nonetheless, the current outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic has posed unprecedented impediments to freight volume of transit trade across various international borders. This study analyses the effect of COVID-19 on cross-border trade between Tanzania and Rwanda. The analysis is carried by Multiple Linear Regression Model to explore the impact of explanatory variables on responsive variable, freight volume of full container loads (FCLs). The results reveal that the freight volume of transit trade between Rwanda and Tanzania varies linearly with the explanatory variables. More specifically, the freight volume varies positively with the number of trucks deployed and transit time days whereas the freight volume varies negatively with the number of port calls and logistics transit cost in dollars. The findings call both partner states to take corrective policy actions.
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