More than half of the Commonwealth members ranked on the World Bank's Logistics Performance Index (LPI)5 improved their overall scores between 2014 and 2016. Some Caribbean and Pacific SIDS regressed slightly, underlining their trade capacity challenges. These five countries offer valuable experiences and best practices in trade facilitation. Fellow Commonwealth members could draw on these lessons to improve their trade competitiveness and enable greater participation in the global value chains (GVCs) that characterise today's world trade.