Trade facilitation also was reflected as a priority in regional trade agreements by a growing number of respondents: 55% compared to 32% in 2015. The 2017 aid-for-trade monitoring exercise further highlights that a majority of developing countries (46 out of the 64 replies from developing countries) have a broad conception of trade facilitation that extends also to transport facilitation. The responses to the 2017 aid-for-trade monitoring exercise outline a range of activities being undertaken by developing countries and LDCs, including with support from development partners, to improve trade connectivity by addressing trade facilitation issues.