Ghana - Time to import

Time to import, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, border compliance (hours) in Ghana was 80.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 89.43 in 2017 and a minimum value of 80.00 in 2018.

Definition: Border compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2014 89.43
2015 89.43
2016 89.43
2017 89.43
2018 80.00
2019 80.00

Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) in Ghana was 36.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 546.43 in 2014 and a minimum value of 36.00 in 2018.

Definition: Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.

Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).

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Year Value
2014 546.43
2015 282.43
2016 76.00
2017 76.00
2018 36.00
2019 36.00

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation