Egypt - Time to import

Time to import, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, border compliance (hours) in Egypt was 240.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 240.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 120.00 in 2014.

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 120.00
2015 120.00
2016 240.00
2017 240.00
2018 240.00
2019 240.00

Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) in Egypt was 265.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 265.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 192.00 in 2014.

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 192.00
2015 192.00
2016 265.00
2017 265.00
2018 265.00
2019 265.00

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation