European Union - Time to import

Time to import, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, border compliance (hours) in European Union was 1.62 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 1.62 in 2019 and a minimum value of 1.62 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 1.62
2015 1.62
2016 1.62
2017 1.62
2018 1.62
2019 1.62

Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) in European Union was 0.576 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 0.576 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.576 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 0.576
2015 0.576
2016 0.576
2017 0.576
2018 0.576
2019 0.576

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation