Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) - Time to import

Time to import, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, border compliance (hours) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 129.86 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 147.44 in 2015 and a minimum value of 129.86 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 140.10
2015 147.44
2016 141.00
2017 137.75
2018 129.86
2019 129.86

Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) in Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) was 105.08 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 134.52 in 2014 and a minimum value of 105.08 in 2019.

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 134.52
2015 119.85
2016 112.98
2017 110.02
2018 106.53
2019 105.08

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation