IDA total - Time to import

Time to import, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, border compliance (hours) in IDA total was 111.49 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 118.74 in 2016 and a minimum value of 111.49 in 2019.

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 116.19
2015 118.47
2016 118.74
2017 116.96
2018 112.37
2019 111.49

Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) in IDA total was 88.25 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 106.51 in 2014 and a minimum value of 88.25 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 106.51
2015 99.10
2016 95.00
2017 93.02
2018 90.72
2019 88.25

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation