Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) - Country Ranking

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/).

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Venezuela 528.00 2018
2 Iraq 504.00 2019
3 Afghanistan 228.00 2019
4 Guyana 200.00 2019
5 Dem. Rep. Congo 192.00 2019
6 Sudan 190.00 2019
7 Mongolia 168.00 2019
8 Brunei 155.00 2019
9 Equatorial Guinea 154.00 2019
10 Algeria 149.14 2019
11 Bangladesh 147.00 2019
12 Liberia 144.00 2019
12 Myanmar 144.00 2019
12 Bolivia 144.00 2019
15 Guinea 138.70 2019
16 Cambodia 132.00 2019
17 Kazakhstan 128.00 2019
18 Congo 120.00 2019
18 Burundi 120.00 2019
20 Tonga 108.00 2019
21 Zimbabwe 99.00 2019
22 Tanzania 96.00 2019
22 Uzbekistan 96.00 2019
22 Zambia 96.00 2019
22 Angola 96.00 2019
26 Namibia 90.00 2019
27 Ghana 89.33 2019
28 Egypt 88.00 2019
29 Chad 87.00 2019
30 Burkina Faso 84.00 2019
30 Côte d'Ivoire 84.00 2019
32 Ethiopia 76.00 2019
33 Malawi 75.00 2019
34 Nigeria 74.00 2019
35 Somalia 72.50 2019
36 Sierra Leone 72.00 2019
36 Palau 72.00 2019
36 Vanuatu 72.00 2019
36 Kyrgyz Republic 72.00 2019
36 Kuwait 72.00 2019
36 Libya 72.00 2019
42 South Africa 68.00 2019
43 Ukraine 66.00 2019
43 Tajikistan 66.00 2019
43 Cameroon 66.00 2019
46 Indonesia 61.32 2019
47 Lao PDR 60.00 2019
47 Djibouti 60.00 2019
47 Guinea-Bissau 60.00 2019
47 Gabon 60.00 2019
47 Solomon Islands 60.00 2019
52 Fiji 56.33 2019
53 Pakistan 55.00 2019
54 Niger 50.67 2019
54 Mauritania 50.67 2019
54 Antigua and Barbuda 50.67 2019
57 Comoros 50.00 2019
57 Vietnam 50.00 2019
59 Madagascar 48.91 2019
60 Moldova 48.00 2019
60 Papua New Guinea 48.00 2019
60 Central African Republic 48.00 2019
60 Barbados 48.00 2019
60 Lebanon 48.00 2019
60 Honduras 48.00 2019
60 Colombia 48.00 2019
60 The Gambia 48.00 2019
60 Benin 48.00 2019
60 Mali 48.00 2019
60 Nicaragua 48.00 2019
60 Guatemala 48.00 2019
60 Sri Lanka 48.00 2019
60 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 48.00 2019
60 Syrian Arab Republic 48.00 2019
75 Jamaica 47.00 2019
76 São Tomé and Principe 46.25 2019
77 Seychelles 43.64 2019
78 Nepal 43.00 2019
79 Belize 38.00 2019
80 Mozambique 36.00 2019
80 Philippines 36.00 2019
82 Timor-Leste 33.00 2019
82 Iran 33.00 2019
84 Trinidad and Tobago 32.00 2019
85 Rwanda 30.00 2019
86 Azerbaijan 28.50 2019
87 Senegal 26.00 2019
88 Morocco 25.62 2019
89 Russia 25.40 2019
90 Argentina 25.00 2019
91 Ecuador 24.00 2019
91 Costa Rica 24.00 2019
91 Malta 24.00 2019
91 Kiribati 24.00 2019
91 Bahrain 24.00 2019
91 Paraguay 24.00 2019
91 Peru 24.00 2019
91 St. Kitts and Nevis 24.00 2019
91 Chile 24.00 2019
91 Cabo Verde 24.00 2019
91 Samoa 24.00 2019
91 Uruguay 24.00 2019
91 Uganda 24.00 2019
104 Haiti 22.00 2019
105 Kenya 19.00 2019
105 St. Lucia 19.00 2019
107 Botswana 18.00 2019
108 Grenada 13.33 2019
109 The Bahamas 12.00 2019
109 Brazil 12.00 2019
109 Dominica 12.00 2019
109 Suriname 12.00 2019
113 India 11.64 2019
114 Thailand 11.27 2019
115 Togo 11.00 2019
115 Saudi Arabia 11.00 2019
117 Malaysia 10.00 2019
117 Dominican Republic 10.00 2019
117 Israel 10.00 2019
120 Qatar 9.78 2019
121 El Salvador 9.33 2019
122 Bhutan 9.00 2019
122 Mauritius 9.00 2019
124 China 8.63 2019
125 Mexico 8.00 2019
126 Australia 7.00 2019
126 Oman 7.00 2019
128 Albania 6.00 2019
128 Jordan 6.00 2019
128 Panama 6.00 2019
131 Montenegro 5.41 2019
132 United Arab Emirates 4.50 2019
133 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.33 2019
134 Belarus 4.00 2019
134 United Kingdom 4.00 2019
134 Turkey 4.00 2019
137 Tunisia 3.00 2019
137 New Zealand 3.00 2019
139 Lithuania 2.50 2019
140 Japan 2.37 2019
141 Serbia 2.33 2019
142 Latvia 2.00 2019
142 North Macedonia 2.00 2019
142 Iceland 2.00 2019
142 Finland 2.00 2019
142 Cyprus 2.00 2019
142 Armenia 2.00 2019
142 Norway 2.00 2019
142 Singapore 2.00 2019
142 Eswatini 2.00 2019
151 Bulgaria 1.75 2019
152 Puerto Rico 1.71 2019
153 Liechtenstein 1.50 2019
153 Georgia 1.50 2019
153 Switzerland 1.50 2019
153 United States 1.50 2019
157 Sweden 1.00 2019
157 Canada 1.00 2019
157 Germany 1.00 2019
157 Korea 1.00 2019
157 Greece 1.00 2019
157 Ireland 1.00 2019
157 Lesotho 1.00 2019
164 Hungary 0.75 2019
165 Hong Kong SAR, China 0.67 2019
166 Croatia 0.50 2019
166 Austria 0.50 2019
166 Denmark 0.50 2019
166 Estonia 0.50 2019
166 Belgium 0.50 2019
166 Italy 0.50 2019
166 Spain 0.50 2019
166 Czech Republic 0.50 2019
166 France 0.50 2019
166 Luxembourg 0.50 2019
166 Poland 0.50 2019
166 Romania 0.50 2019
166 San Marino 0.50 2019
166 Netherlands 0.50 2019
166 Slovak Republic 0.50 2019
166 Slovenia 0.50 2019
166 Portugal 0.50 2019

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Statistical Concept and Methodology: The time and cost for documentary compliance include the time and cost for obtaining documents (such as time spent to get the document issued and stamped); preparing documents (such as time spent gathering information to complete the customs declaration or certificate of origin); processing documents (such as time spent waiting for the relevant authority to issue a phytosanitary certificate); presenting documents (such as time spent showing a port terminal receipt to port authorities); and submitting documents (such as time spent submitting a customs declaration to the customs agency in person or electronically). All electronic or paper submissions of information requested by any government agency in connection with the shipment are considered to be documents obtained, prepared and submitted during the export or import process. All documents prepared by the freight forwarder or customs broker for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study are included regardless of whether they are required by law or in practice. Any documents prepared and submitted so as to get access to preferential treatment— for example, a certificate of origin—are included in the calculation of the time and cost for documentary compliance. Any documents prepared and submitted because of a perception that they ease the passage of the shipment are also included (for example, freight forwarders may prepare a packing list because in their experience this reduces the probability of physical or other intrusive inspections). In addition, any documents that are mandatory for exporting or importing are included in the calculation of time and cost. Documents that need to be obtained only once are not counted, however. And Doing Business does not include documents needed to produce and sell in the domestic market—such as certificates of third-party safety standards testing that may be required to sell toys domestically—unless a government agency needs to see these documents during the export process.

Aggregation method: Unweighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00