Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) - Country Ranking - Asia

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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Rank Country Value Year
1 Afghanistan 324.00 2019
2 Iraq 176.00 2019
3 Uzbekistan 150.00 2019
4 Syrian Arab Republic 149.33 2019
5 Bangladesh 144.00 2019
6 Brunei 132.00 2019
6 Cambodia 132.00 2019
8 Tajikistan 126.00 2019
9 Mongolia 114.67 2019
10 Indonesia 106.22 2019
11 Pakistan 96.00 2019
11 Philippines 96.00 2019
11 Kuwait 96.00 2019
14 Kyrgyz Republic 84.00 2019
15 Vietnam 76.00 2019
16 Lebanon 72.00 2019
16 Qatar 72.00 2019
18 Lao PDR 60.00 2019
18 Bahrain 60.00 2019
20 Jordan 54.86 2019
21 Sri Lanka 48.00 2019
21 Myanmar 48.00 2019
21 Nepal 48.00 2019
24 Israel 44.00 2019
24 Timor-Leste 44.00 2019
26 Russia 42.50 2019
27 Iran 40.00 2019
28 Saudi Arabia 32.00 2019
29 Azerbaijan 26.00 2019
30 India 19.88 2019
31 China 12.80 2019
32 United Arab Emirates 12.00 2019
33 Bhutan 8.00 2019
34 Oman 7.00 2019
35 Malaysia 6.50 2019
36 Kazakhstan 5.50 2019
37 Thailand 4.00 2019
38 Japan 3.35 2019
39 Singapore 3.00 2019
40 Georgia 2.00 2019
40 Turkey 2.00 2019
42 Armenia 1.62 2019
43 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.32 2019
44 Korea 1.00 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