South Africa - Cost to import

Cost to import, border compliance (US$)

The latest value for Cost to import, border compliance (US$) in South Africa was 676.00 as of 2019. Over the past 5 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 676.00 in 2019 and 667.50 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 667.50
2015 667.50
2016 667.50
2017 667.50
2018 676.00
2019 676.00

Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$)

The latest value for Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) in South Africa was 73.00 as of 2019. Over the past 5 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 73.00 in 2019 and 73.00 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 73.00
2015 73.00
2016 73.00
2017 73.00
2018 73.00
2019 73.00

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation