Sri Lanka - Time to export

Time to export, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to export, border compliance (hours) in Sri Lanka was 43.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 43.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 43.00 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 43.00
2015 43.00
2016 43.00
2017 43.00
2018 43.00
2019 43.00

Time to export, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) in Sri Lanka was 48.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 76.00 in 2016 and a minimum value of 48.00 in 2017.

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 76.00
2015 76.00
2016 76.00
2017 48.00
2018 48.00
2019 48.00

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation