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St. Kitts and Nevis - Time to import

Time to import, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, border compliance (hours) in St. Kitts and Nevis was 37.14 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 37.14 in 2019 and a minimum value of 37.14 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/).

Year	Value
2014	37.14
2015	37.14
2016	37.14
2017	37.14
2018	37.14
2019	37.14

Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) in St. Kitts and Nevis was 33.14 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 33.14 in 2019 and a minimum value of 33.14 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/).

Year	Value
2014	33.14
2015	33.14
2016	33.14
2017	33.14
2018	33.14
2019	33.14

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation