United States - Cost to import

Cost to import, border compliance (US$)

The latest value for Cost to import, border compliance (US$) in United States was 175.00 as of 2019. Over the past 5 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 175.00 in 2019 and 175.00 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 175.00
2015 175.00
2016 175.00
2017 175.00
2018 175.00
2019 175.00

Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$)

The latest value for Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) in United States was 100.00 as of 2019. Over the past 5 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 100.00 in 2019 and 100.00 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 100.00
2015 100.00
2016 100.00
2017 100.00
2018 100.00
2019 100.00

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation