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Upper middle income - Time to export

Time to export, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to export, border compliance (hours) in Upper middle income was 45.57 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.64 in 2014 and a minimum value of 45.57 in 2019.

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	50.64
2015	49.58
2016	48.39
2017	48.08
2018	46.10
2019	45.57

Time to export, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) in Upper middle income was 42.52 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 47.16 in 2014 and a minimum value of 42.52 in 2019.

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	47.16
2015	45.98
2016	43.86
2017	43.62
2018	43.36
2019	42.52

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation