Zambia - Time to import

Time to import, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, border compliance (hours) in Zambia was 120.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 163.00 in 2016 and a minimum value of 81.00 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 81.00
2015 163.00
2016 163.00
2017 120.00
2018 120.00
2019 120.00

Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) in Zambia was 72.00 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 134.00 in 2016 and a minimum value of 72.00 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 134.00
2016 134.00
2017 72.00
2018 72.00
2019 72.00

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation