South Asia - Time to export

Time to export, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to export, border compliance (hours) in South Asia was 53.39 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 66.45 in 2015 and a minimum value of 53.39 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/).

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Year Value
2014 66.45
2015 66.45
2016 64.68
2017 64.68
2018 59.68
2019 53.39

Time to export, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) in South Asia was 73.71 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 81.05 in 2016 and a minimum value of 73.71 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/).

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Year Value
2014 80.56
2015 80.56
2016 81.05
2017 77.05
2018 74.06
2019 73.71

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation