Upper middle income - Cost to import

Cost to import, border compliance (US$)

The latest value for Cost to import, border compliance (US$) in Upper middle income was 431.80 as of 2019. Over the past 5 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 462.00 in 2014 and 431.80 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 462.00
2015 458.88
2016 456.78
2017 454.23
2018 431.89
2019 431.80

Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$)

The latest value for Cost to import, documentary compliance (US$) in Upper middle income was 86.50 as of 2019. Over the past 5 years, the value for this indicator has fluctuated between 87.46 in 2017 and 86.50 in 2018.

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 87.46
2015 87.46
2016 87.46
2017 87.46
2018 86.50
2019 86.50

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation