Caribbean small states - Time to export

Time to export, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to export, border compliance (hours) in Caribbean small states was 55.99 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 61.53 in 2014 and a minimum value of 55.99 in 2015.

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 61.53
2015 55.99
2016 55.99
2017 55.99
2018 55.99
2019 55.99

Time to export, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to export, documentary compliance (hours) in Caribbean small states was 42.77 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 52.10 in 2014 and a minimum value of 42.77 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 52.10
2015 46.56
2016 45.04
2017 43.20
2018 43.20
2019 42.77

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation