Pacific island small states - Time to import

Time to import, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, border compliance (hours) in Pacific island small states was 77.58 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 86.39 in 2014 and a minimum value of 77.58 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 86.39
2015 78.39
2016 78.39
2017 78.39
2018 78.39
2019 77.58

Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) in Pacific island small states was 50.42 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.42 in 2019 and a minimum value of 50.42 in 2014.

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 50.42
2015 50.42
2016 50.42
2017 50.42
2018 50.42
2019 50.42

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation