Upper middle income - Time to import

Time to import, border compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, border compliance (hours) in Upper middle income was 46.02 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 52.12 in 2014 and a minimum value of 46.02 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 52.12
2015 50.99
2016 50.99
2017 49.97
2018 46.67
2019 46.02

Time to import, documentary compliance (hours)

The value for Time to import, documentary compliance (hours) in Upper middle income was 40.29 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 5 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 50.53 in 2014 and a minimum value of 40.29 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 50.53
2015 49.12
2016 44.81
2017 43.08
2018 41.63
2019 40.29

Classification

Topic: Private Sector & Trade Indicators

Sub-Topic: Trade facilitation