Time to export, border compliance (hours) - Country Ranking

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/).

See also: Thematic map, Time series comparison

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Rank Country Value Year
1 Dem. Rep. Congo 296.00 2019
2 Venezuela 288.00 2018
3 Congo 276.00 2019
4 Côte d'Ivoire 238.71 2019
5 Cameroon 202.00 2019
6 Liberia 193.00 2019
7 Sudan 180.00 2019
8 Bangladesh 168.00 2019
9 Angola 164.00 2019
10 Myanmar 141.67 2019
11 Central African Republic 141.40 2019
12 Mongolia 134.00 2019
13 Equatorial Guinea 132.00 2019
14 Nigeria 128.43 2019
15 Paraguay 120.00 2019
15 Zambia 120.00 2019
15 Namibia 120.00 2019
18 Guinea-Bissau 118.00 2019
19 Brunei 117.00 2019
20 Colombia 112.00 2019
21 Solomon Islands 109.50 2019
22 The Gambia 109.33 2019
23 Ghana 108.00 2019
23 Honduras 108.00 2019
25 Chad 106.00 2019
26 Kazakhstan 105.00 2019
27 Palau 101.71 2019
28 Grenada 101.44 2019
29 Iran 101.00 2019
30 Lebanon 96.00 2019
30 Timor-Leste 96.00 2019
30 Uruguay 96.00 2019
30 Gabon 96.00 2019
30 Ecuador 96.00 2019
30 Belize 96.00 2019
30 Tanzania 96.00 2019
37 South Africa 92.00 2019
38 Zimbabwe 88.33 2019
39 Iraq 84.57 2019
40 Kuwait 84.00 2019
40 Syrian Arab Republic 84.00 2019
40 Suriname 84.00 2019
43 Rwanda 83.33 2019
44 São Tomé and Principe 83.13 2019
45 Seychelles 82.00 2019
46 Algeria 80.00 2019
47 Malawi 78.12 2019
48 Benin 78.00 2019
49 Burkina Faso 74.50 2019
50 Cabo Verde 72.00 2019
50 Djibouti 72.00 2019
50 Guinea 72.00 2019
50 Nicaragua 72.00 2019
50 Libya 72.00 2019
50 Kiribati 72.00 2019
50 Guyana 72.00 2019
57 Madagascar 69.82 2019
58 Togo 67.00 2019
59 Russia 66.00 2019
59 Mozambique 66.00 2019
61 Mauritania 62.00 2019
62 Senegal 61.45 2019
63 Antigua and Barbuda 61.33 2019
64 Trinidad and Tobago 60.00 2019
64 Chile 60.00 2019
66 Uganda 59.00 2019
66 Bahrain 59.00 2019
68 Burundi 58.67 2019
69 Pakistan 58.00 2019
70 Jamaica 57.71 2019
71 Indonesia 56.28 2019
72 Fiji 56.00 2019
73 Vietnam 55.00 2019
74 Sierra Leone 54.86 2019
75 Jordan 53.00 2019
76 India 52.12 2019
77 Tonga 52.00 2019
78 Samoa 51.00 2019
79 Ethiopia 50.91 2019
80 Comoros 50.81 2019
81 Brazil 49.04 2019
82 Mali 48.22 2019
83 Afghanistan 48.00 2019
83 Egypt 48.00 2019
83 Cambodia 48.00 2019
83 Bolivia 48.00 2019
83 Puerto Rico 48.00 2019
83 Peru 48.00 2019
83 Niger 48.00 2019
90 Thailand 44.00 2019
90 Somalia 44.00 2019
92 Sri Lanka 43.00 2019
93 Philippines 42.46 2019
94 Papua New Guinea 42.00 2019
95 Barbados 41.38 2019
96 Vanuatu 38.00 2019
97 New Zealand 37.00 2019
97 Saudi Arabia 37.00 2019
99 The Bahamas 36.00 2019
99 Iceland 36.00 2019
99 Israel 36.00 2019
99 Dominica 36.00 2019
99 Guatemala 36.00 2019
99 Finland 36.00 2019
99 Germany 36.00 2019
106 Australia 35.50 2019
107 Uzbekistan 31.79 2019
108 Malaysia 28.00 2019
108 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 28.00 2019
110 Haiti 27.75 2019
111 Oman 27.50 2019
112 United Arab Emirates 27.00 2019
112 St. Kitts and Nevis 27.00 2019
112 St. Lucia 27.00 2019
115 Japan 26.65 2019
116 Armenia 26.54 2019
117 Tajikistan 26.50 2019
118 Qatar 24.50 2019
119 Malta 24.00 2019
119 Mauritius 24.00 2019
119 United Kingdom 24.00 2019
119 Greece 24.00 2019
119 Ireland 24.00 2019
119 Latvia 24.00 2019
119 Panama 24.00 2019
119 El Salvador 24.00 2019
127 Argentina 21.00 2019
128 China 20.70 2019
129 Mexico 20.39 2019
130 Costa Rica 20.00 2019
131 Cyprus 18.00 2019
132 Dominican Republic 16.00 2019
133 Kenya 15.50 2019
134 Korea 13.38 2019
135 Tunisia 12.00 2019
136 Azerbaijan 11.94 2019
137 Nepal 11.00 2019
138 Singapore 10.00 2019
139 Turkey 9.75 2019
140 Albania 9.00 2019
140 Lao PDR 9.00 2019
142 North Macedonia 8.50 2019
143 Montenegro 7.61 2019
144 Belarus 7.35 2019
145 Lithuania 7.31 2019
146 Georgia 6.00 2019
146 Ukraine 6.00 2019
146 Morocco 6.00 2019
149 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5.21 2019
150 Kyrgyz Republic 5.00 2019
150 Bhutan 5.00 2019
150 Botswana 5.00 2019
153 Bulgaria 4.40 2019
154 Serbia 4.13 2019
155 Lesotho 4.00 2019
156 Moldova 3.00 2019
157 Eswatini 2.11 2019
158 Canada 2.00 2019
158 Estonia 2.00 2019
158 Norway 2.00 2019
161 Sweden 1.83 2019
162 United States 1.50 2019
163 Liechtenstein 1.00 2019
163 Hong Kong SAR, China 1.00 2019
163 Switzerland 1.00 2019
166 Romania 0.38 2019
167 Croatia 0.13 2019
168 Netherlands 0.00 2019
168 Portugal 0.00 2019
168 Belgium 0.00 2019
168 Denmark 0.00 2019
168 Luxembourg 0.00 2019
168 Italy 0.00 2019
168 Spain 0.00 2019
168 Hungary 0.00 2019
168 France 0.00 2019
168 Czech Republic 0.00 2019
168 Slovak Republic 0.00 2019
168 Slovenia 0.00 2019
168 Austria 0.00 2019
168 Poland 0.00 2019
168 San Marino 0.00 2019

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Limitations and Exceptions: If inspections by agencies other than customs are conducted in 20% or fewer cases, the border compliance time and cost measures take into account only clearance and inspections by customs (the standard case). If inspections by other agencies take place in more than 20% of cases, the time and cost measures account for clearance and inspections by all agencies. Different types of inspections may take place with different probabilities—for example, scanning may take place in 100% of cases while physical inspection occurs in 5% of cases. In situations like this, Doing Business would count the time only for scanning because it happens in more than 20% of cases while physical inspection does not. The border compliance time and cost for an economy do not include the time and cost for compliance with the regulations of any other economy.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The computation of border compliance time and cost depends on where the border compliance procedures take place, who requires and conducts the procedures and what is the probability that inspections will be conducted. If all customs clearance and other inspections take place at the port or border, the time estimate for border compliance takes this simultaneity into account. It is entirely possible that the border compliance time and cost could be negligible or zero, as in the case of trade between members of the European Union or other customs unions. If some or all customs or other inspections take place at other locations, the time and cost for these procedures are added to the time and cost for those that take place at the port or border. In Kazakhstan, for example, all customs clearance and inspections take place at a customs post in Almaty that is not at the land border between Kazakhstan and China. In this case border compliance time is the sum of the time spent at the terminal in Almaty and the handling time at the border. Doing Business asks contributors to estimate the time and cost for clearance and inspections by customs agencies— defined as documentary and physical inspections for the purpose of calculating duties by verifying product classification, confirming quantity, determining origin and checking the veracity of other information on the customs declaration. (This category includes all inspections aimed at preventing smuggling.) These are clearance and inspection procedures that take place in the majority of cases and thus are considered the "standard" case. The time and cost estimates capture the efficiency of the customs agency of the economy. Doing Business also asks contributors to estimate the total time and cost for clearance and inspections by customs and all other government agencies for the specified product. These estimates account for inspections related to health, safety, phytosanitary standards, conformity and the like, and thus capture the efficiency of agencies that require and conduct these additional inspections.

Aggregation method: Unweighted average

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00