Africa: documentary compliance time to import 2019

Some 360 hours were needed for documentary compliance to import in South Sudan in 2019. This was the longest time required among countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the regional average was 96.1 hours. In Equatorial Guinea and Tanzania, 240 hours were needed to comply with documentation regarding imports. By contrast, only one hour was needed in Lesotho, while three hours were required in Namibia as well as in Botswana.

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October 2019

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Africa

Survey time period

2019

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The source adds the following:
"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".

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