Import border compliance cost 3,039 U.S dollars in the Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2019. This was by far the highest value required for a shipment to cross a country's borders due to customs regulations and other mandatory inspections in Sub-Saharan Africa. The regional average was 690.6 U.S. dollars. At the bottom of the ranking, Botswana recorded a cost for import border compliance of 98 U.S. dollars.
Cost for border compliance for imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019, by country
(in hours)
The source adds the following:
"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".
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World Bank. (October 24, 2019). Cost for border compliance for imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019, by country (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1236963/border-compliance-cost-to-import-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
World Bank. "Cost for border compliance for imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019, by country (in hours)." Chart. October 24, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1236963/border-compliance-cost-to-import-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
World Bank. (2019). Cost for border compliance for imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019, by country (in hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 26, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1236963/border-compliance-cost-to-import-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
World Bank. "Cost for Border Compliance for Imports in Sub-saharan Africa in 2019, by Country (in Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Oct 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1236963/border-compliance-cost-to-import-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
World Bank, Cost for border compliance for imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019, by country (in hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1236963/border-compliance-cost-to-import-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/ (last visited December 26, 2024)
Cost for border compliance for imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019, by country (in hours) [Graph], World Bank, October 24, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1236963/border-compliance-cost-to-import-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
