This statistic shows the time of documentary compliance for exporting goods in selected regions worldwide as of May 2018. As of May 2018, the time required for documentary compliance in the South Asia region for exporting goods amounted to 74.1 hours.
Time required for documentary compliance for export in selected regions worldwide as of June 2018
(in hours)
Characteristic
Time in hours
Europe & Central Asia
24.3
Latin America & Caribbean
52.5
East Asia & Pacific
57.6
Middle East & North Africa
67.9
Sub-Saharan Africa
72.8
South Asia
74.1
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The source records the time and cost associated with the logistical process of exporting and importing goods, by measuring the time and cost associated with three sets of procedures - documentary compliance, border compliance and domestic transport— within the overall process of exporting or importing a shipment of goods. The most recent round of data collection for the project was completed in May 2018.
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Martin Placek
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Doing Business. (March 1, 2019). Time required for documentary compliance for export in selected regions worldwide as of June 2018 (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 28, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/686926/time-required-for-documentary-compliance-export-by-region-globally/
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