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Cost to export (US$ per container) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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Cost measures the fees levied on a 20-foot container in U.S. dollars. All the fees associated with completing the procedures to export or import the goods are included. These include costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport. The cost measure does not include tariffs or trade taxes. Only official costs are recorded. Several assumptions are made for the business surveyed: Has 60 or more employees; Is located in the country's most populous city; Is a private, limited liability company. It does not operate within an export processing zone or an industrial estate with special export or import privileges; Is domestically owned with no foreign ownership; Exports more than 10% of its sales. Assumptions about the traded goods: The traded product travels in a dry-cargo, 20-foot, full container load. The product: Is not hazardous nor does it include military items; Does not require refrigeration or any other special environment; Does not require any special phytosanitary or environmental safety standards other than accepted international standards.

Cost to export (US$ per container) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009) Rank Country Value 1 Chad 5,497 2 Central African Republic 5,491 3 Iraq 3,900 4 Niger 3,545 5 Afghanistan 3,350 6 Zimbabwe 3,280 7 Rwanda 3,275 8 Uganda 3,190 9 Tajikistan 3,150 10 Uzbekistan 3,100 11 Kazakhstan 3,005 12 Kyrgyzstan 3,000 13 Azerbaijan 2,980 14 Botswana 2,810 15 Burundi 2,747 16 Zambia 2,664 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,607 18 Venezuela 2,590 19 Republic of the Congo 2,490 20 Kosovo 2,270 21 Burkina Faso 2,262 22 Angola 2,250 23 Swaziland 2,184 24 Mongolia 2,131 25 Mali 2,075 26 Kenya 2,055 27 Sudan 2,050 28 Low income 2,029 29 Ivory Coast 1,969 30 Sub-Saharan Africa 1,954 31 Gabon 1,945 32 Ethiopia 1,940 33 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 1,935 34 Laos 1,860 35 Russia 1,850 36 Seychelles 1,839 37 Moldova 1,815 38 Least developed countries: UN classification 1,773 39 Belarus 1,772 40 Colombia 1,770 41 Nepal 1,764 42 Jamaica 1,750 43 Armenia 1,731 44 Malawi 1,713 45 Belize 1,710 46 Europe & Central Asia 1,687 47 Namibia 1,686 48 Belgium 1,619 49 Canada 1,610 50 St. Lucia 1,600 51 Sierra Leone 1,573 52 Bulgaria 1,551 53 Lesotho 1,549 54 Guinea-Bissau 1,545 55 Brazil 1,540 56 Switzerland 1,537 57 Iceland 1,532 58 South Africa 1,531 59 Low & middle income 1,520 60 Mauritania 1,520 61 Vanuatu 1,497 62 Argentina 1,480 63 Mexico 1,472 64 Slovakia 1,445 65 Paraguay 1,440 66 Macedonia 1,436 67 Eritrea 1,431 68 Bolivia 1,425 69 Luxembourg 1,420 70 Equatorial Guinea 1,411 71 Serbia 1,398 72 South Asia 1,364 73 Maldives 1,348 74 Ecuador 1,345 75 Nicaragua 1,340 76 Upper middle income 1,334 77 Cape Verde 1,325 78 Middle income 1,309 79 Dominica 1,297 80 Micronesia 1,295 81 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1,290 82 Lower middle income 1,289 83 Croatia 1,281 84 Madagascar 1,279 85 Romania 1,275 86 Latin America & Caribbean 1,272 87 Georgia 1,270 88 Nigeria 1,263 89 Tanzania 1,262 90 Benin 1,251 91 Cameroon 1,250 92 Puerto Rico 1,250 93 Algeria 1,248 94 Liberia 1,232 95 Italy 1,231 96 Ukraine 1,230 97 Grenada 1,226 98 Hungary 1,225 99 Spain 1,221 100 Bhutan 1,210 101 Syria 1,190 102 Costa Rica 1,190 103 Palau 1,190 104 Guatemala 1,182 105 Austria 1,180 106 Middle East & North Africa 1,179 107 Honduras 1,163 108 Greece 1,153 109 Antigua and Barbuda 1,133 110 Yemen 1,129 111 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,125 112 Ireland 1,109 113 Mozambique 1,100 114 Uruguay 1,100 115 Senegal 1,098 116 High income: OECD 1,090 117 Euro area 1,090 118 France 1,078 119 Slovenia 1,075 120 Comoros 1,073 121 Kiribati 1,070 122 Iran 1,061 123 Australia 1,060 124 Kuwait 1,060 125 Czech Republic 1,060 126 United States 1,050 127 United Kingdom 1,030 128 Solomon Islands 1,023 129 Ghana 1,013 130 Timor-Leste 1,010 131 Haiti 1,005 132 Lebanon 1,002 133 High income 997 134 Turkey 990 135 Japan 989 136 Suriname 975 137 Bangladesh 970 138 East Asia & Pacific 969.60 139 Bahrain 955 140 Marshall Islands 945 141 India 945 142 Togo 940 143 Bahamas 930 144 Dominican Republic 916 145 Netherlands 895 146 Poland 884 147 El Salvador 880 148 Peru 875 149 Germany 872 150 High income: nonOECD 871.85 151 Lithuania 870 152 New Zealand 868 153 Trinidad and Tobago 866 154 Guinea 855 155 St. Kitts and Nevis 850 156 Djibouti 836 157 West Bank and Gaza 835 158 Gambia 831 159 Norway 830 160 Oman 821 161 Cyprus 820 162 Samoa 820 163 Philippines 816 164 Tunisia 783 165 Montenegro 775 166 Vietnam 756 167 Chile 745 168 Denmark 744 169 North Korea 742 170 South Korea 742 171 Mauritius 737 172 Egypt 737 173 Qatar 735 174 Cambodia 732 175 Jordan 730 176 Guyana 730 177 Estonia 730 178 Panama 729 179 Albania 725 180 Sri Lanka 715 181 Indonesia 704 182 Morocco 700 183 Sweden 697 184 Sao Tome and Principe 690 185 Portugal 685 186 Saudi Arabia 681 187 Israel 665 188 Papua New Guinea 664 189 Fiji 654 190 Tonga 650 191 Brunei Darussalam 630 192 Thailand 625 193 Hong Kong 625 194 Pakistan 611 195 Latvia 600 196 United Arab Emirates 593 197 Finland 540 198 China 500 199 Singapore 456 200 Malaysia 450

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