Trading across borders, cost to export (US$ per container) - Doing business - Development outcomes - African 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, terminal handling charges and inland transport. The cost measure does not include tariffs or trade taxes. Only official costs are recorded. For more information, visit http://www.doingbusiness.org/MethodologySurveys/. Source: World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).
Trading across borders, cost to export (US$ per container) - Doing business - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (2009)

Rank

Country

Value

1Chad5,367
2Central African Republic5,121
3Niger3,545
4Rwanda3,275
5Uganda3,090
6Zimbabwe2,678
7Zambia2,664
8Democratic Republic of the Congo2,607
9Botswana2,508
10Republic of the Congo2,490
11Burundi2,347
12Burkina Faso2,262
13Angola2,250
14Swaziland2,184
15Ethiopia2,087
16Kenya2,055
17Sudan2,050
18Mali2,012
19Gabon1,945
20Ivory Coast1,904
21Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria1,891
22Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa1,876
23Sub-Saharan Africa1,867
24Seychelles1,839
25Africa1,787
26Namibia1,686
27Malawi1,671
28Lesotho1,549
29Guinea-Bissau1,545
30Mauritania1,520
31Sierra Leone1,448
32South Africa1,445
33Eritrea1,431
34Equatorial Guinea1,411
35Cape Verde1,325
36Madagascar1,279
37Tanzania1,262
38Algeria1,248
39Benin1,237
40Liberia1,232
41Nigeria1,179
42Cameroon1,120
43Mozambique1,100
44Senegal1,078
45Comoros1,073
46Ghana1,003
47Togo940
48North Africa854.50
49Djibouti854
50Gambia831
51Guinea820
52Egypt737
53Tunisia733
54Mauritius725
55Morocco700
56Sao Tome and Principe690
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