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Cost to import (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.

Cost to import (US$ per container) - Business environment - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009) Rank Country Value 1 Chad 6,150 2 Central African Republic 5,554 3 Zimbabwe 5,101 4 Rwanda 5,070 5 Uzbekistan 4,600 6 Tajikistan 4,550 7 Burundi 4,285 8 Iraq 3,900 9 Burkina Faso 3,830 10 Niger 3,545 11 Azerbaijan 3,480 12 Uganda 3,390 13 Zambia 3,335 14 Botswana 3,264 15 Kyrgyzstan 3,250 16 Angola 3,240 17 Kazakhstan 3,055 18 Afghanistan 3,000 19 Ethiopia 2,993 20 Republic of the Congo 2,959 21 Mali 2,955 22 Sudan 2,900 23 Venezuela 2,868 24 St. Lucia 2,645 25 Ivory Coast 2,577 26 Malawi 2,570 27 Low income 2,518 28 Democratic Republic of the Congo 2,483 29 Grenada 2,479 30 Sub-Saharan Africa 2,387 31 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 2,355 32 Guinea-Bissau 2,349 33 Kosovo 2,330 34 Mongolia 2,274 35 Swaziland 2,249 36 Kenya 2,190 37 Least developed countries: UN classification 2,145 38 Bhutan 2,140 39 St. Kitts and Nevis 2,138 40 Armenia 2,096 41 Mexico 2,050 42 Laos 2,040 43 Cameroon 2,002 44 Gabon 1,955 45 Moldova 1,945 46 Senegal 1,940 47 Europe & Central Asia 1,906 48 Belize 1,870 49 Russia 1,850 50 Seychelles 1,839 51 Nepal 1,825 52 Namibia 1,813 53 Argentina 1,810 54 South Africa 1,807 55 Low & middle income 1,788 56 Belarus 1,770 57 Paraguay 1,750 58 Colombia 1,750 59 Bolivia 1,747 60 Lesotho 1,715 61 Iran 1,706 62 Iceland 1,674 63 Bulgaria 1,666 64 Canada 1,660 65 Madagascar 1,660 66 Sierra Leone 1,639 67 Antigua and Barbuda 1,633 68 Syria 1,625 69 Belgium 1,600 70 Eritrea 1,581 71 Serbia 1,559 72 Haiti 1,545 73 Switzerland 1,540 74 Mauritania 1,523 75 South Asia 1,509 76 Latin America & Caribbean 1,501 77 Upper middle income 1,494 78 Middle income 1,484 79 Lower middle income 1,477 80 Mozambique 1,475 81 Tanzania 1,475 82 Yemen 1,475 83 Middle East & North Africa 1,454 84 Slovakia 1,445 85 Nigeria 1,440 86 Brazil 1,440 87 Ukraine 1,430 88 Algeria 1,428 89 Macedonia 1,420 90 Nicaragua 1,420 91 Jamaica 1,420 92 Luxembourg 1,420 93 Equatorial Guinea 1,411 94 Benin 1,400 95 Vanuatu 1,392 96 Guinea 1,391 97 Bahamas 1,380 98 Bangladesh 1,375 99 Maldives 1,348 100 Ecuador 1,332 101 Uruguay 1,330 102 United States 1,315 103 Dominica 1,310 104 Guatemala 1,302 105 Micronesia 1,295 106 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 1,290 107 Jordan 1,290 108 Greece 1,265 109 Georgia 1,250 110 Puerto Rico 1,250 111 France 1,248 112 Solomon Islands 1,237 113 Italy 1,231 114 West Bank and Gaza 1,225 115 Spain 1,221 116 Kuwait 1,217 117 Hungary 1,215 118 Liberia 1,212 119 Ghana 1,203 120 Lebanon 1,203 121 Austria 1,195 122 Costa Rica 1,190 123 Honduras 1,190 124 Romania 1,175 125 Czech Republic 1,165 126 United Kingdom 1,160 127 Euro area 1,160 128 Dominican Republic 1,150 129 High income: OECD 1,146 130 Croatia 1,141 131 Palau 1,132 132 Slovenia 1,130 133 Cape Verde 1,129 134 Ireland 1,121 135 Australia 1,119 136 Trinidad and Tobago 1,100 137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,090 138 Kiribati 1,070 139 High income 1,063 140 Turkey 1,063 141 Comoros 1,057 142 Japan 1,047 143 Oman 1,037 144 Cyprus 1,030 145 East Asia & Pacific 1,020 146 Timor-Leste 1,015 147 Morocco 1,000 148 Portugal 999 149 Bahrain 995 150 Lithuania 980 151 Togo 963 152 India 960 153 High income: nonOECD 952.25 154 Marshall Islands 945 155 Netherlands 942 156 Vietnam 940 157 Germany 937 158 Gambia 922 159 Djibouti 911 160 Peru 895 161 Montenegro 890 162 Suriname 885 163 Poland 884 164 Panama 879 165 Cambodia 872 166 Tunisia 858 167 New Zealand 850 168 Samoa 848 169 Egypt 823 170 El Salvador 820 171 Philippines 819 172 Latvia 801 173 Thailand 795 174 Chile 795 175 Sri Lanka 745 176 Denmark 744 177 North Korea 742 178 South Korea 742 179 Estonia 740 180 Sweden 735 181 Guyana 730 182 Norway 729 183 Tonga 725 184 Papua New Guinea 722 185 Albania 710 186 Brunei Darussalam 708 187 Mauritius 689 188 Pakistan 680 189 Saudi Arabia 678 190 Indonesia 660 191 Qatar 657 192 Fiji 630 193 Finland 620 194 Israel 605 195 Hong Kong 583 196 United Arab Emirates 579 197 Sao Tome and Principe 577 198 China 545 199 Malaysia 450 200 Singapore 439

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