Documents to import (number) - Trade facilitation - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators

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All documents required per shipment to import goods are recorded. It is assumed that the contract has already been agreed upon and signed by both parties. Documents required for clearance by government ministries, customs authorities, port and container terminal authorities, health and technical control agencies and banks are taken into account. Since payment is by letter of credit, all documents required by banks for the issuance or securing of a letter of credit are also taken into account. Documents that are renewed annually and that do not require renewal per shipment (for example, an annual tax clearance certificate) are not included.

Rank	Country	Value
Documents to import (number) - Trade facilitation - Private Sector & Trade - World Development Indicators (2009)
1	Central African Republic	17
2	Azerbaijan	14
3	Eritrea	13
4	Fiji	13
5	Russia	13
6	Kazakhstan	13
7	Republic of the Congo	12
8	Afghanistan	11
9	Cambodia	11
10	Burkina Faso	11
11	Mauritania	11
12	Uzbekistan	11
13	Bhutan	11
14	Swaziland	11
15	Cameroon	11
16	Kuwait	10
17	Laos	10
18	Haiti	10
19	Uruguay	10
20	Ukraine	10
21	Tajikistan	10
22	Iraq	10
23	Chad	10
24	Niger	10
25	Mozambique	10
26	Malawi	10
27	Guatemala	10
28	Mali	10
29	Paraguay	10
30	Puerto Rico	10
31	Palau	10
32	Morocco	10
33	Honduras	10
34	Burundi	10
35	Comoros	10
36	Oman	10
37	Nepal	10
38	Low income	9.20
39	Botswana	9
40	Albania	9
41	Liberia	9
42	Ivory Coast	9
43	Madagascar	9
44	Maldives	9
45	Namibia	9
46	Nigeria	9
47	Papua New Guinea	9
48	Zimbabwe	9
49	Guinea	9
50	Rwanda	9
51	South Asia	9
52	Syria	9
53	Algeria	9
54	Venezuela	9
55	Vanuatu	9
56	Yemen	9
57	South Africa	9
58	Democratic Republic of the Congo	9
59	Zambia	9
60	India	9
61	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	8.97
62	Sub-Saharan Africa	8.80
63	Least developed countries: UN classification	8.78
64	Low & middle income	8.10
65	Europe & Central Asia	8.04
66	Peru	8
67	Philippines	8
68	Dominica	8
69	Lesotho	8
70	El Salvador	8
71	Sao Tome and Principe	8
72	Slovakia	8
73	Slovenia	8
74	Bangladesh	8
75	Togo	8
76	Iran	8
77	Spain	8
78	Turkey	8
79	Belarus	8
80	Ethiopia	8
81	Vietnam	8
82	Angola	8
83	Mongolia	8
84	Croatia	8
85	Gabon	8
86	Kosovo	8
87	St. Lucia	8
88	Colombia	8
89	Guyana	8
90	Gambia	8
91	Kenya	8
92	Pakistan	8
93	Middle East & North Africa	7.75
94	Lower middle income	7.74
95	Middle income	7.64
96	Upper middle income	7.50
97	East Asia & Pacific	7.45
98	Latin America & Caribbean	7.36
99	Ghana	7
100	Equatorial Guinea	7
101	Benin	7
102	Bulgaria	7
103	Montenegro	7
104	Kyrgyzstan	7
105	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7
106	Sierra Leone	7
107	Dominican Republic	7
108	Malaysia	7
109	Qatar	7
110	Chile	7
111	Lebanon	7
112	Moldova	7
113	Costa Rica	7
114	Czech Republic	7
115	Samoa	7
116	Hungary	7
117	Bolivia	7
118	Uganda	7
119	Argentina	7
120	Brazil	7
121	Ecuador	7
122	Jordan	7
123	Tanzania	7
124	Tunisia	7
125	Timor-Leste	7
126	Armenia	7
127	Suriname	7
128	Kiribati	7
129	High income: nonOECD	6.35
130	Lithuania	6
131	Indonesia	6
132	Tonga	6
133	Trinidad and Tobago	6
134	Bahrain	6
135	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6
136	Belize	6
137	Brunei Darussalam	6
138	Latvia	6
139	West Bank and Gaza	6
140	Cyprus	6
141	Egypt	6
142	Micronesia	6
143	Guinea-Bissau	6
144	Greece	6
145	Macedonia	6
146	Mauritius	6
147	Sri Lanka	6
148	Jamaica	6
149	Romania	6
150	Sudan	6
151	Serbia	6
152	St. Kitts and Nevis	6
153	High income	5.49
154	Euro area	5.33
155	Antigua and Barbuda	5
156	Australia	5
157	Austria	5
158	Belgium	5
159	Bahamas	5
160	Iceland	5
161	Switzerland	5
162	United States	5
163	Djibouti	5
164	Saudi Arabia	5
165	Poland	5
166	Marshall Islands	5
167	Grenada	5
168	Nicaragua	5
169	New Zealand	5
170	Germany	5
171	Netherlands	5
172	Seychelles	5
173	Cape Verde	5
174	China	5
175	Japan	5
176	Portugal	5
177	Senegal	5
178	Finland	5
179	Mexico	5
180	United Arab Emirates	5
181	High income: OECD	4.85
182	Canada	4
183	Singapore	4
184	Solomon Islands	4
185	Norway	4
186	Georgia	4
187	Italy	4
188	United Kingdom	4
189	Ireland	4
190	Israel	4
191	Estonia	4
192	Panama	4
193	Hong Kong	4
194	Luxembourg	4
195	Sweden	3
196	North Korea	3
197	Thailand	3
198	South Korea	3
199	Denmark	3
200	France	2

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