Armenia

Ease of Doing Business in

Armenia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Armenia. The first table lists the overall "Ease of Doing Business" rank (out of 185 economies) and the rankings by each topic. It also lists the economy's distance to frontier (DTF)** measure. The rest of the tables summarize the key indicators for each topic and benchmark against regional and high-income economy (OECD) averages.

Economy Overview

Region Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 3,100,236
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,360
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
32 50 down 18

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
70.6 66.6 down 4.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 11 10 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 46 49 up 3
Getting Electricity 101 143 up 42
Registering Property 4 4 No change
Getting Credit 40 38 up -2
Protecting Investors 25 98 up 73
Paying Taxes 108 152 up 44
Trading Across Borders 107 106 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 91 91 No change
Resolving Insolvency 63 63 No change

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Trading Across Borders

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The costs and procedures involved in importing and exporting a standardized shipment of goods are detailed under this topic. Documents associated with every official procedure are counted - starting from the final contractual agreement between the two parties, and ending with the delivery of the goods.

DB 2013 Rank 107 DB 2012 Rank 106 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 59.6 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 59.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Armenia Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The total number of documents required per shipment to export goods. 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.

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Documents to export (number)
5 7 4

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to export goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to export (days)
13 26 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to export goods. Includes the costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to export (US$ per container)
1,815 2,134 1,028

The total number of documents required per shipment to import goods. 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.

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Documents to import (number)
8 8 5

The time necessary to comply with all procedures required to import goods. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen.

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Time to import (days)
18 29 10

The cost associated with all procedures required to import goods, including for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and technical control, customs broker fees, terminal handling charges and inland transport.

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Cost to import (US$ per container)
2,195 2,349 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 6 190
Customs clearance and technical control 1 75
Ports and terminal handling 2 300
Inland transportation and handling 4 1,250
Totals 13 1,815
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 9 210
Customs clearance and technical control 2 135
Ports and terminal handling 3 300
Inland transportation and handling 4 1,550
Totals 18 2,195
Export documents
Bill of lading
Commercial invoice
Convention des Marchandises Routiers - CMR
Customs export declaration
Transit document
Import documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Convention des Marchandises Routiers -- CMR
Customs import declaration
Packing list
Preliminary customs import declaration (Pokhadrman ampopagir)
Transit document (by Georgian customs)

** The distance to frontier (DTF) measure shows the distance of each economy to the "frontier," which represents the highest performance observed on each of the indicators across all economies included in Doing Business since each indicator was included in Doing Business. An economy’s distance to frontier is indicated on a scale from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the lowest performance and 100 the frontier. Read more...

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