Azerbaijan

Ease of Doing Business in

Azerbaijan

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Azerbaijan. 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 Upper middle income
Population 9,168,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 5,290
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
67 66 down -1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
62.8 62.7 down 0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 18 17 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 177 176 up -1
Getting Electricity 175 175 No change
Registering Property 9 6 up -3
Getting Credit 53 52 up -1
Protecting Investors 25 24 up -1
Paying Taxes 76 79 up 3
Trading Across Borders 169 169 No change
Enforcing Contracts 25 24 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 95 99 up 4

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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 169 DB 2012 Rank 169 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 22.5 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 22.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.4
Indicator Azerbaijan 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)
8 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)
38 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)
3,430 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)
10 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)
38 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)
3,490 2,349 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 24 405
Customs clearance and technical control 5 425
Ports and terminal handling 2 300
Inland transportation and handling 7 2,300
Totals 38 3,430
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 27 465
Customs clearance and technical control 3 425
Ports and terminal handling 2 300
Inland transportation and handling 6 2,300
Totals 38 3,490
Export documents
Bill of Lading
Certificate of Origin
Commercial Invoice
Convention des Marchandises Routiers - CMR (Transport document)
Customs export declaration
Packing List
Selling Contract
Transit document
Import documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of Conformity
Certificate of Origin
Certificate of Quality
Commercial invoice
Contract with supplier
Convention des Marchandises Routiers -- CMR (Transport document)
Customs import declaration
Shipping invoice
Transit document

** 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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