Bhutan

Ease of Doing Business in

Bhutan

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Bhutan. 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 South Asia
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 738,267
GNI Per Capita (US$) 2,070
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
148 142 down -6

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
52.6 52.5 down 0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 94 86 up -8
Dealing with Construction Permits 124 124 No change
Getting Electricity 136 135 up -1
Registering Property 85 83 up -2
Getting Credit 129 127 up -2
Protecting Investors 150 147 up -3
Paying Taxes 71 67 up -4
Trading Across Borders 172 171 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 37 36 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 185 185 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 172 DB 2012 Rank 171 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 28.4 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 27.5 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.9
Indicator Bhutan South 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)
9 8 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 32 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)
2,230 1,603 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)
12 9 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 33 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)
2,330 1,736 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 16 350
Customs clearance and technical control 3 180
Ports and terminal handling 6 350
Inland transportation and handling 13 1,350
Totals 38 2,230
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 17 250
Customs clearance and technical control 4 380
Ports and terminal handling 6 350
Inland transportation and handling 11 1,350
Totals 38 2,330
Export documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs export declaration
Insurance certificate
Packing list
Road/ dispatch challan (transport document)
Terminal handling receipts
Transit declaration
Import documents
Bill of lading
Cargo release order
Certificate of Origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration
Import license
Insurance certificate
Letter of Guarantee (for transit of imported goods through India)
Packing list
Road/ dispatch challan (transport document)
Technical standard certificate
Terminal handling receipts

** 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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