Brunei Darussalam

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Brunei Darussalam

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Brunei Darussalam. 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.

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Economy Summary
Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region East Asia & Pacific
Income Category High income
Population 405,938
GNI Per Capita (US$) 36,584
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
79 83 down 4

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
57.0 55.2 down 1.8
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 135 137 up 2
Dealing with Construction Permits 43 88 up 45
Getting Electricity 29 29 No change
Registering Property 115 113 up -2
Getting Credit 129 127 up -2
Protecting Investors 117 114 up -3
Paying Taxes 22 21 up -1
Trading Across Borders 40 36 up -4
Enforcing Contracts 158 158 No change
Resolving Insolvency 46 44 up -2

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 43 DB 2012 Rank 88 Change in Rank up45
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 72.4 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 56.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up16.3
Indicator Brunei Darussalam East Asia & Pacific OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

View methodology Procedures (number)
22 17 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

View methodology Time (days)
95 148 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
4.0 86.9 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Request and Obtain Building permit at ABCi 60 days BND 456
2 Request and receive final inspection from the Town and Country Planning Department 1 day no charge
* 3 Request and receive final inspection from the Land Department 1 day no charge
* 4 Request and receive final inspection from the Public Health Department 1 day no charge
* 5 Request and receive final inspection from the Public Works Department (JKR) 1 day no charge
* 6 Request inspection from the Fire Services Department and pay fees 1 day BND 750
* 7 Receive final inspection from the Fire Services Department 1 day no charge
* 8 Request and receive final inspection from the Department of Electrical Services (DES) 1 day no charge
* 9 Request and receive final inspection from TelBru 1 day no charge
* 10 Request and receive final inspection from the Brunei Mauara District Office 1 day no charge
* 11 Obtain approval memorandum from the Town and Country Planning Department 1 day no charge
* 12 Obtain approval memorandum from the Land Department 1 day no charge
* 13 Obtain approval memorandum from the Public Health Departement 1 day no charge
* 14 Obtain approval memorandum from the Public Works Department (JKR) 1 day no charge
* 15 Obtain approval memorandum from the Fire Services Department 1 day no charge
* 16 Obtain approval memorandum from the Department of Electrical Services (DES) 1 day no charge
* 17 Obtain approval memorandum from TelBru (telecommunications) 1 day no charge
* 18 Obtain approval memorandum from Brunei Mauara District Office 1 day no charge
19 Submit all 8 approval memoranda to the Town and Country Planning Department along with 2 sets of as-built Drawings 1 day no charge
20 Obtain occupancy permit 14 days no charge
21 Obtain telephone connection from TelBru 3 days BND 113
* 22 Obtain water connection from JKR 1 day BND 500
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** 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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