Burundi

Ease of Doing Business in

Burundi

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Burundi. 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Low income
Population 8,575,172
GNI Per Capita (US$) 250
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
159 172 down 13

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
46.6 41.6 down 5.0
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 28 99 up 71
Dealing with Construction Permits 141 166 up 25
Getting Electricity 164 163 up -1
Registering Property 127 143 up 16
Getting Credit 167 165 up -2
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 137 131 up -6
Trading Across Borders 177 177 No change
Enforcing Contracts 175 174 up -1
Resolving Insolvency 161 160 up -1

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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 177 DB 2012 Rank 177 Change in Rank 0
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 16.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 13.7 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up3.0
Indicator Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 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)
10 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)
32 31 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)
2,965 1,990 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)
11 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)
46 37 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)
5,005 2,567 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 14 360
Customs clearance and technical control 4 150
Ports and terminal handling 4 320
Inland transportation and handling 10 2,135
Totals 32 2,965
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 14 680
Customs clearance and technical control 5 150
Ports and terminal handling 10 540
Inland transportation and handling 17 3,635
Totals 46 5,005
Export documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs export declaration
Export license
Packing list
Tax certificate (attestation OBR)
Technical standard/ health certificate
Terminal handling receipts
Transit permit
Import documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration
Delivery order
Gate Pass
Import license (DII)
Packing list
Pre-shipment inspection clean report of findings (SGS)
Tax certificate (attestation OBR)
Transit document (T1)

** 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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