Central African Republic

Ease of Doing Business in

Central African Republic

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Central African Republic. 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 4,486,837
GNI Per Capita (US$) 470
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
185 183 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
35.5 36.3 down -0.8
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 170 166 up -4
Dealing with Construction Permits 147 133 up -14
Getting Electricity 173 171 up -2
Registering Property 132 131 up -1
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 139 136 up -3
Paying Taxes 181 178 up -3
Trading Across Borders 182 183 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 177 175 up -2
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 182 DB 2012 Rank 183 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 4.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 4.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Central African Republic 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)
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)
54 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)
5,491 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)
17 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)
62 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)
5,554 2,567 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 23 522
Customs clearance and technical control 4 662
Ports and terminal handling 3 407
Inland transportation and handling 24 3,900
Totals 54 5,491
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 23 672
Customs clearance and technical control 10 662
Ports and terminal handling 5 320
Inland transportation and handling 24 3,900
Totals 62 5,554
Export documents
Bill of lading
Cargo release order (BAE)
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs export declaration
Packing list
Pre-shipment inspection clean report of findings
Technical standard/health certificate
Transit document
Import documents
Bill of lading
Border crossing authorization
Cargo release order
Collection order
Commercial invoice
Customs attestation
Customs import declaration
Electronic cargo tracking receipt (BESC)
Form S101 (Transit document)
Import license
Insurance certificate
Packing list
Pre-shipment inspection clean report of findings
Tax certificate
Technical standard/health certificate
Terminal handling receipts
Truck manifest (feuille de route)

** 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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