Congo, Rep.

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Congo, Rep.

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Republic of Congo. 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 Sub-Saharan Africa
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 4,139,748
GNI Per Capita (US$) 2,270
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
183 184 down 1

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
36.0 33.8 down 2.2
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 180 179 up -1
Dealing with Construction Permits 149 152 up 3
Getting Electricity 170 169 up -1
Registering Property 156 156 No change
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 158 155 up -3
Paying Taxes 182 184 up 2
Trading Across Borders 181 182 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 162 162 No change
Resolving Insolvency 136 137 up 1

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The challenges of launching a business are shown below. Included are: the number of steps entrepreneurs can expect to go through to launch, the time it takes on average, and the cost and minimum capital required as a percentage of gross national income (GNI) per capita.

DB 2013 Rank 180 DB 2012 Rank 179 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 46.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 43.1 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up3.8
Indicator Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa OECD

The total number of procedures required to register a firm. A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company founders with external parties (for example, government agencies, lawyers, auditors or notaries).

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11 8 5

The total number of days required to register a firm. The measure captures the median duration that incorporation lawyers indicate is necessary to complete a procedure with minimum follow-up with government agencies and no extra payments.

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161 34 12

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. It includes all official fees and fees for legal or professional services if such services are required by law.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
55.3 67.3 4.5

The amount that the entrepreneur needs to deposit in a bank or with a notary before registration and up to 3 months following incorporation and is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita.

View methodology Paid-in Min. Capital (% of income per capita)
80.5 116.0 13.3
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Deposit the legally required capital in a bank and obtain the deposit evidence. 1 day no charge
2 Draft and notarize the articles of association with the public notary 3 days XAF for 300,000 notary fees + XAF 12,000 for stamps
3 Register articles of association with tax authorities 2 days XAF 10,000 fixed fee + XAF 1,300 stamp duty per page
4 Obtain extracts of criminal record of the company manager 1 day XAF 2,000
5 Register articles of association with the commercial registrar at the Clerk’s Office of the Court 1 days included in procedure 6
6 Register with the Centre des Formalités des Entreprises 90 days XAF 300,000
7 Register with the tax authorities 30 days included in procedure 6
8 Publish the notice of company formation in a legal journal 4 days XAF 50,000
* 9 Notify the Ministry of Labor (ONEMO) of the start of operations 2 days (simultaneous with procedure 8) no charge
* 10 Register with the Regional Direction of Labor 1 day (simultaneous with procedure 8) no charge
* 11 Register with the Social Security Authorities 30 days (simultaneous with procedure 8) no charge
* 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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