Kosovo

Ease of Doing Business in

Kosovo

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Kosovo. 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 Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 1,794,303
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,520
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
98 126 down 28

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
59.6 53.9 down 5.7
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 126 170 up 44
Dealing with Construction Permits 144 177 up 33
Getting Electricity 116 122 up 6
Registering Property 76 74 up -2
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 100 176 up 76
Paying Taxes 44 48 up 4
Trading Across Borders 124 133 up 9
Enforcing Contracts 138 139 up 1
Resolving Insolvency 87 86 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 124 DB 2012 Rank 133 Change in Rank up9
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 55.7 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 49.5 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up6.2
Indicator Kosovo Eastern Europe & Central 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)
8 7 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)
15 26 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)
1,775 2,134 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)
8 8 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)
15 29 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)
1,810 2,349 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 8 215
Customs clearance and technical control 1 150
Ports and terminal handling 3 560
Inland transportation and handling 3 850
Totals 15 1,775
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 8 250
Customs clearance and technical control 1 150
Ports and terminal handling 3 560
Inland transportation and handling 3 850
Totals 15 1,810
Export documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial Invoice
Convention des Marchandises Routiers - CMR (Transport document)
Customs export declaration (DUD)
Packing list
Terminal Handling receipts
Transit declaration (submitted to Albanian Customs)
Import documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Convention des Marchandises Routiers -- CMR (Transport document)
Customs import declaration (DUD)
Packing list
Terminal handling receipts
Transit declaration (submitted to Albanian Customs)

** 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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