Lebanon

Ease of Doing Business in

Lebanon

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Lebanon. 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 Middle East & North Africa
Income Category Upper middle income
Population 4,259,405
GNI Per Capita (US$) 9,110
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
115 112 down -3

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
59.0 59.1 down -0.1
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 114 111 up -3
Dealing with Construction Permits 172 161 up -11
Getting Electricity 47 46 up -1
Registering Property 108 111 up 3
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 100 98 up -2
Paying Taxes 37 36 up -1
Trading Across Borders 95 94 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 121 121 No change
Resolving Insolvency 131 131 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 95 DB 2012 Rank 94 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 63.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 64.6 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.7
Indicator Lebanon Middle East & North 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)
5 6 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)
22 19 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)
1,080 1,083 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)
7 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)
30 22 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)
1,365 1,275 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 11 370
Customs clearance and technical control 3 285
Ports and terminal handling 4 125
Inland transportation and handling 4 300
Totals 22 1,080
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 16 315
Customs clearance and technical control 6 400
Ports and terminal handling 6 400
Inland transportation and handling 2 250
Totals 30 1,365
Export documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs export declaration
Packing list
Import documents
Bill of lading
Cargo release order
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration
Packing list
Technical standard/health certificate

** 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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