Liberia

Ease of Doing Business in

Liberia

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Liberia. 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 4,128,572
GNI Per Capita (US$) 240
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
149 154 down 5

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
50.1 48.5 down 1.6
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 38 35 up -3
Dealing with Construction Permits 126 127 up 1
Getting Electricity 145 146 up 1
Registering Property 178 178 No change
Getting Credit 104 97 up -7
Protecting Investors 150 147 up -3
Paying Taxes 45 98 up 53
Trading Across Borders 137 138 up 1
Enforcing Contracts 163 168 up 5
Resolving Insolvency 159 161 up 2

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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 137 DB 2012 Rank 138 Change in Rank up1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 48.9 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 48.9 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Liberia 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)
15 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)
1,220 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)
28 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)
1,320 2,567 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 8 215
Customs clearance and technical control 2 355
Ports and terminal handling 2 250
Inland transportation and handling 3 400
Totals 15 1,220
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 22 590
Customs clearance and technical control 1 355
Ports and terminal handling 3 125
Inland transportation and handling 2 250
Totals 28 1,320
Export documents
Bill of lading
Cargo Acceptance Note (shipping note)
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs export declaration
Customs release form
Export permit
Inspection report (from BIVAC)
Packing List
Terminal handling receipts
Import documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration (SAD)
Exit Note (issued by Customs)
Gate Pass (issued by NPA)
Import Permit Declaration (IPD)
Inspection Report
Packing list
Release Order (issued by Customs)
Terminal handling receipts (from NPA)

** 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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