Philippines

Ease of Doing Business in

Philippines

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Philippines. 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 East Asia & Pacific
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 94,852,030
GNI Per Capita (US$) 2,210
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
138 136 down -2

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
51.7 51.4 down 0.3
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 161 158 up -3
Dealing with Construction Permits 100 101 up 1
Getting Electricity 57 53 up -4
Registering Property 122 120 up -2
Getting Credit 129 127 up -2
Protecting Investors 128 124 up -4
Paying Taxes 143 136 up -7
Trading Across Borders 53 56 up 3
Enforcing Contracts 111 109 up -2
Resolving Insolvency 165 166 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 53 DB 2012 Rank 56 Change in Rank up3
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 71.0 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 70.3 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up0.7
Indicator Philippines East Asia & Pacific 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)
7 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)
15 21 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)
585 923 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 7 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)
14 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)
660 958 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 8 105
Customs clearance and technical control 2 85
Ports and terminal handling 3 225
Inland transportation and handling 2 170
Totals 15 585
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 8 90
Customs clearance and technical control 2 185
Ports and terminal handling 3 200
Inland transportation and handling 1 185
Totals 14 660
Export documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial Invoice
Customs export declaration
Packing List
Technical standard/health certificate
Terminal handling receipts
Import documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Confirmation receipt of payment for customs related fees
Customs import declaration
Delivery order
Packing list
Terminal handling receipts

** 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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