Poland

Ease of Doing Business in

Poland

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for Poland. 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 OECD high income
Income Category High income
Population 38,216,000
GNI Per Capita (US$) 12,480
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
55 74 down 19

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
69.4 63.8 down 5.6
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 124 129 up 5
Dealing with Construction Permits 161 157 up -4
Getting Electricity 137 130 up -7
Registering Property 62 87 up 25
Getting Credit 4 4 No change
Protecting Investors 49 46 up -3
Paying Taxes 114 124 up 10
Trading Across Borders 50 49 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 56 84 up 28
Resolving Insolvency 37 91 up 54

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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 50 DB 2012 Rank 49 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 74.4 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 74.5 Improvement in DTF** (% points) down-0.1
Indicator Poland OECD high income 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 -- 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)
17 -- 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)
1,050 -- 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)
5 -- 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)
16 -- 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)
1,025 -- 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 10 145
Customs clearance and technical control 1 65
Ports and terminal handling 3 140
Inland transportation and handling 3 700
Totals 17 1,050
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 10 120
Customs clearance and technical control 2 65
Ports and terminal handling 2 140
Inland transportation and handling 2 700
Totals 16 1,025
Export documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial Invoice
Customs export declaration
Packing List
Import documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration
Packing list

** 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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