Ukraine

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Ukraine

This page summarizes Doing Business 2013 data for the Ukraine. 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.

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Starting a Business
Dealing with Construction Permits
Getting Electricity
Registering Property
Getting Credit
Protecting Investors
Paying Taxes
Trading Across Borders
Enforcing Contracts
Resolving Insolvency
Region Eastern Europe & Central Asia
Income Category Lower middle income
Population 45,706,100
GNI Per Capita (US$) 3,120
Doing Business 2013 Rank Doing Business 2012 Rank Change in Rank
137 152 down 15

Doing Business 2013 DTF** (% points) Doing Business 2012 DTF** (% points) Improvement in DTF** (% points)
53.5 48.9 down 4.6
Topic Rankings DB 2013 Rank DB 2012 Rank Change in Rank
Starting a Business 50 116 up 66
Dealing with Construction Permits 183 182 up -1
Getting Electricity 166 170 up 4
Registering Property 149 168 up 19
Getting Credit 23 23 No change
Protecting Investors 117 114 up -3
Paying Taxes 165 183 up 18
Trading Across Borders 145 144 up -1
Enforcing Contracts 42 44 up 2
Resolving Insolvency 157 158 up 1

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Shown below are the procedures, time, and costs to build a warehouse, including obtaining necessary licenses and permits, completing required notifications and inspections, and obtaining utility connections.

DB 2013 Rank 183 DB 2012 Rank 182 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 39.4 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 37.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) up2.2
Indicator Ukraine Eastern Europe & Central Asia OECD

The total number of procedures required to build a warehouse. A procedure is any interaction of the company’s employees or managers with external parties.

View methodology Procedures (number)
20 19 14

The total number of days required to build a warehouse. The measure captures the median duration that local experts indicate is necessary to complete a procedure in practice.

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375 226 143

Cost is recorded as a percentage of the economy’s income per capita. Only official costs are recorded.

View methodology Cost (% of income per capita)
1,262.6 486.7 78.7
No. Procedure Time to Complete Associated Costs
1 Hire a Private Design Institute to develop a pre-project city planning justification 1 day USD 9,104
2 Request and obtain certificate of approval from the Kiev Center of City Planning and Architecture 30 days no charge
3 Request and obtain urban planning specifications and requirements for land plot development from the Main Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Kiev City State Administration 30 days UAH 1,664
* 4 Request and obtain technical terms and conditions from the sewage authority 14 days UAH 2,895
* 5 Request and obtain technical terms and conditions from the water supply authority 14 days no charge
* 6 Request and obtain technical terms and conditions from the fixed telephone line provider 14 days UAH 700
* 7 Request and obtain technical terms and conditions from the Fire Safety Department 14 days no charge
* 8 Request and obtain technical terms and conditions from the Department of State Auto Inspection, Main Office of the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Ukraine in Kiev City 14 days no charge
* 9 Contribution to the city social and engineering-transport infrastructure 1 day UAH 246,360
10 Request and obtain approval of project design drawings and estimates by comprehensive state expertise 74 days UAH 17,248
11 Request and obtain the building permit from the State Inspection of Architecture and Construction Control in Kiev 30 days no charge
12 Request and obtain order on city layout modification from the Main Department of Control for the Improvements in Kiev City 40 days no charge
13 Request and connect to water and sewage services 4 days UAH 700
* 14 Request and connect to phone services 4 days UAH 720
15 Obtain Act of Readiness for Exploitation of Warehouse from the State Inspectorate 14 days no charge
16 Receive Inspection from State Inspectorate 1 day no charge
17 Obtain Certificate of Compliance from State Inspection of Architecture and Construction Control in Kiev 30 days UAH 2,160
18 Request and obtain warehouse architectural and technical passport approval from the Chief Department of Town-Planning, Architecture and Urban Environment Design of the Kiev City State Administration 30 days no charge
19 Register the warehouse with the Main Department of Municipal Property of the Kiev City State Administration 90 days UAH 325
* 20 Register a ownership title over the building with Main Department of Municipal Property of the Kiev City State Administration 30 days UAH 51
* Takes place simultaneously with another procedure.

** 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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