Ukraine

Ease of Doing Business in

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.

Economy Overview

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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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 145 DB 2012 Rank 144 Change in Rank down-1
DB 2013 DTF** (% points) 48.2 DB 2012 DTF** (% points) 48.2 Improvement in DTF** (% points) 0.0
Indicator Ukraine Eastern Europe & Central Asia 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)
6 7 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)
30 26 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)
1,865 2,134 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 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)
33 29 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)
2,155 2,349 1,080
Nature of Export Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 22 235
Customs clearance and technical control 2 250
Ports and terminal handling 3 430
Inland transportation and handling 3 950
Totals 30 1,865
Nature of Import Procedures Duration (days) US$ Cost
Documents preparation 20 255
Customs clearance and technical control 7 300
Ports and terminal handling 3 600
Inland transportation and handling 3 1,000
Totals 33 2,155
Export documents
Bill of lading
Certificate of Origin
Commercial invoice
Customs export declaration
Packing list
Technical standard certificate
Import documents
Bill of Lading
Cargo release order/ Delivery order
Certificate of origin
Commercial invoice
Customs import declaration
Customs transit document
Packing list
Technical standard 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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