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Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container deflated)(DB06-15 methodology) by country

The cost to import records the cost associated with importing a standardized cargo of goods by sea transport through 4 predefined stages: document preparation; customs clearance and inspections; inland transport and handling; and port and terminal handling. It is calculated in US dollars per container deflated....

Countries reporting
181
Highest
10,650 DB06-15 methodology
Tajikistan
Lowest
415 DB06-15 methodology
East Timor
Median
1,420 DB06-15 methodology
Years covered
10
2005–2014
Data points
1,813

What the numbers show

Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container deflated)(DB06-15 methodology) is currently reported for 181 countries. The highest value is 10,650 DB06-15 methodology in Tajikistan; the lowest is 415 DB06-15 methodology in East Timor.

The median across all reporting countries is 1,420 DB06-15 methodology, and the mean is 1,859 DB06-15 methodology.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 26.

Over the past decade 32 countries rose and 149 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 87.6%), and the largest decrease in Belarus (down 85.5%).

Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container deflated): full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Tajikistan 10,650 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 34.4% falling
2 Chad 9,025 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.7% rising
3 Congo 7,590 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 87.6% rising
4 Zambia 7,060 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.2% rising
5 Uzbekistan 6,452 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 67.5% falling
6 Central African Republic 6,335 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 20.3% rising
7 Zimbabwe 6,160 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 57.0% rising
8 Kyrgyzstan 6,000 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 4.2% falling
9 Afghanistan 5,680 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 36.7% rising
10 Kazakhstan 5,265 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 42.2% falling
11 Rwanda 4,990 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.1% falling
12 Mali 4,540 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 9.6% rising
13 Niger 4,500 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 7.4% rising
14 Burundi 4,420 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 62.8% falling
15 Burkina Faso 4,330 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 13.0% falling
16 Democratic Republic of Congo 4,290 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 59.8% falling
17 Botswana 3,710 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.6% falling
18 Venezuela 3,695 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 51.4% falling
19 Iraq 3,650 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 61.5% falling
20 Azerbaijan 3,450 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 49.4% falling
21 Sudan 3,400 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 64.2% falling
22 Uganda 3,375 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 41.8% falling
23 Ethiopia 2,960 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 74.9% falling
24 Mongolia 2,950 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 62.2% falling
25 Malawi 2,895 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 66.4% falling
26 Angola 2,725 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 53.1% falling
27 Nepal 2,650 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 29.5% falling
28 Saint Kitts and Nevis 2,615 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 12.6% falling
29 Russia 2,594 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 45.7% falling
30 Colombia 2,470 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 8.3% rising
31 Ukraine 2,455 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 60.2% falling
32 Syria 2,410 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.0% falling
33 Kenya 2,350 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 48.5% falling
34 Bhutan 2,330 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 24.1% falling
35 Brazil 2,323 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 16.5% rising
36 Argentina 2,320 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 67.0% falling
37 Saint Lucia 2,280 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 30.7% falling
38 Gabon 2,275 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.2% falling
38 Paraguay 2,275 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.7% falling
40 Cameroon 2,267 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 11.9% falling
41 Belarus 2,265 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 85.5% falling
42 Eswatini 2,245 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.6% falling
43 Jamaica 2,180 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 50.5% falling
44 Armenia 2,175 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.6% rising
45 Grenada 2,170 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 18.5% falling
46 South Africa 2,080 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 2.8% flat
47 Lesotho 2,045 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 4.7% falling
48 Guinea-Bissau 2,006 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.8% falling
49 Eritrea 2,000 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 66.1% falling
50 Cote d'Ivoire 1,960 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 36.5% falling
51 Nigeria 1,960 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 64.4% falling
52 Senegal 1,940 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 20.9% falling
53 Laos 1,910 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 35.3% falling
53 Serbia 1,910 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 43.6% falling
55 Mexico 1,888 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 28.3% falling
56 Moldova 1,870 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 49.9% falling
57 Namibia 1,805 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.6% falling
58 Bahamas 1,770 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 15.9% rising
59 Bolivia 1,745 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.9% falling
60 Canada 1,680 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 2.9% flat
61 Honduras 1,630 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 0.1% flat
62 Iceland 1,620 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.1% falling
63 Tanzania 1,615 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.6% falling
64 Maldives 1,610 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 18.3% falling
65 Dominica 1,600 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 32.8% falling
65 Equatorial Guinea 1,600 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 60.8% falling
65 Mozambique 1,600 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 29.9% falling
68 Georgia 1,595 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.6% falling
69 Belize 1,580 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.2% falling
70 Sierra Leone 1,575 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 44.1% falling
71 Yemen 1,560 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 59.9% falling
72 Haiti 1,555 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 61.5% falling
72 Iran 1,555 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 68.0% falling
72 Madagascar 1,555 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 47.6% falling
75 Mauritania 1,523 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.7% falling
76 Antigua and Barbuda 1,520 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 44.6% falling
76 Ecuador 1,520 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.3% falling
78 Bangladesh 1,515 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 35.0% falling
79 Slovakia 1,505 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 27.3% rising
80 Romania 1,495 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 37.7% falling
81 Benin 1,487 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 9.7% flat
82 Guinea 1,480 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 72.5% falling
83 India 1,462 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 39.7% falling
84 France 1,445 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.6% flat
84 Guatemala 1,445 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 54.9% falling
86 Switzerland 1,440 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 0.3% flat
86 Uruguay 1,440 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 30.8% falling
86 Vanuatu 1,440 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 49.6% falling
89 Palestine 1,425 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 5.1% falling
89 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,425 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.1% falling
91 Luxembourg 1,420 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 15.1% falling
92 Belgium 1,400 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.3% falling
92 Spain 1,400 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 7.1% rising
94 North Macedonia 1,380 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.8% falling
95 Bulgaria 1,365 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.1% falling
95 Lebanon 1,365 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 39.2% rising
97 Ghana 1,360 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 73.0% falling
98 Papua New Guinea 1,350 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 18.4% falling
98 Puerto Rico 1,350 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 21.1% falling
100 Algeria 1,330 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 64.0% falling
101 Liberia 1,320 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 42.9% falling
102 Saudi Arabia 1,309 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 27.7% rising
103 Comoros 1,295 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.5% falling
104 United States 1,289 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.1% flat
105 Trinidad and Tobago 1,260 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 25.2% falling
106 Kuwait 1,250 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 39.6% falling
107 Nicaragua 1,245 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 44.5% falling
108 Jordan 1,235 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 30.5% falling
108 Turkey 1,235 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 30.7% falling
110 Australia 1,220 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 18.4% falling
111 Austria 1,215 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 13.5% rising
111 Czechia 1,215 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 29.6% rising
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,200 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.2% falling
114 Suriname 1,190 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 50.0% falling
114 Togo 1,190 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.5% falling
116 Croatia 1,185 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 23.0% falling
117 Dominican Republic 1,145 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 27.9% falling
117 Italy 1,145 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.1% falling
119 Norway 1,140 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 52.0% rising
120 Greece 1,135 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 21.6% falling
121 Ireland 1,121 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 2.6% flat
122 Costa Rica 1,070 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 51.8% falling
123 Germany 1,050 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 23.7% rising
123 United Kingdom 1,050 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 32.6% falling
123 Qatar 1,050 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 24.1% falling
126 Micronesia (country) 1,045 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.1% falling
127 El Salvador 1,035 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 35.6% rising
128 Panama 1,030 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 3.3% flat
129 Poland 1,025 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 1.9% flat
130 Japan 1,021 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 3.8% rising
131 Cyprus 1,010 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 3.3% flat
131 Peru 1,010 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 9.4% rising
133 Pakistan 1,005 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 12.7% falling
134 Montenegro 985 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.8% falling
135 Netherlands 975 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 14.7% falling
136 Morocco 970 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 45.2% falling
137 Cambodia 930 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 23.2% falling
138 Cape Verde 925 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 24.7% falling
138 Portugal 925 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 9.0% falling
140 Philippines 915 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.8% falling
141 Kiribati 910 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 47.2% falling
141 Tunisia 910 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 7.6% flat
143 Bahrain 870 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 23.5% falling
144 Chile 860 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 6.8% rising
145 Hungary 845 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 34.1% falling
146 Slovenia 830 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 30.9% falling
147 New Zealand 825 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.5% falling
148 Latvia 801 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 51.5% falling
149 Lithuania 800 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 44.5% falling
150 China 799.95 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 25.4% rising
151 Estonia 795 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 22.7% falling
152 Egypt 790 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 70.4% falling
153 Solomon Islands 785 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 64.6% falling
154 Brunei 770 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 8.9% rising
155 Thailand 760 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 45.6% falling
156 Fiji 753 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 7.4% falling
157 Denmark 745 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 0.7% flat
157 Gambia 745 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 38.0% falling
159 Sweden 735 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 2.5% flat
160 Albania 730 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 28.6% falling
161 Guyana 720 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 55.3% falling
161 Marshall Islands 720 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 31.0% falling
161 Taiwan 720 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 4.1% flat
164 Mauritius 710 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 30.5% falling
165 Oman 700 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 16.4% falling
166 South Korea 695 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 35.8% falling
167 Sri Lanka 690 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 49.5% falling
168 Palau 680 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 47.9% falling
169 Seychelles 675 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 65.0% falling
170 Indonesia 646.8 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 59.5% falling
171 United Arab Emirates 625 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 32.0% falling
171 Finland 625 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 26.2% rising
173 Samoa 615 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 43.0% falling
174 Vietnam 600 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 61.7% falling
175 Sao Tome and Principe 577 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 72.9% falling
176 Hong Kong 565 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 21.8% flat
176 Israel 565 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 19.6% falling
178 Malaysia 560 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 6.8% flat
179 Tonga 500 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 56.1% falling
180 Singapore 440 DB06-15 methodology 2014 up 14.7% rising
181 East Timor 415 DB06-15 methodology 2014 down 65.9% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

  • Kosovo 1,730 DB06-15 methodology

About this data

Indicator
Trading across borders: Cost to import (US$ per container deflated)(DB06-15 methodology)
Unit
DB06-15 methodology
Source
World Bank
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
183 places, 1,813 data points, 2005–2014
Last refreshed

The cost to import records the cost associated with importing a standardized cargo of goods by sea transport through 4 predefined stages: document preparation; customs clearance and inspections; inland transport and handling; and port and terminal handling. It is calculated in US dollars per container deflated. Cost measures the fees levied on import of goods in a 20-foot container, in US dollars. All fees charged by government agencies and the private sector to a trader in the process of exporting and importing the goods are taken into account. These include but are not limited to costs for documents, administrative fees for customs clearance and inspections, customs broker fees, port-related charges and inland transport costs. Only official costs are recorded. The component indicator is computed based on the methodology in the DB06-15 studies.