EXPORTING DELAYS – WORLD BANK REPORT
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
ADMINISTRATIVE export delays in developing countries damage economic progress, says a World Bank report. An export container from Bangui, the Central African Republic, requires 116 days to be customs cleared and loaded on a ship at the nearest port; it takes 71 from Burkina Faso's Ouagadougou; and 93 from Almaty, Kazakhstan. This prevents export of perishable food products. *http://www.doingbusiness.org/trade
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ADMINISTRATIVE export delays in developing countries damage economic progress, says a World Bank report. An export container from Bangui, the Central African Republic, requires 116 days to be customs cleared and loaded on a ship at the nearest port; it takes 71 from Burkina Faso's Ouagadougou; and 93 from Almaty, Kazakhstan. This prevents export of perishable food products. *http://www.doingbusiness.org/trade
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