The source adds the following:
"Border compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the economy’s customs regulations and with regulations relating to other inspections that are mandatory in order for the shipment to cross the economy’s border, as well as the time and cost for handling that takes place at its port or border".
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Border compliance time to import in Sub-Saharan Africa by country 2019
Import border compliance demanded *** hours in Tanzania as of 2019. This was the longest time needed for a shipment to cross a country's borders due to customs regulations and other mandatory inspections in Sub-Saharan Africa. The regional average was hours. At the bottom of the ranking, Eswatini recorded a time for export border compliance of hours.
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World Bank. (October 24, 2019). Time needed for border compliance for imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019, by country (in hours) [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved August 05, 2026, from /statistics/1236950/border-compliance-time-to-import-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
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Time needed for border compliance for imports in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2019, by country (in hours) [Graph], World Bank, October 24, 2019. [Online]. Available: /statistics/1236950/border-compliance-time-to-import-in-sub-saharan-africa-by-country/
