Afghanistan Trade Statistics

Export: Cost: Border Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

AF: Export: Cost: Border Compliance data was reported at 452.778 USD in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 452.778 USD for 2018. AF: Export: Cost: Border Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 452.778 USD from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 511.111 USD in 2015 and a record low of 452.778 USD in 2019. AF: Export: Cost: Border Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. 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. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
452.778 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

AF: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 344.444 USD in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 344.444 USD for 2018. AF: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 344.444 USD from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 344.444 USD in 2019 and a record low of 344.444 USD in 2019. AF: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
344.444 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Afghanistan Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance

Afghanistan Exports: Lead Time

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

AF: Exports: Lead Time data was reported at 86.000 Day in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 81.000 Day for 2013. AF: Exports: Lead Time data is updated yearly, averaging 74.000 Day from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 86.000 Day in 2014 and a record low of 67.000 Day in 2007. AF: Exports: Lead Time data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Time to export is the time necessary to comply with all procedures required to export goods. Time is recorded in calendar days. The time calculation for a procedure starts from the moment it is initiated and runs until it is completed. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing each remaining procedure without delay. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The waiting time between procedures--for example, during unloading of the cargo--is included in the measure.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
86.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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Afghanistan Afghanistan Exports: Lead Time

Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Hour | World Bank

AF: Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data was reported at 48.000 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 48.000 Hour for 2018. AF: Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 48.000 Hour from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 48.000 Hour in 2019 and a record low of 48.000 Hour in 2019. AF: Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. 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. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00 a.m., are processed overnight and can be picked up at 8:00 a.m. the next day. In this case the time for customs clearance would be recorded as 24 hours because the actual procedure took 24 hours. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
48.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Hour | World Bank

AF: Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 228.000 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 228.000 Hour for 2018. AF: Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 228.000 Hour from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 242.667 Hour in 2015 and a record low of 228.000 Hour in 2019. AF: Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00 a.m., are processed overnight and can be picked up at 8:00 a.m. the next day. In this case the time for customs clearance would be recorded as 24 hours because the actual procedure took 24 hours. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
228.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Exports: Lead Time: Median Case

2007 - 2012 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

AF: Exports: Lead Time: Median Case data was reported at 5.000 Day in 2012. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.000 Day for 2010. AF: Exports: Lead Time: Median Case data is updated yearly, averaging 5.000 Day from Dec 2007 to 2012, with 3 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 8.100 Day in 2007 and a record low of 2.000 Day in 2010. AF: Exports: Lead Time: Median Case data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Lead time to export is the median time (the value for 50 percent of shipments) from shipment point to port of loading. Data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey. Respondents provided separate values for the best case (10 percent of shipments) and the median case (50 percent of shipments). The data are exponentiated averages of the logarithm of single value responses and of midpoint values of range responses for the median case.;World Bank and Turku School of Economics, Logistic Performance Index Surveys. Data are available online at: https://lpi.worldbank.org/. Summary results are published in Arvis and others' Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators report.;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
5.000 2012 yearly 2007 - 2012

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Afghanistan Exports: Number of Documents

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

AF: Exports: Number of Documents data was reported at 10.000 Number in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 10.000 Number for 2013. AF: Exports: Number of Documents data is updated yearly, averaging 10.000 Number from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.000 Number in 2014 and a record low of 10.000 Number in 2014. AF: Exports: Number of Documents data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. All documents required per shipment to export goods are recorded. It is assumed that the contract has already been agreed upon and signed by both parties. 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. Since payment is by letter of credit, all documents required by banks for the issuance or securing of a letter of credit are also taken into account. Documents that are renewed annually and that do not require renewal per shipment (for example, an annual tax clearance certificate) are not included.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
10.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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Goods Trade: % of GDP

1960 - 2022 | Yearly | % | World Bank

AF: Goods Trade: % of GDP data was reported at 40.950 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 45.162 % for 2021. AF: Goods Trade: % of GDP data is updated yearly, averaging 34.732 % from Dec 1960 to 2022, with 43 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 66.213 % in 2002 and a record low of 11.436 % in 1970. AF: Goods Trade: % of GDP data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Merchandise trade as a share of GDP is the sum of merchandise exports and imports divided by the value of GDP, all in current U.S. dollars.;World Trade Organization, and World Bank GDP estimates.;Weighted average;

Last Frequency Range
40.950 2022 yearly 1960 - 2022

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Afghanistan Goods Trade: % of GDP

Import: Cost: Border Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

AF: Import: Cost: Border Compliance data was reported at 750.000 USD in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 750.000 USD for 2018. AF: Import: Cost: Border Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 750.000 USD from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 850.000 USD in 2015 and a record low of 750.000 USD in 2019. AF: Import: Cost: Border Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. 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. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
750.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Afghanistan Import: Cost: Border Compliance

Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | USD | World Bank

AF: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 900.000 USD in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 900.000 USD for 2018. AF: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 900.000 USD from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 900.000 USD in 2019 and a record low of 900.000 USD in 2019. AF: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Insurance cost and informal payments for which no receipt is issued are excluded from the costs recorded. Costs are reported in U.S. dollars. Contributors are asked to convert local currency into U.S. dollars based on the exchange rate prevailing on the day they answer the questionnaire. Contributors are private sector experts in international trade logistics and are informed about exchange rates and their movements. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
900.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Afghanistan Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance

Afghanistan Imports: Lead Time

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

AF: Imports: Lead Time data was reported at 91.000 Day in 2014. This records an increase from the previous number of 85.000 Day for 2013. AF: Imports: Lead Time data is updated yearly, averaging 77.000 Day from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 91.000 Day in 2014 and a record low of 71.000 Day in 2007. AF: Imports: Lead Time data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Time to import is the time necessary to comply with all procedures required to import goods. Time is recorded in calendar days. The time calculation for a procedure starts from the moment it is initiated and runs until it is completed. If a procedure can be accelerated for an additional cost, the fastest legal procedure is chosen. It is assumed that neither the exporter nor the importer wastes time and that each commits to completing each remaining procedure without delay. Procedures that can be completed in parallel are measured as simultaneous. The waiting time between procedures--for example, during unloading of the cargo--is included in the measure.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
91.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Hour | World Bank

AF: Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data was reported at 96.000 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 96.000 Hour for 2018. AF: Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 96.000 Hour from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 96.000 Hour in 2019 and a record low of 96.000 Hour in 2019. AF: Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. 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. The time and cost for this segment include time and cost for customs clearance and inspection procedures conducted by other government agencies.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00 a.m., are processed overnight and can be picked up at 8:00 a.m. the next day. In this case the time for customs clearance would be recorded as 24 hours because the actual procedure took 24 hours. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
96.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance

2014 - 2019 | Yearly | Hour | World Bank

AF: Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data was reported at 324.000 Hour in 2019. This stayed constant from the previous number of 324.000 Hour for 2018. AF: Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data is updated yearly, averaging 324.000 Hour from Dec 2014 to 2019, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 336.000 Hour in 2015 and a record low of 324.000 Hour in 2019. AF: Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Documentary compliance captures the time and cost associated with compliance with the documentary requirements of all government agencies of the origin economy, the destination economy and any transit economies. The aim is to measure the total burden of preparing the bundle of documents that will enable completion of the international trade for the product and partner pair assumed in the case study.;World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/). NOTE: Doing Business has been discontinued as of 9/16/2021. For more information: https://bit.ly/3CLCbme;Unweighted average;Time is measured in hours, and 1 day is 24 hours (for example, 22 days are recorded as 22 × 24 = 528 hours). If customs clearance takes 7.5 hours, the data are recorded as is. Alternatively, suppose that documents are submitted to a customs agency at 8:00 a.m., are processed overnight and can be picked up at 8:00 a.m. the next day. In this case the time for customs clearance would be recorded as 24 hours because the actual procedure took 24 hours. Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
324.000 2019 yearly 2014 - 2019

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Afghanistan Imports: Lead Time: Median Case

2007 - 2010 | Yearly | Day | World Bank

AF: Imports: Lead Time: Median Case data was reported at 4.000 Day in 2010. This records a decrease from the previous number of 20.700 Day for 2007. AF: Imports: Lead Time: Median Case data is updated yearly, averaging 12.350 Day from Dec 2007 to 2010, with 2 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 20.700 Day in 2007 and a record low of 4.000 Day in 2010. AF: Imports: Lead Time: Median Case data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. Lead time to import is the median time (the value for 50 percent of shipments) from port of discharge to arrival at the consignee. Data are from the Logistics Performance Index survey. Respondents provided separate values for the best case (10 percent of shipments) and the median case (50 percent of shipments). The data are exponentiated averages of the logarithm of single value responses and of midpoint values of range responses for the median case.;World Bank and Turku School of Economics, Logistic Performance Index Surveys. Data are available online at: https://lpi.worldbank.org/. Summary results are published in Arvis and others' Connecting to Compete: Trade Logistics in the Global Economy, The Logistics Performance Index and Its Indicators report.;Unweighted average;

Last Frequency Range
4.000 2010 yearly 2007 - 2010

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Afghanistan Imports: Number of Documents

2005 - 2014 | Yearly | Number | World Bank

AF: Imports: Number of Documents data was reported at 10.000 Number in 2014. This stayed constant from the previous number of 10.000 Number for 2013. AF: Imports: Number of Documents data is updated yearly, averaging 10.000 Number from Dec 2005 to 2014, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 10.000 Number in 2014 and a record low of 10.000 Number in 2014. AF: Imports: Number of Documents data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Afghanistan – Table AF.World Bank.WDI: Trade Statistics. All documents required per shipment to import goods are recorded. It is assumed that the contract has already been agreed upon and signed by both parties. 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. Since payment is by letter of credit, all documents required by banks for the issuance or securing of a letter of credit are also taken into account. Documents that are renewed annually and that do not require renewal per shipment (for example, an annual tax clearance certificate) are not included.; ; World Bank, Doing Business project (http://www.doingbusiness.org/).; Unweighted average; Data are presented for the survey year instead of publication year.

Last Frequency Range
10.000 2014 yearly 2005 - 2014

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AF: Export: Cost: Border Compliance
AF: Export: Cost: Documentary Compliance
AF: Exports: Lead Time
AF: Exports: Lead Time: Border Compliance
AF: Exports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance
AF: Exports: Lead Time: Median Case
AF: Exports: Number of Documents
AF: Goods Trade: % of GDP
AF: Import: Cost: Border Compliance
AF: Import: Cost: Documentary Compliance
AF: Imports: Lead Time
AF: Imports: Lead Time: Border Compliance
AF: Imports: Lead Time: Documentary Compliance
AF: Imports: Lead Time: Median Case
AF: Imports: Number of Documents
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