# How long does it take to import goods?

**It typically takes 91 days, and anywhere from 91 days to 91 days (Afghanistan, 2014).** (Source: MainMesh, updated 2026-10-15)

| Estimate | Region | Year | Low | Typical | High | Source type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to import | Afghanistan | 2014 | 91 days | 91 days | 91 days | Document |
| Time to import | Albania | 2014 | 18 days | 18 days | 18 days | Document |
| Time to import | Algeria | 2014 | 26 days | 26 days | 26 days | Document |
| Time to import | Angola | 2014 | 43 days | 43 days | 43 days | Document |
| Time to import | Antigua and Barbuda | 2014 | 23 days | 23 days | 23 days | Document |
| Time to import | Argentina | 2014 | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | Document |
| Time to import | Armenia | 2014 | 18 days | 18 days | 18 days | Document |
| Time to import | Australia | 2014 | 8 days | 8 days | 8 days | Document |
| Time to import | Austria | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Azerbaijan | 2014 | 25 days | 25 days | 25 days | Document |
| Time to import | Bahamas, The | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | Bahrain | 2014 | 15 days | 15 days | 15 days | Document |
| Time to import | Bangladesh | 2014 | 33.56 days | 33.56 days | 33.56 days | Document |
| Time to import | Barbados | 2014 | 8 days | 8 days | 8 days | Document |
| Time to import | Belarus | 2014 | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | Document |
| Time to import | Belgium | 2014 | 8 days | 8 days | 8 days | Document |
| Time to import | Belize | 2014 | 19 days | 19 days | 19 days | Document |
| Time to import | Benin | 2014 | 25 days | 25 days | 25 days | Document |
| Time to import | Bhutan | 2014 | 37 days | 37 days | 37 days | Document |
| Time to import | Bolivia | 2014 | 28 days | 28 days | 28 days | Document |
| Time to import | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | Botswana | 2014 | 35 days | 35 days | 35 days | Document |
| Time to import | Brazil | 2014 | 17 days | 17 days | 17 days | Document |
| Time to import | Brunei Darussalam | 2014 | 15 days | 15 days | 15 days | Document |
| Time to import | Bulgaria | 2014 | 17 days | 17 days | 17 days | Document |
| Time to import | Burkina Faso | 2014 | 49 days | 49 days | 49 days | Document |
| Time to import | Burundi | 2014 | 43 days | 43 days | 43 days | Document |
| Time to import | Cabo Verde | 2014 | 20 days | 20 days | 20 days | Document |
| Time to import | Cambodia | 2014 | 24 days | 24 days | 24 days | Document |
| Time to import | Cameroon | 2014 | 25 days | 25 days | 25 days | Document |
| Time to import | Canada | 2014 | 10 days | 10 days | 10 days | Document |
| Time to import | Central African Republic | 2014 | 68 days | 68 days | 68 days | Document |
| Time to import | Chad | 2014 | 90 days | 90 days | 90 days | Document |
| Time to import | Chile | 2014 | 12 days | 12 days | 12 days | Document |
| Time to import | China | 2014 | 24 days | 24 days | 24 days | Document |
| Time to import | Colombia | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | Comoros | 2014 | 24 days | 24 days | 24 days | Document |
| Time to import | Congo, Dem. Rep. | 2014 | 63 days | 63 days | 63 days | Document |
| Time to import | Congo, Rep. | 2014 | 54 days | 54 days | 54 days | Document |
| Time to import | Costa Rica | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Croatia | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Cyprus | 2014 | 5 days | 5 days | 5 days | Document |
| Time to import | Denmark | 2014 | 5 days | 5 days | 5 days | Document |
| Time to import | Djibouti | 2014 | 18 days | 18 days | 18 days | Document |
| Time to import | Dominica | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Dominican Republic | 2014 | 10 days | 10 days | 10 days | Document |
| Time to import | Ecuador | 2014 | 24 days | 24 days | 24 days | Document |
| Time to import | Egypt, Arab Rep. | 2014 | 15 days | 15 days | 15 days | Document |
| Time to import | El Salvador | 2014 | 10 days | 10 days | 10 days | Document |
| Time to import | Equatorial Guinea | 2014 | 44 days | 44 days | 44 days | Document |
| Time to import | Eritrea | 2014 | 59 days | 59 days | 59 days | Document |
| Time to import | Estonia | 2014 | 5 days | 5 days | 5 days | Document |
| Time to import | Eswatini | 2014 | 23 days | 23 days | 23 days | Document |
| Time to import | Ethiopia | 2014 | 44 days | 44 days | 44 days | Document |
| Time to import | Fiji | 2014 | 22 days | 22 days | 22 days | Document |
| Time to import | Finland | 2014 | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days | Document |
| Time to import | France | 2014 | 11 days | 11 days | 11 days | Document |
| Time to import | Gabon | 2014 | 22 days | 22 days | 22 days | Document |
| Time to import | Gambia, The | 2014 | 19 days | 19 days | 19 days | Document |
| Time to import | Georgia | 2014 | 10 days | 10 days | 10 days | Document |
| Time to import | Germany | 2014 | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days | Document |
| Time to import | Ghana | 2014 | 41 days | 41 days | 41 days | Document |
| Time to import | Greece | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Grenada | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Guatemala | 2014 | 16 days | 16 days | 16 days | Document |
| Time to import | Guinea | 2014 | 31 days | 31 days | 31 days | Document |
| Time to import | Guinea-Bissau | 2014 | 22 days | 22 days | 22 days | Document |
| Time to import | Guyana | 2014 | 22 days | 22 days | 22 days | Document |
| Time to import | Haiti | 2014 | 26 days | 26 days | 26 days | Document |
| Time to import | Honduras | 2014 | 16 days | 16 days | 16 days | Document |
| Time to import | Hungary | 2014 | 19 days | 19 days | 19 days | Document |
| Time to import | Iceland | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | India | 2014 | 21.06 days | 21.06 days | 21.06 days | Document |
| Time to import | Indonesia | 2014 | 26 days | 26 days | 26 days | Document |
| Time to import | Iran, Islamic Rep. | 2014 | 37 days | 37 days | 37 days | Document |
| Time to import | Iraq | 2014 | 82 days | 82 days | 82 days | Document |
| Time to import | Ireland | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Israel | 2014 | 10 days | 10 days | 10 days | Document |
| Time to import | Italy | 2014 | 18 days | 18 days | 18 days | Document |
| Time to import | Jamaica | 2014 | 17 days | 17 days | 17 days | Document |
| Time to import | Japan | 2014 | 11 days | 11 days | 11 days | Document |
| Time to import | Jordan | 2014 | 15 days | 15 days | 15 days | Document |
| Time to import | Kazakhstan | 2014 | 67 days | 67 days | 67 days | Document |
| Time to import | Kenya | 2014 | 26 days | 26 days | 26 days | Document |
| Time to import | Kiribati | 2014 | 21 days | 21 days | 21 days | Document |
| Time to import | Korea, Rep. | 2014 | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days | Document |
| Time to import | Kosovo | 2014 | 15 days | 15 days | 15 days | Document |
| Time to import | Kuwait | 2014 | 20 days | 20 days | 20 days | Document |
| Time to import | Kyrgyz Republic | 2014 | 73 days | 73 days | 73 days | Document |
| Time to import | Lao PDR | 2014 | 26 days | 26 days | 26 days | Document |
| Time to import | Latvia | 2014 | 11 days | 11 days | 11 days | Document |
| Time to import | Lebanon | 2014 | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | Document |
| Time to import | Lesotho | 2014 | 33 days | 33 days | 33 days | Document |
| Time to import | Liberia | 2014 | 29 days | 29 days | 29 days | Document |
| Time to import | Libya | 2014 | 37 days | 37 days | 37 days | Document |
| Time to import | Lithuania | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Luxembourg | 2014 | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days | Document |
| Time to import | Madagascar | 2014 | 21 days | 21 days | 21 days | Document |
| Time to import | Malawi | 2014 | 39 days | 39 days | 39 days | Document |
| Time to import | Malaysia | 2014 | 8 days | 8 days | 8 days | Document |
| Time to import | Maldives | 2014 | 22 days | 22 days | 22 days | Document |
| Time to import | Mali | 2014 | 34 days | 34 days | 34 days | Document |
| Time to import | Malta | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Marshall Islands | 2014 | 25 days | 25 days | 25 days | Document |
| Time to import | Mauritania | 2014 | 38 days | 38 days | 38 days | Document |
| Time to import | Mauritius | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Mexico | 2014 | 11.17 days | 11.17 days | 11.17 days | Document |
| Time to import | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | 2014 | 31 days | 31 days | 31 days | Document |
| Time to import | Moldova | 2014 | 27 days | 27 days | 27 days | Document |
| Time to import | Mongolia | 2014 | 45 days | 45 days | 45 days | Document |
| Time to import | Montenegro | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Morocco | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Mozambique | 2014 | 25 days | 25 days | 25 days | Document |
| Time to import | Myanmar | 2014 | 22 days | 22 days | 22 days | Document |
| Time to import | Namibia | 2014 | 20 days | 20 days | 20 days | Document |
| Time to import | Nepal | 2014 | 39 days | 39 days | 39 days | Document |
| Time to import | Netherlands | 2014 | 6 days | 6 days | 6 days | Document |
| Time to import | New Zealand | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Nicaragua | 2014 | 20 days | 20 days | 20 days | Document |
| Time to import | Niger | 2014 | 61 days | 61 days | 61 days | Document |
| Time to import | Nigeria | 2014 | 33.92 days | 33.92 days | 33.92 days | Document |
| Time to import | North Macedonia | 2014 | 11 days | 11 days | 11 days | Document |
| Time to import | Norway | 2014 | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days | Document |
| Time to import | Oman | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Pakistan | 2014 | 18.4 days | 18.4 days | 18.4 days | Document |
| Time to import | Palau | 2014 | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | Document |
| Time to import | Panama | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Papua New Guinea | 2014 | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | Document |
| Time to import | Paraguay | 2014 | 30 days | 30 days | 30 days | Document |
| Time to import | Peru | 2014 | 17 days | 17 days | 17 days | Document |
| Time to import | Philippines | 2014 | 15 days | 15 days | 15 days | Document |
| Time to import | Poland | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Portugal | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | Qatar | 2014 | 16 days | 16 days | 16 days | Document |
| Time to import | Romania | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | Russian Federation | 2014 | 19.4 days | 19.4 days | 19.4 days | Document |
| Time to import | Rwanda | 2014 | 27 days | 27 days | 27 days | Document |
| Time to import | Samoa | 2014 | 28 days | 28 days | 28 days | Document |
| Time to import | San Marino | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | Saudi Arabia | 2014 | 17 days | 17 days | 17 days | Document |
| Time to import | Senegal | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Serbia | 2014 | 15 days | 15 days | 15 days | Document |
| Time to import | Seychelles | 2014 | 17 days | 17 days | 17 days | Document |
| Time to import | Sierra Leone | 2014 | 28 days | 28 days | 28 days | Document |
| Time to import | Singapore | 2014 | 4 days | 4 days | 4 days | Document |
| Time to import | Slovak Republic | 2014 | 16 days | 16 days | 16 days | Document |
| Time to import | Slovenia | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Solomon Islands | 2014 | 20 days | 20 days | 20 days | Document |
| Time to import | South Africa | 2014 | 21 days | 21 days | 21 days | Document |
| Time to import | South Sudan | 2014 | 130 days | 130 days | 130 days | Document |
| Time to import | Spain | 2014 | 9 days | 9 days | 9 days | Document |
| Time to import | Sri Lanka | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | St. Kitts and Nevis | 2014 | 12 days | 12 days | 12 days | Document |
| Time to import | St. Lucia | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | Sudan | 2014 | 46 days | 46 days | 46 days | Document |
| Time to import | Suriname | 2014 | 19 days | 19 days | 19 days | Document |
| Time to import | Sweden | 2014 | 6 days | 6 days | 6 days | Document |
| Time to import | Switzerland | 2014 | 8 days | 8 days | 8 days | Document |
| Time to import | Syrian Arab Republic | 2014 | 24 days | 24 days | 24 days | Document |
| Time to import | Tajikistan | 2014 | 70 days | 70 days | 70 days | Document |
| Time to import | Tanzania | 2014 | 26 days | 26 days | 26 days | Document |
| Time to import | Thailand | 2014 | 13 days | 13 days | 13 days | Document |
| Time to import | Timor-Leste | 2014 | 26 days | 26 days | 26 days | Document |
| Time to import | Togo | 2014 | 29 days | 29 days | 29 days | Document |
| Time to import | Tonga | 2014 | 25 days | 25 days | 25 days | Document |
| Time to import | Trinidad and Tobago | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Tunisia | 2014 | 20 days | 20 days | 20 days | Document |
| Time to import | Uganda | 2014 | 31 days | 31 days | 31 days | Document |
| Time to import | Ukraine | 2014 | 28 days | 28 days | 28 days | Document |
| Time to import | United Arab Emirates | 2014 | 7 days | 7 days | 7 days | Document |
| Time to import | United Kingdom | 2014 | 6 days | 6 days | 6 days | Document |
| Time to import | United States | 2014 | 5.4 days | 5.4 days | 5.4 days | Document |
| Time to import | Uruguay | 2014 | 14 days | 14 days | 14 days | Document |
| Time to import | Uzbekistan | 2014 | 104 days | 104 days | 104 days | Document |
| Time to import | Vanuatu | 2014 | 24 days | 24 days | 24 days | Document |
| Time to import | Venezuela, RB | 2014 | 82 days | 82 days | 82 days | Document |
| Time to import | West Bank and Gaza | 2014 | 38 days | 38 days | 38 days | Document |
| Time to import | Yemen, Rep. | 2014 | 27 days | 27 days | 27 days | Document |
| Time to import | Zambia | 2014 | 53 days | 53 days | 53 days | Document |
| Time to import | Zimbabwe | 2014 | 71 days | 71 days | 71 days | Document |

Days needed to import a standard container of goods, for each country (World Bank Doing Business, 2015 methodology).

Days to complete all procedures to import a standard container of goods by sea. These are the last figures published with this method (up to 2015). The World Bank discontinued the Doing Business report in 2021, so these figures come from its last editions (2019 or 2020 per country) and the year is shown on each card. They describe the largest business city and a standard case study, not every situation.

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