Ghana - Enterprise Survey 2007

Reference ID

GHA_2007_ES_v01_M_WB

Year

2007

Country

Ghana

Producer(s)

World Bank

Sponsor(s)

World Bank - -

Created on

Feb 13, 2013

Last modified

Dec 05, 2013

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imports average days - customs (d14)
File: Ghana-2007--full data-1

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 2
Decimals: 0
Range: -9-21

Valid cases: 292
Invalid: 324

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was the average number of days that it took you to claim the goods from customs?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	don't know	0	0.0%
-8	refused to answer	0	0.0%
-7	not applicable	0	0.0%
-6	still in process	0	0.0%
-5	application denied	0	0.0%
-4	skipped	266	91.1%
-3	not provided	0	0.0%
1		2	0.7%
2		3	1.0%
3		4	1.4%
4		3	1.0%
5		1	0.3%
7		7	2.4%
10		1	0.3%
14		3	1.0%
21		2	0.7%
Sysmiss		324

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

The purpose of these questions is to measure the efficiency of customs clearance of imports.

Goods cleared customs includes all clearances required from the moment the goods arrived at their point of entry (e.g., port, airport) until the moment they satisfy the requirement of the clearance procedures at the customs office and can be picked up. It does not include time spent on transportation to reach the point of entry.

Average number of days to clear customs. Prompt respondent to think of various shipments destined to the establishment that originated from abroad, and to estimate an average of the time it took when the shipment arrived to the country's point of entry to the time the establishment was allowed to claim them and begin domestic transport.