Enterprise Survey 2015

Timor-Leste, 2015 - 2016

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TLS_2015_ES_v01_M

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https://doi.org/10.48529/mb89-s086

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World Bank

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Enterprise Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Avg. num. of Days For Imported Goods To Clear Customs In Last Fiscal Year (d14)

Data file: timor_leste_2015_full_data

Overview

Valid: 21

Invalid: 105

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 469

End: 470

Width: 2

Range: -9 - 30

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In fiscal year [insert last complete fiscal year], when this establishment imported material inputs or supplies, how many days did it take on average from the time these goods arrived to their point of entry (e.g. port, airport) until the time these goods could be claimed from customs?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
-9	Don't know (spontaneous)	0	0%
-8	Refusal (spontaneous)	0	0%
-7	Does not apply	0	0%
2		2	9.5%
3		3	14.3%
4		1	4.8%
5		2	9.5%
7		5	23.8%
8		1	4.8%
10		1	4.8%
12		1	4.8%
14		3	14.3%
21		1	4.8%
30		1	4.8%
Sysmiss		105

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.

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