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Enterprise Survey 2006

Nicaragua, 2006
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Reference ID
NIC_2006_ES_v01_M_WB
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/2zcd-8x52
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Enterprise Surveys
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Mar 24, 2011
Last modified
Sep 26, 2013
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  • Nicaragua-2006--full
    data-1

av. no. days for imported goods to clear customs in last fiscal year (d14)

Data file: Nicaragua-2006--full data-1

Overview

Valid: 73
Invalid: 405
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 464
End: 465
Width: 2
Range: -9 - 45
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
In fiscal year 2005, when this establishment imported material inputs or supplies how many days did it take on average from the time 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 0
0%
-7 does not apply 0
0%
1 less than one day 2
2.7%
2 8
11%
3 8
11%
4 4
5.5%
5 8
11%
7 8
11%
8 5
6.8%
10 7
9.6%
12 1
1.4%
15 8
11%
18 1
1.4%
20 3
4.1%
21 1
1.4%
30 6
8.2%
45 3
4.1%
Sysmiss 405
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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