compare_trade_customs
Days to clear customs and cost to comply with trade rules, by country
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How long goods take to clear the border and what compliance costs, from World Bank B-READY's International Trade topic (firm-survey averages in the largest business city): days for exported and imported goods to clear all border agencies, the typical cost of complying with export and import requirements as a share of goods value, and the share of firms exporting by parcel. B-READY is a rotating cohort — 22 of the 41 spine countries in the 2025 edition — and a country outside it is NO_DATA, never a borrowed figure. country, countries, or a ranking by metric (importDays default; exportDays, importCostPct, exportCostPct), lowest first unless sort=highest. Published rates and facts, for information only — not tax, legal or customs advice; every response says so first.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| country | string | no | One ISO alpha-2 code. |
| countries | string | no | Comma-separated ISO alpha-2 codes, two or more, for a side-by-side. |
| metric | string | no | |
| sort | string | no | |
| limit | number | no | Return at most this many countries. |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"country": {
"type": "string",
"description": "One ISO alpha-2 code."
},
"countries": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Comma-separated ISO alpha-2 codes, two or more, for a side-by-side."
},
"metric": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"importDays",
"exportDays",
"importCostPct",
"exportCostPct"
],
"default": "importDays"
},
"sort": {
"type": "string",
"enum": [
"lowest",
"highest"
],
"default": "lowest"
},
"limit": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 1,
"description": "Return at most this many countries."
}
}
}