This topic measures the time and cost (excluding tariffs) associated with the logistical process of exporting and importing goods. It assesses three sets of procedures –documentary compliance, border compliance and domestic transport—within the overall process of exporting or importing a shipment of goods.
The information appearing on this page was collected as part of the Doing Business subnational project in Malaysia, which measures and compares regulations relevant to the life cycle of a small to medium-sized domestic business in cities and ports.
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Johor Port | Kuantan Port | Penang Port | Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur)
Johort Port
INDICATOR SNAPSHOT |
| Trading across borders score (0–100) | 76.5 |
| Time to export | |
| Border compliance (hours) | 48 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 74 |
| Cost to export | |
| Border compliance (US$) | 144 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | 53 |
| Time to import | |
| Border compliance (hours) | 48 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 120 |
| Cost to import | |
| Border compliance (US$) | 181 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | 48 |
PORT DETAILS |
| Characteristics | Export | Import |
| Product | HS 15 – Animal or vegetable fats and oils and their cleavage products; prepared edible fats; animal or vegetable waxes | HS 8708 – Parts and accessories of motor vehicles |
| Trade partner | Turkey | China |
| Border | Johor Port | Johor Port |
| Distance (km) | 10 | 10 |
| Domestic transport time (hours) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Domestic transport cost (US$) | 67 | 67 |
COMPONENTS OF BORDER COMPLIANCE |
| Export | Time to complete (hours) | Associated costs (US$) |
| Clearance and inspections required by customs authorities | 9 | 35 |
| Clearance and inspections required by agencies other than customs | 0 | 0 |
| Port handling | 48 | 109 |
| Import | Time to complete (hours) | Associated costs (US$) |
| Clearance and inspections required by customs authorities | 35 | 69 |
| Clearance and inspections required by agencies other than customs | 0 | 0 |
| Port handling | 48 | 112 |
TRADE DOCUMENTS |
| Export | Import |
| Bill of lading | Bill of lading |
| Certificate of origin (Form MTFTA) | Catalogue of products |
| Commercial invoice | Certificate of origin (Form E) |
| Customs export declaration (Form K2) | Commercial invoice |
| Packing list | Customs import declaration (Form K1) |
| SOLAS certificate | Delivery order |
| | Gate pass |
| | Packing list |
| | SOLAS certificate |
Kuantan Port
| INDICATOR SNAPSHOT |
| Trading across borders score (0–100) | 78.5 |
| Time to export | |
| Border compliance (hours) | 57 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 74 |
| Cost to export | |
| Border compliance (US$) | 138 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | 53 |
| Time to import | |
| Border compliance (hours) | 54 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 74 |
| Cost to import | |
| Border compliance (US$) | 136 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | 48 |
| PORT DETAILS |
| Characteristics | Export | Import |
| Product | HS 39 – Plastics and articles thereof | HS 8708 – Parts and accessories of motor vehicles |
| Trade partner | Republic of Korea | Thailand |
| Border | Kuantan Port | Kuantan Port |
| Distance (km) | 5 | 5 |
| Domestic transport time (hours) | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Domestic transport cost (US$) | 66 | 66 |
| COMPONENTS OF BORDER COMPLIANCE |
| Export | Time to complete (hours) | Associated costs (US$) |
| Clearance and inspections required by customs authorities | 9 | 38 |
| Clearance and inspections required by agencies other than customs | 0 | 0 |
| Port handling | 48 | 100 |
| Import | Time to complete (hours) | Associated costs (US$) |
| Clearance and inspections required by customs authorities | 9 | 38 |
| Clearance and inspections required by agencies other than customs | 0 | 0 |
| Port handling | 54 | 98 |
| TRADE DOCUMENTS |
| Export | Import |
| Bill of lading | Bill of lading |
| Certificate of origin (Form AK) | Certificate of origin (Form D) |
| Commercial invoice | Commercial invoice |
| Customs export declaration (Form K2) | Customs import declaration (Form K1) |
| Packing list | Delivery order |
| SOLAS certificate | Gate pass |
| | Packing list |
| | SOLAS certificate |
Penang Port
| INDICATOR SNAPSHOT |
| Trading across borders score (0–100) | 75.2 |
| Time to export | |
| Border compliance (hours) | 56 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 50 |
| Cost to export | |
| Border compliance (US$) | 150 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | 123 |
| Time to import | |
| Border compliance (hours) | 72 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 98 |
| Cost to import | |
| Border compliance (US$) | 201 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | 48 |
| PORT DETAILS |
| Characteristics | Export | Import |
| Product | HS 85 – Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | HS 8708 – Parts and accessories of motor vehicles |
| Trade partner | United States | China |
| Border | Penang Port | Penang Port |
| Distance (km) | 15 | 15 |
| Domestic transport time (hours) | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Domestic transport cost (US$) | 118 | 118 |
| COMPONENTS OF BORDER COMPLIANCE |
| Export | Time to complete (hours) | Associated costs (US$) |
| Clearance and inspections required by customs authorities | 8 | 36 |
| Clearance and inspections required by agencies other than customs | 0 | 0 |
| Port handling | 48 | 114 |
| Import | Time to complete (hours) | Associated costs (US$) |
| Clearance and inspections required by customs authorities | 34 | 89 |
| Clearance and inspections required by agencies other than customs | 0 | 0 |
| Port handling | 72 | 112 |
| TRADE DOCUMENTS |
| Export | Import |
| Advance manifest | Bill of lading |
| Bill of lading | Catalogue of products |
| Certificate of origin | Certificate of origin (Form E) |
| Commercial invoice | Commercial invoice |
| Customs export declaration (Form K2) | Customs import declaration (Form K1) |
| Packing list | Delivery order |
| SOLAS certificate | Gate pass |
| | Packing list |
| | Telegraphic transfer form |
| | SOLAS certificate |
Port Klang (Kuala Lumpur)
| INDICATOR SNAPSHOT |
| Trading across borders score (0–100) | 88.5 |
| Time to export | |
| Border compliance (hours) | 28 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 10 |
| Cost to export | |
| Border compliance (US$) | 213 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | 35 |
| Time to import | |
| Border compliance (hours) | 36 |
| Documentary compliance (hours) | 7 |
| Cost to import | |
| Border compliance (US$) | 213 |
| Documentary compliance (US$) | 60 |
| PORT DETAILS |
| Characteristics | Export | Import |
| Product | HS 85 – Electrical machinery and equipment and parts thereof; sound recorders and reproducers, television image and sound recorders and reproducers, and parts and accessories of such articles | HS 8708 – Parts and accessories of motor vehicles |
| Trade partner | China | Thailand |
| Border | Port Klang | Port Klang |
| Distance (km) | 53 | 53 |
| Domestic transport time (hours) | 4 | 5 |
| Domestic transport cost (US$) | 190 | 195 |
| COMPONENTS OF BORDER COMPLIANCE |
| Export | Time to complete (hours) | Associated costs (US$) |
| Clearance and inspections required by customs authorities | 5 | 47.5 |
| Clearance and inspections required by agencies other than customs | 0 | 0 |
| Port handling | 24 | 165 |
| Import | Time to complete (hours) | Associated costs (US$) |
| Clearance and inspections required by customs authorities | 6 | 47.5 |
| Clearance and inspections required by agencies other than customs | 0 | 0 |
| Port handling | 36 | 165 |
| TRADE DOCUMENTS |
| Export | Import |
| Bill of lading | Bill of lading |
| Certificate of origin (Form E) | Certificate of origin (Form D) |
| Commercial invoice | Commercial invoice |
| Customs export declaration (Form K2) | Customs import declaration (Form K1) |
| Packing list | Delivery order |
| SOLAS certificate | eGate pass |
| | Packing list |
| | SOLAS certificate |
