Kuwait - Customs and other import duties

Customs and other import duties (current LCU)

The value for Customs and other import duties (current LCU) in Kuwait was 83,000,000.00 as of 1998. As the graph below shows, over the past 26 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 87,000,000.00 in 1982 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1992.

Definition: Customs and other import duties are all levies collected on goods that are entering the country or services delivered by nonresidents to residents. They include levies imposed for revenue or protection purposes and determined on a specific or ad valorem basis as long as they are restricted to imported goods or services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

Year Value
1972 9,000,000.00
1973 12,000,000.00
1974 18,000,000.00
1977 41,000,000.00
1978 45,000,000.00
1979 46,000,000.00
1980 54,000,000.00
1981 69,000,000.00
1982 87,000,000.00
1983 80,000,000.00
1984 67,000,000.00
1985 61,000,000.00
1986 60,000,000.00
1987 60,000,000.00
1988 55,000,000.00
1989 65,000,000.00
1990 63,000,000.00
1991 6,000,000.00
1992 0.00
1993 61,000,000.00
1994 68,000,000.00
1995 65,000,000.00
1996 72,000,000.00
1997 83,000,000.00
1998 83,000,000.00

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Kuwait was 70.34 as of 1998. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 79.12 in 1996, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1992.

Definition: Customs and other import duties are all levies collected on goods that are entering the country or services delivered by nonresidents to residents. They include levies imposed for revenue or protection purposes and determined on a specific or ad valorem basis as long as they are restricted to imported goods or services.

Source: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files.

See also:

Year Value
1972 1.64
1973 2.01
1974 1.44
1977 21.93
1978 13.89
1979 30.87
1980 25.84
1981 26.44
1982 40.65
1983 40.61
1984 33.33
1985 48.80
1986 55.05
1987 75.95
1988 77.46
1989 77.38
1990 76.83
1991 75.00
1992 0.00
1993 77.22
1994 64.76
1995 69.89
1996 79.12
1997 76.85
1998 70.34

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance