Kuwait - Taxes on international trade

Taxes on international trade (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on international trade (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: Taxes on international trade include import duties, export duties, profits of export or import monopolies, exchange profits, and exchange taxes.

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

Taxes on international trade (% of revenue)

Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in Kuwait was 2.40 as of 1998. Its highest value over the past 26 years was 2.69 in 1993, while its lowest value was 0.00 in 1992.

Definition: Taxes on international trade include import duties, export duties, profits of export or import monopolies, exchange profits, and exchange taxes.

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

See also:

Year Value
1972 1.48
1973 1.73
1974 0.66
1977 1.37
1978 1.48
1979 1.26
1980 0.78
1981 1.09
1982 2.04
1983 1.93
1984 1.54
1985 1.61
1986 1.26
1990 2.02
1991 2.29
1992 0.00
1993 2.69
1994 2.67
1995 2.18
1996 2.16
1997 1.98
1998 2.40

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance