The Bahamas - Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in The Bahamas was 12.94 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 65.82 in 1990, while its lowest value was 12.94 in 2019.

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.

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Year Value
1990 65.82
1991 62.17
1992 55.63
1993 55.92
1994 54.97
1995 51.38
1996 51.96
1997 52.50
1998 50.99
1999 50.22
2000 47.62
2001 50.15
2002 49.57
2003 51.20
2004 44.21
2005 47.20
2006 57.42
2007 42.07
2008 41.52
2009 51.82
2010 33.62
2011 28.41
2012 28.41
2013 28.46
2014 26.82
2015 20.48
2016 15.69
2017 15.54
2018 14.73
2019 12.94

Limitations and Exceptions: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Despite IMF efforts to standardize data collection, statistics are often incomplete, untimely, and not comparable across countries.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: The IMF's Government Finance Statistics Manual 2014, harmonized with the 2008 SNA, recommends an accrual accounting method, focusing on all economic events affecting assets, liabilities, revenues, and expenses, not just those represented by cash transactions. It accounts for all changes in stocks, so stock data at the end of an accounting period equal stock data at the beginning of the period plus flows over the period. The 1986 manual considered only debt stocks. Government finance statistics are reported in local currency. Many countries report government finance data by fiscal year; see country metadata for information on fiscal year end by country.

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance