Trinidad and Tobago - Customs and other import duties

Customs and other import duties (current LCU)

The value for Customs and other import duties (current LCU) in Trinidad and Tobago was 2,732,100,000 as of 2018. As the graph below shows, over the past 17 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 3,016,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 812,500,000 in 2001.

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
2001 812,500,000
2002 855,400,000
2003 1,022,300,000
2004 1,239,800,000
2005 1,473,500,000
2006 1,836,300,000
2007 2,004,200,000
2008 2,168,200,000
2009 1,826,000,000
2010 1,904,700,000
2011 2,167,800,000
2012 2,318,600,000
2013 2,587,700,000
2014 2,861,000,000
2015 3,013,700,000
2016 3,016,000,000
2017 3,016,000,000
2018 2,732,100,000

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Trinidad and Tobago was 8.50 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 17 years was 10.14 in 2017, while its lowest value was 4.19 in 2008.

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
2001 6.68
2002 7.43
2003 6.74
2004 6.73
2005 5.55
2006 5.23
2007 5.63
2008 4.19
2009 5.61
2010 5.14
2011 5.19
2012 5.32
2013 5.80
2014 6.05
2015 7.12
2016 10.14
2017 10.14
2018 8.50

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance