Lesotho - Customs and other import duties

Customs and other import duties (current LCU)

The value for Customs and other import duties (current LCU) in Lesotho was 1,867,863,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 37 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,110,221,000 in 2014 and a minimum value of 76,746,000 in 1982.

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
1982 76,746,000
1983 109,891,000
1984 151,651,000
1985 161,244,000
1986 144,453,000
1987 157,555,000
1988 193,400,000
1989 263,770,000
1991 127,221,400
1992 164,304,000
1993 224,128,700
1994 252,314,500
1995 271,981,300
1996 301,813,700
1997 351,825,700
1998 310,017,000
1999 354,930,900
2000 338,710,300
2001 431,420,200
2002 440,991,000
2003 426,500,000
2004 603,700,000
2005 691,800,000
2006 1,183,491,000
2007 1,229,305,000
2008 1,470,181,000
2009 1,475,414,000
2010 788,370,000
2011 825,794,900
2012 1,789,898,000
2013 1,816,365,000
2014 2,110,221,000
2015 1,919,586,000
2016 1,355,690,000
2017 1,846,260,000
2018 1,662,671,000
2019 1,867,863,000

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Lesotho was 16.62 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 79.74 in 1984, while its lowest value was 14.60 in 2011.

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
1982 69.92
1983 72.96
1984 79.74
1985 75.69
1986 62.55
1987 60.20
1988 59.02
1989 59.36
1991 23.57
1992 24.49
1993 27.66
1994 27.09
1995 26.03
1996 27.52
1997 26.19
1998 24.08
1999 25.74
2000 23.98
2001 23.54
2002 22.29
2003 17.96
2004 21.35
2005 22.63
2006 28.62
2007 26.38
2008 26.33
2009 25.01
2010 15.91
2011 14.60
2012 23.10
2013 22.15
2014 21.93
2015 18.88
2016 14.88
2017 18.20
2018 15.45
2019 16.62

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance