South Africa - Taxes on international trade (current LCU)

The value for Taxes on international trade (current LCU) in South Africa was 55,223,420,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 55,722,910,000 in 2018 and a minimum value of 153,000,000 in 1972.

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 153,000,000
1973 198,000,000
1974 254,000,000
1975 314,000,000
1976 316,000,000
1977 610,000,000
1978 560,000,000
1979 531,000,000
1980 474,000,000
1981 718,000,000
1982 937,000,000
1983 710,000,000
1984 661,000,000
1985 959,000,000
1986 1,418,000,000
1987 1,635,000,000
1988 3,180,000,000
1989 6,382,000,000
1990 2,775,000,000
1991 3,195,000,000
1992 2,068,000,000
1993 3,721,000,000
1994 1,989,000,000
1995 5,655,000,000
1996 6,200,000,000
1997 4,553,500,000
1998 5,301,200,000
1999 5,857,000,000
2000 7,218,500,000
2001 7,692,000,000
2002 8,475,000,000
2003 7,997,300,000
2004 12,987,000,000
2005 18,129,000,000
2006 23,437,000,000
2007 26,410,000,000
2008 22,220,000,000
2009 18,709,000,000
2010 26,585,770,000
2011 33,645,380,000
2012 38,627,810,000
2013 43,784,130,000
2014 40,332,100,000
2015 45,827,130,000
2016 45,240,270,000
2017 49,939,410,000
2018 55,722,910,000
2019 55,223,420,000

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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