Barbados - Customs and other import duties (current LCU)

The value for Customs and other import duties (current LCU) in Barbados was 245,189,400 as of 2016. As the graph below shows, over the past 13 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 245,189,400 in 2016 and a minimum value of 160,319,000 in 2003.

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
2003 160,319,000
2004 194,100,000
2005 180,462,000
2006 179,271,400
2007 216,925,500
2008 219,454,400
2009 177,980,600
2010 190,796,100
2011 195,614,000
2012 201,185,200
2013 193,587,000
2014 223,668,700
2015 231,645,600
2016 245,189,400

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