Costa Rica - Customs and other import duties (current LCU)

The value for Customs and other import duties (current LCU) in Costa Rica was 164,224,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 47 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 185,544,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 210,000,000 in 1972.

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
1972 210,000,000
1973 270,000,000
1974 370,000,000
1975 320,000,000
1976 380,000,000
1977 530,000,000
1978 660,000,000
1979 760,000,000
1980 820,000,000
1981 900,000,000
1982 990,000,000
1983 1,720,000,000
1984 4,260,000,000
1985 5,370,000,000
1986 7,100,000,000
1987 9,770,000,000
1988 20,460,000,000
1989 22,510,000,000
1990 18,750,000,000
1991 25,420,000,000
1992 28,910,000,000
1993 34,450,000,000
1994 39,130,000,000
1995 49,360,000,000
1996 34,680,000,000
1997 46,500,000,000
1998 49,510,000,000
1999 39,270,000,000
2000 41,000,000,000
2001 45,600,000,000
2002 50,600,000,000
2003 54,600,000,000
2004 68,160,000,000
2005 82,534,000,000
2006 105,743,000,000
2007 138,300,000,000
2008 162,058,000,000
2009 122,120,000,000
2010 132,013,000,000
2011 152,422,000,000
2012 158,009,000,000
2013 159,846,000,000
2014 173,261,000,000
2015 177,893,000,000
2016 185,544,000,000
2017 179,188,000,000
2018 175,368,000,000
2019 164,224,000,000

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