Iran - Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Iran was 20.70 as of 2009. Its highest value over the past 37 years was 45.93 in 1980, while its lowest value was 9.84 in 1995.

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.

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Year Value
1972 42.55
1973 43.04
1974 36.62
1975 30.57
1976 32.95
1977 35.41
1978 29.25
1979 26.06
1980 45.93
1981 30.25
1982 34.38
1983 41.43
1984 35.43
1985 22.99
1986 20.70
1987 17.09
1988 12.16
1989 23.81
1990 23.37
1991 26.55
1992 22.74
1993 22.33
1994 18.65
1995 9.84
1996 13.51
1997 13.38
1998 14.76
1999 14.68
2000 22.06
2001 28.02
2002 33.66
2003 34.23
2004 38.90
2005 26.60
2006 26.21
2007 25.32
2008 23.53
2009 20.70

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