Saudi Arabia - Customs and other import duties (current LCU)

The value for Customs and other import duties (current LCU) in Saudi Arabia was 17,375,960,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 9 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 25,862,000,000 in 2016 and a minimum value of 12,175,000,000 in 2010.

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
2010 12,175,000,000
2011 14,359,000,000
2012 17,862,000,000
2013 17,600,000,000
2014 19,521,000,000
2015 21,574,000,000
2016 25,862,000,000
2017 20,117,850,000
2018 16,150,000,000
2019 17,375,960,000

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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