Sri Lanka - Customs and other import duties

Customs and other import duties (current LCU)

The value for Customs and other import duties (current LCU) in Sri Lanka was 331,082,000,000 as of 2019. As the graph below shows, over the past 29 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 368,356,000,000 in 2017 and a minimum value of 16,792,000,000 in 1990.

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
1990 16,792,000,000
1991 18,617,000,000
1992 20,819,000,000
1993 20,615,000,000
1994 22,598,000,000
1995 24,365,000,000
1996 25,459,000,000
1997 26,739,000,000
1998 28,154,000,000
1999 27,720,000,000
2000 23,970,000,000
2001 26,156,000,000
2002 28,307,000,000
2003 34,184,000,000
2004 41,096,000,000
2005 45,390,000,000
2006 52,661,000,000
2007 55,987,000,000
2008 63,844,000,000
2009 79,560,000,000
2010 64,163,000,000
2011 75,973,800,000
2012 216,672,000,000
2013 191,815,000,000
2014 198,483,000,000
2015 244,231,000,000
2016 361,596,000,000
2017 368,356,000,000
2018 339,118,000,000
2019 331,082,000,000

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue)

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Sri Lanka was 19.08 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 27.44 in 1990, while its lowest value was 8.85 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.

See also:

Year Value
1990 27.44
1991 27.31
1992 27.27
1993 23.62
1994 22.73
1995 20.55
1996 19.55
1997 18.76
1998 19.10
1999 16.70
2000 13.14
2001 12.71
2002 12.76
2003 14.76
2004 14.60
2005 13.48
2006 12.29
2007 11.00
2008 10.90
2009 12.85
2010 8.85
2011 9.35
2012 23.84
2013 19.07
2014 18.90
2015 18.02
2016 24.70
2017 22.05
2018 19.80
2019 19.08

Classification

Topic: Public Sector Indicators

Sub-Topic: Government finance