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

Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Tunisia was 8.83 as of 2012. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 43.53 in 1983, while its lowest value was 7.75 in 2011.

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 27.28
1973 29.33
1974 31.28
1975 29.19
1976 30.60
1977 31.98
1978 33.16
1979 35.64
1980 35.45
1981 36.13
1982 40.07
1983 43.53
1984 42.99
1985 41.06
1986 36.43
1987 36.30
1988 40.01
1989 41.08
1990 42.22
1991 39.47
1992 41.29
1993 39.55
1994 39.96
1995 39.62
1996 37.32
1997 20.06
1998 18.46
1999 16.55
2000 14.48
2001 13.92
2002 12.15
2003 10.82
2005 9.21
2006 8.82
2007 8.45
2008 8.30
2009 8.26
2010 8.86
2011 7.75
2012 8.83

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