Customs and other import duties in New Zealand
New Zealand: Customs and other import duties was 3.2% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Customs and other import duties in New Zealand, 1972–2024
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
New Zealand recorded 3.2% for customs and other import duties in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.8% on the previous year and down 2.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, customs and other import duties in New Zealand peaked at 5.2% in 1984 and was at its lowest, 1.6%, in 2004.
New Zealand ranks 97th of 151 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.
Customs and other import duties in New Zealand, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 4.6% | — |
| 1973 | 5.0% | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 5.0% | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 3.9% | -20.8% |
| 1976 | 3.8% | -2.6% |
| 1977 | 3.2% | -15.2% |
| 1978 | 3.3% | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 3.5% | +5.9% |
| 1980 | 3.3% | -6.9% |
| 1981 | 3.8% | +17.3% |
| 1982 | 3.5% | -8.3% |
| 1983 | 4.2% | +20.6% |
| 1984 | 5.2% | +22.9% |
| 1985 | 3.9% | -25.5% |
| 1986 | 4.2% | +8.4% |
| 1987 | 4.2% | -0.1% |
| 1988 | 2.3% | -44.4% |
| 2001 | 1.8% | -24.6% |
| 2002 | 1.7% | -0.9% |
| 2003 | 1.8% | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 1.6% | -10.2% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | +20.3% |
| 2006 | 2.0% | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 3.3% | +65.9% |
| 2008 | 3.1% | -4.2% |
| 2009 | 3.3% | +4.1% |
| 2010 | 3.5% | +8.1% |
| 2011 | 3.5% | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 3.5% | -0.7% |
| 2013 | 3.3% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 3.3% | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 3.4% | +3.1% |
| 2016 | 3.3% | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 3.2% | -2.7% |
| 2018 | 3.3% | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 3.1% | -5.4% |
| 2020 | 3.3% | +8.7% |
| 2021 | 3.2% | -5.4% |
| 2022 | 3.0% | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 3.2% | +4.6% |
| 2024 | 3.2% | +1.8% |
New Zealand compared with similar countries
- New Zealand's 3.2% is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.7%, 4.6× the median. (54 countries reporting)
- New Zealand's 3.2% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 8.3%, 39% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Customs and other import duties in New Zealand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +65.9% | 2.0% | 3.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.0% | 3.2% | 5.0% | 8 |
| 1980s | 3.9% | 2.3% | 5.2% | 9 |
| 2000s | 2.3% | 1.6% | 3.3% | 9 |
| 2010s | 3.3% | 3.1% | 3.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 3.2% | 3.0% | 3.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
More public sector data for New Zealand
- Arms imports 200.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 37.81 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0008 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -50.62 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 200.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 566.83 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0115 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 3.00 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,538 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is customs and other import duties in New Zealand?
- Customs and other import duties in New Zealand was 3.2% in 2024, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest customs and other import duties recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 5.2% in 1984.
- What is the lowest customs and other import duties recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.6% in 2004.
- How does New Zealand rank for customs and other import duties?
- New Zealand ranks 97th out of 151 countries with data for 2024.
- Is customs and other import duties rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Taxes and duties on imports are taxes on goods and services that become payable at the moment when goods enter the economic territory or when services are delivered by non-resident producers to residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of tax revenue which includes compulsory, unrequited payments, in cash or in kind, made by institutional units to government units.