Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) was 0.6% in 2017. ▼ Falling
Customs and other import duties in Saint Lucia, 2000–2017
Source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of tax revenue.
Analysis
In 2017, customs and other import duties in Saint Lucia stood at 0.6%.
The figure is up 17.9% on the previous year and down 96.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, customs and other import duties in Saint Lucia peaked at 16.2% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 0.4%, in 2015.
That places Saint Lucia 128th out of 151 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 18 years of available data.
Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % of tax revenue | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.3% | — |
| 2001 | 13.5% | -11.4% |
| 2002 | 13.1% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 16.2% | +23.7% |
| 2004 | 14.7% | -9.5% |
| 2005 | 15.5% | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 15.7% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 16.0% | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 14.9% | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 12.9% | -13.2% |
| 2010 | 13.6% | +5.2% |
| 2011 | 13.8% | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 13.7% | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 11.5% | -15.8% |
| 2014 | 11.9% | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | -96.3% |
| 2016 | 0.5% | +18.2% |
| 2017 | 0.6% | +17.9% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 0.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 5.5%, 11% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 0.6% is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 5.5%, 11% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Customs and other import duties (% of tax revenue) in Saint Lucia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | -96.3% | 11.9% | 0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.8% | 12.9% | 16.2% | 10 |
| 2010s | 8.3% | 0.4% | 13.8% | 8 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is customs and other import duties in Saint Lucia?
- Customs and other import duties in Saint Lucia was 0.6% in 2017, according to Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest customs and other import duties recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 16.2% in 2003.
- What is the lowest customs and other import duties recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.4% in 2015.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for customs and other import duties?
- Saint Lucia ranks 128th out of 151 countries with data for 2017.
- Is customs and other import duties rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.