USA: Taxes on international trade

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 USA

Taxes on international trade, percent of total revenue

 Latest value 1.60
 Year 2024
 Measure percent
 Data availability 1972 - 2024
 Average 1.39
 Min - Max 1.00 - 2.09
 Source The World Bank
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The latest value from 2024 is 1.6 percent, a decline from 1.68 percent in 2023. In comparison, the world average is 5.90 percent, based on data from 67 countries. Historically, the average for the USA from 1972 to 2024 is 1.39 percent. The minimum value, 1 percent, was reached in 2001 while the maximum of 2.09 percent was recorded in 2019. See the global rankings for that indicator or use the country comparator to compare trends over time.
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 Recent values USA: Taxes on international trade
 2024 1.60
 2023 1.68
 2022 1.98
 2021 2.00
 2020 1.81
 2019 2.09
 2018 1.48
 2017 1.02




Definition: Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.

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