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Tariff Rates of the World: Are Customs Duties Really Growing Unimportant?

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  • Weerth, Carsten

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Some scientists and authorities are arguing that tariffs are growing more and more unimportant since eight GATT/WTO-Tariff-Rounds have resulted in tremendous reductions of the original tariff rates in the late 1940ies. The Non-Tariff-Measures however are gaining more importance. A WCO-background-paper has been published in September 2008 which shows the amount of revenue of a state that is generated by customs duties. The results are amazing. Tariffs are not important any more for developed states however revenue from customs duties is of very much importance to the (least) developing countries. The WCO-background-paper is based on data of 142 countries, territories and economic unions (all referred to as 'countries').

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  • Weerth, Carsten, 2009. "Tariff Rates of the World: Are Customs Duties Really Growing Unimportant?," EconStor Open Access Articles and Book Chapters, ZBW - Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, vol. 4(2), pages 53-60.
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    1. Vadim Zasko & Elena Sidorova & Vera Komarova & Diana Boboshko & Olesya Dontsova, 2021. "Digitization of the Customs Revenue Administration as a Factor of the Enhancement of the Budget Efficiency of the Russian Federation," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-17, September.

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    Keywords

    Customs Law; World Trade Organization; GATT; World Customs Organization;
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    JEL classification:

    • K33 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - International Law
    • K34 - Law and Economics - - Other Substantive Areas of Law - - - Tax Law
    • H20 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - General
    • F53 - International Economics - - International Relations, National Security, and International Political Economy - - - International Agreements and Observance; International Organizations

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