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WTO Committee on Trade and Development Seminar on Revenue Implications of E- Commerce Geneva, 22 April 2002 Revenue Implications of E- Commerce: The Development Dimension Dr. Susanne Teltscher United Nations Conference on Trade and Development www.unctad.org/ecommerce [email protected]

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Page 1: Revenue Implications of E-Commerce:  The Development Dimension Dr. Susanne Teltscher

WTO Committee on Trade and DevelopmentSeminar on Revenue Implications of E-CommerceGeneva, 22 April 2002

Revenue Implications of E-Commerce:

The Development Dimension

Dr. Susanne Teltscher

United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

www.unctad.org/ecommerce

[email protected]

Page 2: Revenue Implications of E-Commerce:  The Development Dimension Dr. Susanne Teltscher

Presentation Outline

Government revenue sources Customs moratorium Trade in digitized products Tariff revenues from digitized

products Other revenue implications Conclusions

Page 3: Revenue Implications of E-Commerce:  The Development Dimension Dr. Susanne Teltscher

Government revenue shares

020406080

100

All Countries DevelopedCountries

DevelopingCountries

%

Tax revenue as % of total revenue

Import duties as % of total revenue

Goods/Services taxes as % of tax revenue

Import duties as % of tax revenue

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Customs moratorium on electronic transmissions

What are electronic transmissions? Customs duties: usually on goods Problem: goods sent digitally Potential customs revenue losses

on digitized products

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Digitized products - definition

Can be delivered physically or digitally Can be identified by HS code Can be transformed into digital format Physical delivery: via carrier medium Digital delivery: via networks Books, software, music, film, video

games

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Customs revenues from digitized products

need to look at:

trade flows applied MFN tariff rates other customs duties (import

taxes) revenues

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World Trade in DP, 1999

World Developed c. Developing c.

Total imports, US$ bill. 48.2 40.5 7.7

Total exports, US$ bill. 46.4 41.0 7.7

DP imports, % share 0.9 1.0 0.4

DP exports, % share 0.9 1.1 0.4

% share world DP imports 100 81.5 18.5

% share world DP exports 100 88.5 11.5

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Annual growth rates of DP imports

-15.0

-10.0

-5.0

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Developing countries Developed countries

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-10.0

-5.0

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

35.0

40.0

1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Developing countries Developed countries

Annual growth rates of DPexports

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DP exports by commodity group

02468

101214161820

Print Software Sound Videogames

Film

US

$ b

illio

n

Developed Countries Developing Countries

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DP imports by commodity group

02468

101214161820

Print Software Videogames

Sound Film

US

$ b

illio

n

Developed Countries Developing Countries

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Applied MFN rates on DP imports, 1999

02468

1012141618

World DevelopingCountries

DevelopedCountries

%

average MFN import-weighted MFN

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Applied MFN rates on DP imports per commodity group

0

5

10

15

20

25

Film Print Software Sound &media

Videogames

%

Developed countries Developing countries

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DP Tariff Revenues, 1999

0.00.10.20.30.40.50.60.70.80.91.0

US

$ b

illi

on

World Developedcountries

Developingcountries

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DP Imports and Tariff Revenues, 1999

0

10

20

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

Developed Countries Developing Countries

%

% share of world DP imports % share of world DP tariff revenues

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What other duties are levied on DP imports?

Customs surcharges fees, uplifts, statistical taxes, port taxes add 7 %

Internal taxes VAT, sales taxes, consumption taxes add 15 %

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DP Import Revenues, 1999

0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Tariff

Tariff and cust.surcharges

Consumption tax

All import duties

US$ billion

Developed countries Developing countries

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Shares of DP Import Revenues in Total Gov.Revenue (%)

Tariff/ Tariff/ All duties/ import rev. total rev. total rev.

World 1.7 0.16 0.5

Developed C. 2.7 0.04 0.4

Developing C. 1.4 0.16 0.6

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Evidence of substitution

Potential vs. actual impact: Is digital delivery already replacing physical delivery?

Examples and trends (Forrester): digital CD sales will overtake physical sales by

2004 publishing industry: 17.5% of revenues will result

from digital delivery by 2005 22% of online sales of DP will be delivered digitally

in 2004 (software 40%, music 25%, video games 14%, books 14%, film 1.5%)

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Conclusions - Challenges

Potential tariff revenue losses are higher in developing countries (but are small in relative terms)

Potential tax revenue losses (VAT) are significant in developed countries

Developing countries will be net e-commerce importers (in the short-medium run)

Enforcement of tax and tariff payments related to digital delivery

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Conclusions - Opportunities

Cheaper imports will benefit consumers and businesses

E-commerce will spur cross-border trade (highest growth rates in developing countries)

Developing countries are diversifying into exports of ICT-related products and services and gaining market share

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WTO Committee on Trade and DevelopmentSeminar on Revenue Implications of E-CommerceGeneva, 22 April 2002

Thank you

www.unctad.org/ecommerce

[email protected]