The Global Tariff Database (GTD) provides bilateral statutory tariff rates for 200 importers and their partners, spanning 34 years (1988–2021). It includes both MFN and preferential tariffs and is based on HS6-level tariff rates (HS88/92 Nomenclature), covering over 6.9 billion observations.
The GTD does not include tariff types beyond MFN and preferential tariffs, such as safeguards, anti-dumping tariffs, or those related to the US trade war.
The detailed microdata at the HS6-level are currently not publicly available. Access is restricted to a small test group of experienced researchers during this beta phase. If you would like to be considered, please send me an email and include a completed copy of this Excel sheet outlining your project details.
Please note that access is not guaranteed. Priority is given to users who can provide constructive feedback and help improve the dataset for future public releases.
Pair-level and sector-level tariff data are available in .dta and .csv formats,
including both simple averages and (contemporary) trade-weighted averages.
Please cite the GTD as:
"Feodora Teti's Global Tariff Database (v_beta1-2024-12) from Teti (2024)"
Reference: Teti, Feodora A. (2024), Missing Tariffs, CESifo Working Papers No. 11590.
Find details about the available variables in the GTD and reference data in the dictionary below. The accompanying paper and its Online Appendix C provide a detailed description of the algorithm.
This is a Beta Version. Please contact me if you find any mistakes, so I can improve the algorithm.