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.
To ensure usability and accessibility, the publicly available versions are provided in aggregated formats. The microdata at the HS6-level are, at this point, not publicly available.
The GTD does not include other types of tariffs beyond MFN and preferential tariffs, such as safeguards, anti-dumping tariffs, or tariffs from the US trade war.
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.