Illustrations (figures) of volume of exports (in millions of tonnes) of Rotterdam port, Holland to various international destinations in the years 2002 and 2012 together with the corresponding percentage rates of tax levied by the recipient countries.
Within the context of an overall variation of export amounts in that period, different regions impose different tax rates.
In regard to export volumes, Europe remained the number one destination in every year, reaching 6,900 million tonnes in 2002 and 21.4 percent below 6,400 million tonnes in 2012. Exports declined from 4,200 million tonnes in 2002 to 3,900 million tonnes in 2012, and the USA was the country in second place. In particular, moreover, the exports to China reduced from 2,400 million tonnes to 2,300 million tonnes and the exports to the Asia Pacific region increased from 800 million tonnes to 2,550 million tonnes. Australasia also experienced an increase in exports from about 700 to 2,300 million tonnes from about 1830 till 1900, resulting in a change in trade dynamism for the period.
An analysis of percentage tax rates across different regions shows increases and decreases. Increasingly, taxation in Europe is a growing trend, as indicated by the increase from 5% to 8% in the tax rate, from 2002 to 2012. On the other hand, the rate on US exports fell from 3% to 2%, and the tax rates on China and Australasia increased from 0% to 2% and from 4% to 1, respectively. Fiscal policies related to trade of these years in other regions were varied: Latin America and Asia Pacific had 1% and 5% tax rates in 2002 that had adjusted to 2% by 2012.