Corporate tax revenues have been falling across OECD countries since the global economic crisis, putting greater pressure on individual taxpayers to ensure that governments meet financing requirements, according to new data from the OECD’s annual Revenue Statistics publication.

The European Commission presented today a series of measures for a coordinated EU-wide response to corporate tax avoidance, notably through implementation of the global standards developed under the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project. The Commission proposal would align tax laws in all 28 EU countries, in order to fight aggressive tax practices by multinational enterprises

Major international organizations -including the IMF, OECD, UN and World Bank Group- today called on governments from around the world to strengthen and increase the effectiveness of their tax systems to generate the domestic resources needed to meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and promote inclusive economic growth.

Over 70 participants from 20 countries in Europe and Central Asia gathered Georgia for a high-level regional event on Developments in International Tax Co-operation on 17-18 July 2018. Participants discussed policy responses to fighting tax evasion and avoidance, as well as the opportunities and challenges presented by the practical implementation of international standards on tax transparency and BEPS.

Over 60 delegates from 16 countries, international and regional organisations, business, civil society and academia gathered in Yerevan, Armenia on 7 - 9 November 2018 for a regional meeting of the Inclusive Framework on BEPS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published today seven peer review reports assessing compliance with the international standard on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR).

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes published today nine peer review reports assessing compliance with the international standard on transparency and exchange of information on request.

Over 70 delegates from 14 countries, as well as international and regional organisations, business, and civil society gathered in Baku, Azerbaijan on 8-10 October 2019 for the Fifth Regional Meeting on BEPS for Eurasian Countries.

Over 50 delegates from 13 African countries, as well as international and regional organisations, technical co-operation agencies, Senegalese business, civil society and academia gathered in Saly, Senegal, on 15-17 October 2019 for the Third Regional Meeting on BEPS for Francophone Countries.

The Global Forum published today eight peer review reports assessing compliance with the international standard on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR).

A regional meeting on tax and digitalisation for Asia and the Pacific , co-hosted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in collaboration with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), took place in Manila, the Philippines on 19-20 November 2019.

The Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum) published today eight new peer review reports assessing compliance with the international standard on transparency and exchange of information on request (EOIR).

Exports (Bop) - Forestry Products&Building&Packaging Materials in Canada increased to 3479 CAD Million in March from 3391.40 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports (Bop) - Forestry Products&Building&Packagi in Canada averaged 3120.28 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 4531.80 CAD Million in May of 2004 and a record low of 1596 CAD Million in October of 1991. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Forestry Products&building&pac.

Exports of (bop) - Live Animals in Canada decreased to 159.40 CAD Million in March from 168.10 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports of (bop) - Live Animals in Canada averaged 140.56 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 294 CAD Million in November of 2014 and a record low of 35.50 CAD Million in April of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Live Animals.

Exports (Bop) - Metal Ores And Non-Metallic Minerals in Canada decreased to 1618.90 CAD Million in March from 1735.80 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports (Bop) - Metal Ores And Non-Metallic Minera in Canada averaged 905.38 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 2131.50 CAD Million in May of 2019 and a record low of 276 CAD Million in January of 1994. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Metal Ores And Non-metallic Mi.

Exports of (bop) - Basic Chemicals in Canada increased to 545.30 CAD Million in March from 512.60 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports of (bop) - Basic Chemicals in Canada averaged 441.79 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1007.30 CAD Million in June of 2007 and a record low of 160.90 CAD Million in November of 1991. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Basic Chemicals.

Exports (Bop) - Basic Chemicals And Industrial Chemical Products in Canada decreased to 1423.40 CAD Million in March from 1587.20 CAD Million in February of 2020. Exports (Bop) - Basic Chemicals And Industrial Che in Canada averaged 1114.09 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 2146.90 CAD Million in July of 2008 and a record low of 287.30 CAD Million in December of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Exports of (bop) - Basic Chemicals And Industrial.

Imports (Bop) - Unwrought Precious Metals&Precious Metal Alloys in Canada increased to 318 CAD Million in March from 296.60 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports (Bop) - Unwrought Precious Metals&Precious in Canada averaged 284.46 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1207.90 CAD Million in July of 2011 and a record low of 16 CAD Million in February of 1992. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Unwrought Precious Metals&prec.

Imports (Bop) - Stone, Sand, Gravel, Clay,&Refractory Minerals in Canada increased to 55.10 CAD Million in March from 51.10 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports (Bop) - Stone, Sand, Gravel, Clay,&Refract in Canada averaged 33.84 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 72.90 CAD Million in July of 2018 and a record low of 12.20 CAD Million in December of 1988. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Stone, Sand, Gravel, Clay,&ref.

Imports of (bop) - Non-metallic Minerals in Canada increased to 97.60 CAD Million in March from 89.70 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports of (bop) - Non-metallic Minerals in Canada averaged 54.17 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 141.50 CAD Million in July of 2018 and a record low of 20.90 CAD Million in January of 1991. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Non-metallic Minerals.

Imports (Bop) - Metal Ores And Non-Metallic Minerals in Canada decreased to 1046.70 CAD Million in March from 1050.60 CAD Million in February of 2020. Imports (Bop) - Metal Ores And Non-Metallic Minera in Canada averaged 537.17 CAD Million from 1988 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1411.10 CAD Million in December of 2018 and a record low of 118.90 CAD Million in February of 1992. This page includes a chart with historical data for Canada Imports of (bop) - Metal Ores And Non-metallic Mi.

Imports - Coloring Agents & Photographic Chemicals (Census) in the United States increased to 1236.45 USD Million in March from 1180.53 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports - Coloring Agents & Photographic Chemicals in the United States averaged 632.30 USD Million from 1989 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1260.98 USD Million in December of 2018 and a record low of 160.16 USD Million in March of 1989. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Coloring Agents & Photographic Chemica.

Imports of Chemicals - Organic Sitc in the United States increased to 4432 USD Million in March from 4196 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Chemicals - Organic Sitc in the United States averaged 3273.76 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 5407 USD Million in April of 2015 and a record low of 1061 USD Million in November of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Chemicals - Organic Sitc.

Imports of Chemicals - Medicinal Sitc in the United States increased to 14324 USD Million in March from 10830 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Chemicals - Medicinal Sitc in the United States averaged 4621.44 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 14324 USD Million in March of 2020 and a record low of 501 USD Million in August of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Chemicals - Medicinal Sitc.

Imports of Chemicals - Inorganic Sitc in the United States increased to 972 USD Million in March from 845 USD Million in February of 2020. Imports of Chemicals - Inorganic Sitc in the United States averaged 861.48 USD Million from 1996 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1790 USD Million in September of 2011 and a record low of 349 USD Million in June of 1996. This page includes a chart with historical data for the United States Imports of Chemicals - Inorganic Sitc.

The European Commission has proposed an integrated EU approach to stop profits from trading minerals being used to fund armed conflicts. The package of measures aims to make it more difficult for armed groups in conflict-affected and high-risk areas to finance their activities through the mining of and trade in minerals.

Beijing, 24 October 2014 - China presented guidelines intended to provide a roadmap for the responsible business conduct of Chinese companies operating overseas. In addition, China and the OECD signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote the implementation by Chinese companies of responsible business conduct in global mineral supply chains.

Paris, 16 March 2015: Organised by the OECD-hosted Freedom of Investment Roundtable, this conference assessed opportunities and challenges associated with investment treaties and how the system can be improved.

The risk of Greek companies bribing foreign officials is substantial, but Greece has not given the same priority to fighting foreign bribery as it has to domestic corruption.

With a focus on the Asia-Pacific region, this conference addressed what the Sustainable Development Goals will mean for business and how business sustainability strategies can be aligned to support their implementation.

OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría today called on all countries to fully engage with the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and said advanced and emerging economies had a particular responsibility to translate the global goals into national policy and to support developing countries in doing the same.

A high-level Working Group mission will visit Buenos Aires on 26-27 April 2016 and meet senior Argentine government officials.

A high-level Working Group mission will visit Tokyo on 29-30 June 2016 and meet senior Japanese government officials.

Brandon L. Garrett is the Justice Thurgood Marshall Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law and author of Convicting the Innocent (2011) and Too Big to Jail (2014). These comments on corporate criminal liability are a contribution to a public consultation conducted by the OECD Working Group on Bribery.

Practical actions for companies to identify and address the worst forms of child labour in mineral supply chains is for use by companies to help them identify, mitigate and account for the risks of child labour in their mineral supply chains. It builds on the due diligence framework of the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.

The OECD Due Diligence Guidance is being used as the basis and benchmark by many industry initiatives created to ensure the responsible sourcing of minerals. This report presents the findings of a pilot alignment assessment of five industry programmes against the recommendations of the OECD Guidance to gauge the coherence, effectiveness and credibility of these initiatives.

Hospitals in Portugal increased to 21.84 per one million people in 2017 from 21.79 per one million people in 2016. Hospitals in Portugal averaged 21.72 per one million people from 1985 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 24.04 per one million people in 1990 and a record low of 19.95 per one million people in 1995. This page includes a chart with historical data for Portugal Hospitals.

Israel has world class-primary care services and should now focus efforts on bringing its hospitals up to the same high international standards, according to the OECD’s Health Care Quality Review of Israel.

The Danish central government and regions are leading international efforts to reform hospital systems, improving quality and safety by gathering specialists into major hospitals and closing smaller ones.

This document outlines the methodologies and tools currently used to assess the risk of chemicals to children’s health and also identifies possible needs for additional guidance or tools based on the results of an on-line survey conducted in November 2011. The following areas of risk assessment are covered: definitions, hazard and exposure assessment, risk characterisation, cohort studies and combined exposure to multiple chemicals.

Several OECD countries have published their plans for the development of a future bioeconomy, in which bio-based materials and production techniques will contribute significantly to economic and environmental sustainability. The case for support for bio-based chemicals and plastics therefore warrants serious attention.

Urgent research is needed to assess the possible risks to human health and ecosystems from the ever-increasing amounts of engineered nanomaterials going into household waste and ending up in the environment, according to a new OECD report.

Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is increasingly recognised worldwide as an efficient waste management policy to help improve recycling and reduce landfilling of products and materials. This Forum took place on 17-19 June 2014, in Tokyo, Japan, to identify key challenges and opportunities for further developing EPR policies.

In December 2014, the OECD Working Group on Bribery in International Business Transactions agreed to send a High Level Mission to Japan due to longstanding serious concerns about Japan’s implementation of the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.

A high-level Working Group mission will visit Tokyo on 29-30 June 2016 and meet senior Japanese government officials.

Hospitals in Luxembourg decreased to 16.45 per one million people in 2018 from 16.77 per one million people in 2017. Hospitals in Luxembourg averaged 23.79 per one million people from 2005 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 30.10 per one million people in 2005 and a record low of 16.45 per one million people in 2018. This page includes a chart with historical data for Luxembourg Hospitals.

Exports of Precious Metals in South Africa increased to 25591.49 ZAR Million in March from 21916.46 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Exports of Precious Metals in South Africa averaged 16266.84 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 25591.49 ZAR Million in March of 2020 and a record low of 9160.76 ZAR Million in January of 2015. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Exports of Precious Metals.

Exports of Precious Metals CMLV in South Africa increased to 69543.06 ZAR Million in March from 44403.13 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Exports of Precious Metals CMLV in South Africa averaged 95330.43 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 217821.31 ZAR Million in December of 2019 and a record low of 9160.76 ZAR Million in January of 2015. South Africa accounts for Exports of Precious Metals using cumulative values for each year (CMLV). This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Exports of Precious Metals CMLV.

Imports of Precious Metals CMLV in South Africa increased to 2501.15 ZAR Million in March from 2002.85 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Imports of Precious Metals CMLV in South Africa averaged 4601.83 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 13119.26 ZAR Million in December of 2018 and a record low of 347.46 ZAR Million in January of 2015. South Africa accounts for Imports of Precious Metals using cumulative values for each year (CMLV). This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Imports of Precious Metals CMLV.

Imports of Live Animals & Animal Products in South Africa increased to 1223.24 ZAR Million in March from 1216.78 ZAR Million in February of 2020. Imports of Live Animals & Animal Products in South Africa averaged 1164.15 ZAR Million from 2014 until 2020, reaching an all time high of 1527.79 ZAR Million in August of 2018 and a record low of 733.71 ZAR Million in December of 2014. This page includes a chart with historical data for South Africa Imports of Live Animals & Animal Products.