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UNITED NATIONS UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS L ATIN A MERICA AND THE A NDEAN C OMMUNITY STATISTICS DIVISION C ARIBBEAN G ENERAL S ECRETARIAT Regional Workshop on Country Practices in Compilation of International Merchandise Trade Statistics, 7-11 May 2007, Lima Agenda item No. 6 : Overview of the results of the NCDP Questionnaire 2006 including those of the countries participating in the workshop Presentation Languag e: English NCDP Q UESTIONNAIRE 2006: N ATIONAL C OMPILATION AND D ISSEMINATION P RATICES Presentation by United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)

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NCDP Questionnaire 2006 National Compilation and Dissemination Practices Code Section Question Please answer PART 1: only with Main recommendations of the International Merchandise Trade Statistics, Concepts and Definitions, Yes, NO or Not Rev.2, (IMTS, Rev.2) and the Compilers Manual to IMTS, Rev.2 Applicable Section 1: Yes Is your national methodology of compilation and dissemination of foreign merchandise 1.01 Institutional trade statistics (hereafter called 'trade statistics') based on IMTS, Rev.2 ? arrangements Yes Is the National Statistical Office the responsible agency for the compilation and 1.02 dissemination of trade statistics ? If No , please specify in the Comments field which agency is responsible for this. Do the following agencies provide data to your office for use in the compilation of the trade statistics: Yes 1.03 Customs administration IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 1 7-11 May 2007 NCDP Questionnaire 2006 National Compilation and Dissemination Practices IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 2 7-11 May 2007 1

NCDP Questionnaire PART I Section 1: Institutional arrangements Section 2: Sources of data Section 3: Coverage and Time of recording Section 4: Customs procedures Section 5: Trade system Section 6: Commodity classifications and Quantity measurement IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 3 7-11 May 2007 NCDP Questionnaire PART I Section 7: Valuation and currency conversion Section 8: Partner country Section 9: Data Quality Control Section 10: Mode of transport Section 11: Reporting and dissemination IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 4 7-11 May 2007 2

NCDP Questionnaire PART II Details on INCLUSIONS and EXCLUSIONS of particular items in the international merchandise trade statistics Section 12: Inclusions Section 13: Exclusions IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 5 7-11 May 2007 Review of some main recommendations ‘record all goods which add to or subtract from the stock of material resources of a country by entering (imports) or leaving (exports) its economic territory’ no simple ‘transit’ no temporarily admitted or withdrawn goods (except inward or outward processing) ‘use customs documents and -if needed- other sources’ IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 6 7-11 May 2007 3

Review of some main recommendations — EXAMPLE AUSTRALIA EXAMPLE AUSTRALIA THEORY SNA ‘Geographic •Territory within political frontiers THEORY SNA (including Christmas Island,Cocos Islands territory administered by a and Australian Antarctic Territory) government within which persons • Territorial waters • Continental shelf in international waters , goods and capital circulate • Territorial enclaves abroad (embassies, freely’ (SNA93) military bases etc) • Excluded: foreign enclaves within Australia THEORY IMTS ‘Statistical THEORY IMTS territory over which the } IMT data are collected’ • Equal to Economic territory with exception of: • Christmas Island, Cocos Islands and PRACTICE ‘Customs PRACTICE Austr. Antarctic Territory territory over which the • Territorial enclaves abroad (embassies, military bases etc) IMT data are collected’ IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 7 7-11 May 2007 Review of some main recommendations • Non-monetary gold THEORY THEORY ‘ ‘Concepts and Definitions Concepts and Definitions’ ’ EXAMPLES OF EXAMPLES OF • Goods for processing INCLUSIONS INCLUSIONS • Electricity, gas and water ‘All goods ……’ • Fish caught on high seas by foreign vessels List of Inclusions: 19 - 41 and landed in national ports List of Exclusions: 42 –63 EXAMPLES OF EXCLUSIONS EXAMPLES OF EXCLUSIONS of which to be recorded • Monetary gold (=financial asset) • Empty bottles (=means of transport) for BOP and SNA 55 - 63 • Fish caught on high seas by national vessels and landed in the own economic territory EXAMPLES OF EXCLUSIONS EXAMPLES OF EXCLUSIONS TO BE SEPARATELY RECORDED TO BE SEPARATELY RECORDED • Mobile equipment that changes ownership while outside the country of residence of its original owner • Goods for repair • Fish caught on high seas by national vessels and landed in foreign ports IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 8 7-11 May 2007 4

Review of some main recommendations THEORY ‘ ‘Concepts and Definitions Concepts and Definitions’ ’ THEORY ‘All goods ……’ List of Inclusions: 19 - 41 CUSTOMS THEORY CUSTOMS THEORY List of Exclusions: 42 –63 ‘Goods passing the of which to be recorded customs frontiers for which for BOP and SNA 55 - 63 customs clearances are required’ STATISTICAL PRACTICE STATISTICAL PRACTICE ‘Goods for which customs clearance forms are made and which are included in the statistical processing (above statistical threshold and not part of the statistical exclusions) and goods (belonging to the statistical inclusions) of which data are collected from other sources’ IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 9 7-11 May 2007 Basic Trade Flows IMPORTS OF FOREIGN GOODS free circulation area EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC GOODS TRANSITS TEMPORARILY IMPORTS AND EXPORTS EXPORTS AND IMPORTS premises for outw. proc. industrial free zones FOR OUTWARD PROCESSING IMPORTS AND EXPORTS premises for inward processing industrial free zones FOR INWARD PROCESSING IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 10 7-11 May 2007 5

Review of some main recommendations Trade Systems • General Trade • Special Trade statistical territory = – strict definition economic territory statistical territory = free circulation area – relaxed definition statistical territory = free circulation area + inward processing area + industrial free zones IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 11 7-11 May 2007 Review of some main recommendations Time of Recording according SNA: at the time when change in ownership takes place in practice different possibilities: transfer of ownership depends on delivery conditions in combination with applicable legislation is not always traceable from documentation theoretical approximation: moment that goods enter of leave the economic territory IMTS Concepts and Definitions recommendation: lodgment of customs declaration IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 12 7-11 May 2007 6

Section 1: Institutional arrangements 1.01 Is your national methodology of compilation and dissemination of foreign merchandise trade statistics based on IMTS, Rev.2 ? 1.02 Is the National Statistical Office the responsible agency for the compilation and dissemination of trade statistics ? If No, please specify in the Comments field which agency is responsible for this. IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 13 7-11 May 2007 Section 1: Institutional arrangements 1.01 Is your national methodology of compilation and dissemination of foreign merchandise trade statistics Code Yes% No% N/A% based on IMTS, Rev.2 ? 1.02 Is the National Statistical Office the responsible 1.01 72.5% 12.1% 15.4% agency for the compilation and dissemination of 1.02 79.1% 16.5% 4.4% trade statistics ? If No, please specify in the Comments field which agency is responsible for this. IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 14 7-11 May 2007 7

Section 1: Institutional arrangements 1.01 Is your national methodology of compilation and dissemination of foreign merchandise trade statistics Code Yes% No% N/A% based on IMTS, Rev.2 ? Code Yes No N/A 1.02 Is the National Statistical Office the responsible 1.01 72.5% 12.1% 15.4% agency for the compilation and dissemination of 1.01 60.0% 26.7% 13.3% 1.02 79.1% 16.5% 4.4% trade statistics ? If No, please specify in the Comments field which 1.02 53.3% 40.0% 6.7% agency is responsible for this. IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 15 7-11 May 2007 Section 1: Institutional arrangements Do the following agencies provide data to your office for use in the compilation of the trade statistics: 1.03 Customs administration 1.04 Central Bank Commodity board 1.05 If Yes , please specify in Comments field 1.06 National Energy Agency 1.07 Other, If Yes , please specify in Comments field IMTS Workshop, Lima, United Nations Statistics Division 16 7-11 May 2007 8