ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION DE COOPÉRATION ET DE DEVELOPMENT ÉCONOMIQUES OECDOCDE 1 Integrating HS 2002 into ITS STATISTICS DIRECTORATE – INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS
STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS codes 6564 HS 2002 codes 586 special codes: Special classification provisions Special transactions Estimations of missing declarations Nomenclature
STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 3 Time schedule Dec. 02: creation of the HS 2002 standard nomenclature; May 03: addition of special codes; July-August 03: correspondence tables with older classifications; Sep.-Nov. 03: tests and checks; December 03: migration into the production database.
STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 4 Conversion tables within ITS Classification by productClassification by industry HS 2002 HS 1996 SITC Rev.3 HS 1988 ISIC Rev.2 ISIC Rev.3 SITC Rev.2
STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 5 Conversion methodology: correspondence at all digit level HS 2002HS digit 6-digit 2-digit 6-digit 4-digit 2-digit No aggregation in older classifications
STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 6 Difficulties 1. A basic level is not allocated to the same heading or chapter: HS 2002 HS Consequence: must be subtracted from HS 96 codes 3006 and 30
STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 7 Difficulties 2. There is no one to one correlation: Consequence: correlation is done at the higher level (0101 in this case) HS 2002HS 1996
STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 8 Difficulties 3. Combination of 1&2: HS 2002HS 1996
STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 9 Implication Different practise from the UNSD which correlates at the basic level and aggregates in the older classifications Necessary harmonisation for the common trade database project