EXTRASTAT IN THE CONTEXT OF THE MODERNIZED COMMUNITY CUSTOMS CODE 1st meeting of the Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Trade in Services Statistics Paris, 22-24 September 2008 Ales Capek Eurostat 13-Jul-07

EU Customs union: implications for FTS Intrastat: statistics on trade between EU Member States - based on Intrastat declarations - Issues: quality, burden on enterprises, simplification Extrastat: statistics on trade with non-EU countries - based on customs declarations - Issues: Impact of the Modernized Community Customs Code, « European » perspective of Customs versus « national » perspective of statistics, simplification 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation

Past system With a few exceptions customs declarations are the source of statistics EU Member State where customs declaration is lodged is the importing or exporting Member State The only « problem »: Rotterdam effect 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation

Goods movement: Present System 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation

Changes in the customs rules Place of lodging customs declarations is disconnected from physical movement of goods - Single Authorization for Simplified Procedures (SASP) -Centralised Customs Clearance (CCC) Customs declarations not required in case of « self-assessment », only ex-post on-site controls 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation

Impact on FTS Wrong allocation of trade flows to individual EU Member States under SASP and CCC, only EU aggregates are correct Size of misallocation may reach in % of total trade double digit figures Non-existence of data in case of self-assessment, as big companies might be affected impact on trade figures might be significant 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation

Goods movement: Centralised Customs Clearance 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation

Centralised Customs Clearance – solutions for FTS Customs declarations have to contain information on actual importing or exporting EU Member State (MS of destination/actual export) Data exchange system has to ensure that data available in the supervising EU Member State reach the actual importing or exporting EU Member State 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation

Problems Information on Member State of destination/actual export is not mandatory data element on the customs declaration Quality of this information Data exchange system among 27 Member States is costly, problem of timeliness Use of e-customs system is problematic as it was designed for different purposes 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation

Self-assessment Customs declarations in traditional sense don’t exist Alternative system of direct collection of data by Customs or statistical administrations will increase reporting burden on companies Quality problems similar to Intrastat 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation

New Extrastat New regulation on Extrastat to be adopted by the European Parliament and the Council and to enter into force in 2010 Reaction to the changes in the EU Customs system New indicators: trade by business characteristics, trade by invoicing currency Enhanced quality framework 13-Jul-07 Name of the presentation