Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013 Data Transmission 15-16 October 2013, Luxembourg 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Prodcom Technical Handbook V5.3 available on CIRCABC Library > technical_manuals > data_transmission Technical Handbook version 5.3 Changes from version 5.2 : - in code lists of chapter 5 to allow provision of data by Republic of Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. - change of DSI segment in GESMES 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Record header information Each record content 20 fields (mandatory ones depend on production type) 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013 Heading type S : Value and volume (if unit is specified) of sold production should be reported. T : Value of sold production and the volume of both sold and total production must be reported. I (Industrial Services): No volume data is required (fee paid) V : only the total volume should be reported. 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013 The Sold value Value of production Currency Confidentiality flag Flag qualifier (2nd flag qualifier – new format) (Comment field – new format) 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013 The Sold value Do not forget to mention integer issue. Whatif Fee different in term of value of number of pieces. 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Meaning of confidentiality flags <blank>: the target is not confidential A: too few enterprises B: one enterprise is dominant C: two enterprises are dominant, or because it fails the p-percent test S: secondary confidentiality Qualifier : 1 - 5 for A, 70 - 100 for B or C, otherwise blank 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013 The Sold volume 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013 The Total volume 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Quality checks in Eurostat consistency with the Prodcom List completeness of Prodcom headings, production type, measurement unit and so on correctness of formatting If some validations checks fail, the data might be ignored and not used in EU aggregates. countries are informed about errors and asked to correct them 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013 Plausibility checks After the validation of reporting countries’ inputs, the following plausibility checks are applied: The value is zero but the volume is non-zero (or vice-versa) The value and volume are zero but they are marked confidential The number of enterprises is blank or zero but production is reported Visual checks. For instance: production of olive oil in a Nordic country; production of ships in a land-locked country; no dairy production in a country, even though there are a lot of cows in the fields 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Data Transmission compliance score Eurostat applies a combined compliance score for both punctuality and completeness of the data. The formula is m = the percentage of missing data e = the percentage of data which were estimated by the country d = the number of days late. 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013 Compliance Score (2/2) Countries with a score of 20 or less are assessed as VG (Very Good), 21 - 40 as G (Good), 41- 100 as P (Partially compliant) and over 100 as N (Not compliant). The most favourable compliance score is used. 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

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Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013 Check across years The evolution of values or volumes across years is hard to evaluate because there may be a lot of natural variation. But if production is fairly stable over several years and then changes significantly, there may be a problem (or a large factory opening or closing). Such comparisons are useful both for detecting big changes from one year to another, but also for showing the differences between successive revisions of the same year's data. 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

Check across countries Provision of median values Ranking of countries producing products over years 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013

New tool to validate data : EDIT Demonstration of the EDIT tool. 9-Data Transmission Prodcom ESTP course 15-16 October 2013