Seminar on External Trade Statistics (ETS) 3.1. EUROSTAT - Data transmission to EUROSTAT from TACIS countries Gilberto Gambini Luxembourg 06-07 March 2006

3.1 DATA EXCHANGE WITH TACIS COUNTRIES Data transmission From 9 Tacis countries Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Kazakhstan Kyrgyz Republic Republic of Moldova Russian Federation Ukraine

Data transmission Data format: according to Doc. TACIS Periodicity: quarterly Russian Federation: monthly from 2003 Product classification: based on HS Transmission media: e-mail to ESTAT-COMEXT-DATA@cec.eu.int

Data availability 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 AM AZ BY GE Country/Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 AM   AZ BY GE KG KZ MD RU UA

Commodity classification Country/Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 AM   HS++ AZ BY HS+++ HS++++ GE HS KG KZ MD RU UA

Comext – TACIS domain 1 common dataset: TRADE BY PRODUCT CODES (HS) SINCE 1998 1 dataset with monthly data for Russia (since 2003) Datasets “by Tariff” (national product nomenclature) Datasets “by mode of transport”: only KG, KZ

Some quality issues Timeliness Product nomenclature (application of HS2002) Confidential trade Asymmetries with EU data

Timeliness Deadlines for data transmission (according to Doc TACIS): Reported period Deadline 1st quarter of year YY Mid-June of year YY 2nd quarter of year YY Mid-September of year YY 3rd quarter of year YY Mid-December of year YY 4th quarter of year YY Mid-March of year YY+1

Adoption of the HS 2002 Country/Year 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 AM   1st May AZ BY 1st July GE KG KZ MD RU UA

Asymmetries (mirror exercise)

Use of TACIS data Internal by the Commission services: DG Trade in particular Comparison with EU mirror flows: mirror exercise