Trade and Competitiveness at a Glance A new OECD publication Andreas Lindner28 March 2011 Task Force meeting on International Merchandise Trade, Luxembourg

Draft table of contents Foreword Table of contents Readers guide Text, tables and graphs: Special feature: Crisis impact on trade and competitiveness –Short analysis of trade collapse and recovery thereafter 2

Draft table of contents Trade at a Glance –The big picture: world trade levels, structure and trends, and main contributors –World export market shares –Trade in services world matrix –Trade with regions of the world –Geographical distribution of export shares – Geographical concentration (Herfindahl Index) 3

Draft table of contents Import penetration Revealed comparative advantage Import content of exports Trade in value added ICT trade Trade in environmental goods International supply of services (incl. FATS) 4

Draft table of contents Price/volume split Intra-firm trade Trade by enterprise characteristics –TEC by size classes –TEC traders compared to all enterprises –TEC by top enterprises –TEC by number of partner countries –TEC by commodity groups (CPC) 5

Draft table of contents Competitiveness at a Glance –Output, employment and productivity –Real effective exchange rates Relative Consumer Price Indices Relative Unit Labour Costs –Productivity levels and growth –Nominal and Unit Labour Costs –Unit labour costs by economic activity –Labour compensation per unit labour input 6

Draft table of contents Labour productivity per unit labour input Total labour costs and real output Exchange rates adjusted ULC Impact of labour productivity on unit labour costs Unit labour cost, labour productivity and labour compensation per unit of labour input 7

Draft table of contents Methodological Annex Definitions, methodologies and basic conventions Signs, abbreviations and acronyms Glossary of statistical terms used StatLinks and Online data availability Accessing OECD publications Further reading Annex 1: OECD system of Trade statistics and related Indicators Annex 2: OECD system of Unit Labour Costs and related Indicators Annex 3: OECD databases relevant to Productivity Analysis 8