Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics – WPTGS Paris, September 2008 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division 1 UN ServiceTrade database Data collection, processing and dissemination Report by United Nations Statistics Division

Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics – WPTGS Paris, September 2008 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division 2 UN ServiceTrade database a)In 2001, call for worldwide collection of trade in services statistics (UN Stat Commission); b)In 2005, UNSD starts development of UN ServiceTrade database; c)In 2006, UNSD starts worldwide collection of trade in services statistics; –MoU with Eurostat –No duplication with OECD d)In 2008, UNSD receives basic datasets from 100 countries, of which 46 with partners –(includes 33 datasets from Eurostat)

Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics – WPTGS Paris, September 2008 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division 3

Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics – WPTGS Paris, September 2008 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division 4 Countries (areas) with EBOPS by Partner data Bhutan Korea Republic of Russian Federation Swaziland Tunisia Australia Belarus Canada Hong Kong SAR China Moldova Republic of New Zealand Puerto Rico Singapore Ukraine

Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics – WPTGS Paris, September 2008 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division 5 Countries with EBOPS only (from NSO) Kyrgyzstan Malawi Marshall Islands Peru Philippines Rwanda Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Senegal Tuvalu

Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics – WPTGS Paris, September 2008 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division 6 Countries with EBOPS only (from Central Bank) JamaicaQatar Solomon IslandsJordan (Hashemite Kingdom of) South AfricaKazakhstan SwazilandSyrian Arab Republic TajikistanMauritius ThailandMexico Trinidad and TobagoMongolia MontenegroKuwait Uganda Mozambique UruguayNicaragua VenezuelaPakistan

Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics – WPTGS Paris, September 2008 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division 7 UN ServiceTrade database  To facilitate calculations of regional and world totals for trade in services by main service categories, UNSD added IMF’s BOP service components to UN ServiceTrade for non-reporting countries.  UNSD will discuss with IMF the possibility of including BOP service data early in the most recent year and then replace these data when more detailed EBOPS data become available. This would make UN ServiceTrade more timely.

Working Party on International Trade in Goods and Services Statistics – WPTGS Paris, September 2008 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistics Division 8 Thank you for your attention