ITS Meeting Sept 2006 New Developments at the OECD: The Common Processing Application (COPRA) ITS Experts Meeting – September 2006 Trevor Fletcher ITN/CBS

ITS Meeting Sept Introduction Presentation to cover: Background on the Joint OECD/UNSD Trade System The Common Processing Application (COPRA) COPRA Processing steps

ITS Meeting Sept The OECD/UNSD joint Trade System Common application jointly developed for processing OECD and UNSD Trade data. OECD process member country data UNSD process all other data Data exchanged between the organisations to complete each organisations database content.

ITS Meeting Sept Common Processing Module Common Processing Module Common Processing Module Common Processing Module Working Database Working Database OECDUNSD Working Database Working Database Data capture Process Disseminate Dissemination Database Dissemination Database Dissemination Database Dissemination Database Data Exchange Data Access

ITS Meeting Sept The Common Processing Application - COPRA Application software for managing all steps of International Commodity Statistics processing from Data Capture to Dissemination Incorporates common processing rules agreed by OECD and UNSD System in production at both organisations

ITS Meeting Sept Application processing phases Data Capture Normalisation of Codes Data Completeness Normalisation of Commodities Data Aggregation Quantity and Value Checking Data Classification Conversions Data Publishing

ITS Meeting Sept Thank you... questions & answers...