1. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness Section STD/TBS; 3 rd WPTGS Meeting 4.-6.10.2010, Paris High Frequency Trade Data: OECD MSIT database Agenda Item : 5.a.2 Agenda

2. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness Monthly Statistics of International Trade (MSIT) Database starting in January 1960 Datasets covered on a monthly basis:  Aggregate trade indicators  Trade indices by category of goods  Trade flows by SITC sections  Trade flows by partner countries  Exchange rates 2

3. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness Aggregate trade indicators Member countries trade with world Total trade flows in value Net trade (exports-imports) Coverage ratio (exports/imports ) available non adjusted and adjusted for seasonal variations 3

4. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness Trade indicators 4

5. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness 5 Trade indicators

6. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness Trade Indices by category of goods Type of indices (for 26 members): Volume indices (Laspeyre) for 21 members Price indices (Laspeyre) for 7 members Unit value indices (Paasche) for 21 members Category of goods: SITC sections or Nearest product category available 6

7. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness 7 Trade by SITC sections Imports and exports values Total goods and 10 sections : 0: Food and live animal 1: Beverages and tobacco 2 : Crude materials, inedible, except fuels 3: Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials 4: Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes 5: Chemicals and related products, n.e.s. 6 : Manufactured goods 7: Machinery and transport equipment 8: Miscellaneous manufactured articles 9 : Commodities and transactions n.e.c

8. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness 8 Trade by Partner country Imports and exports total trade values available for : 234 partner countries 10 economic zones  ACP  APEC  ASEAN … 12 geographic zones  Africa  America o Central America and Caribbean …

9. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness 9 Dissemination of monthly data Each month : Paper publication CSV files Beyond 20/20 files to be replaced by PC-axis files OECD.stat on-line database available through OLIS and SourceOECD Tables available in the statistics portal

10. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness 10 Each quarter : Quarterly Trade Press Release Quarterly growth in merchandise trade volumes Monthly trade in value with world Quarterly value growth in OECD trade ( BOP data )

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13. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness 13 Access to the OECD.stat online database available through OLIS at : http://dotstat.oecd.org/wbos/Index.aspx OLIS accounts can be requested through national delegations to the OECD

14. STD/TBS – Trade and Competitiveness Thank you for your attention! 14