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ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION DE COOPÉRATION ET DE DEVELOPMENT ÉCONOMIQUES OECDOCDE 1 Towards more timely and high quality data STATISTICS DIRECTORATE – INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS
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STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 2 Annual Data Timeliness Late reception for 2002 data for some countries Data and metadata quality - Revision of US historical data back to 1991; - Updated Extrastat statistics for EU 15; - Metadata comparison between OECD/UNSD
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STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 3 Monthly Data: timeliness Inquiry about data release schedules: responses from 20 countries Quick reaction in case of late reception Cooperation with data providers to improve timeliness
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STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 4 Monthly statistics data schedules
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STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 5 Automation of MSIT data capture Internet (web query) Diskette/ CD ROM Paper Email INPUT Raw files FORMATTING PROCESSES Automated Processing (Macros) 74%26% Manual Postscripts (PDF, HTML) Paper Formats allowing data manipulation
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STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 6 Monthly data and metadata quality Total trade values are requested (provisional or final figures) Better tracking on data discrepancies Earlier data availability Faster transmission of monthly figures is a crucial issue
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STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 7 Conclusions Faster submission of trade data respecting time schedules Up to date metadata useful OECD needs to be informed of new data and metadata access; Particular request to obtain monthly total trade values
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