1. ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION DE COOPÉRATION ET DE DEVELOPMENT ÉCONOMIQUES OECDOCDE 1 Integrating HS 2002 into ITS STATISTICS DIRECTORATE – INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS

2. STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 2 7150 codes 6564 HS 2002 codes 586 special codes: Special classification provisions Special transactions Estimations of missing declarations Nomenclature

3. STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 3 Time schedule Dec. 02: creation of the HS 2002 standard nomenclature; May 03: addition of special codes; July-August 03: correspondence tables with older classifications; Sep.-Nov. 03: tests and checks; December 03: migration into the production database.

4. STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 4 Conversion tables within ITS Classification by productClassification by industry HS 2002 HS 1996 SITC Rev.3 HS 1988 ISIC Rev.2 ISIC Rev.3 SITC Rev.2

5. STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 5 Conversion methodology: correspondence at all digit level HS 2002HS 1996 4-digit 6-digit 2-digit 6-digit 4-digit 2-digit No aggregation in older classifications

6. STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 6 Difficulties 1. A basic level is not allocated to the same heading or chapter: HS 2002 HS 1996 300670 38 2490 Consequence: 300670 must be subtracted from HS 96 codes 3006 and 30

7. STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 7 Difficulties 2. There is no one to one correlation: 010110 010111 Consequence: correlation is done at the higher level (0101 in this case) 010120 HS 2002HS 1996

8. STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 8 Difficulties 3. Combination of 1&2: 2527 00 2530 40 253090 HS 2002HS 1996

9. STATISTICS DIRECTORATE - INTERNATIONAL TRADE & STRUCTURAL ECONOMIC STATISTICS 9 Implication Different practise from the UNSD which correlates at the basic level and aggregates in the older classifications Necessary harmonisation for the common trade database project