1. MEDSTAT III – TRADE and BOP Task Force Luxembourg 14-15 December 2010
Data and metadata transmission from MPCs (Trade in Goods) version : 1.0

2. MED-Trade - Data transmission to Eurostat reference database
History :
MEDSTAT II -Trade – Final Workshop Barcelona July 2009
“Data transmission from MPCs (Trade in Goods)”

3. Data provided by MPCs Situation on 15/7/2009 (1/2)
Product Nomenclature
Remarks
Version
Provided
Algeria
monthly
HS6++ FR
Egypt
HS6++++ no
Israel - imports exports
monthly 2007 yearly
HS6++ HS6+
no no
values only values only
Jordan
HS6+++
re-export
Lebanon
no data transmitted
Morocco
oPt
yearly
SITC5 (Rev3)
Standard
not loaded into Comext
Syria
monthly
Tunisia
some HS codes but truncated to HS6++++
Turkey
monthly EN
monthly data transmission

4. Data provided by MPCs Situation on 15/7/2009 (2/2)
M=Mandatory, O=Optional DZ EG IL JO MA PS SY TN TR
Flow M
imports & exports (exports should include re-exports) Y
Partner country
national nomenclature
Product code
Value
in € or national currency
Net mass
in Kg N
Quantity in SU SU
(*)
Statistical procedure O
Eurostat nomenclature or
Preference
Mode of transport at the frontier
Container
Nationality of the means of transport
same as for partner country
Other partner country
(*) = one column collected, containing either Net mass or Quantity in SU (depending on the SU)

5. File formats Situation on 15/7/2009
MPCs
Detailed files
Total files
Algeria
DBF
Not transmitted
Egypt
Excel
In the Excel File
Israel - imports exports
Fixed-length width Fixed-length width
Not transmitted Not transmitted
Jordan
Delimited (,)
Morocco
Delimited (;)
oPt
Syria
Access
Tunisia
Turkey
Fixed-length width (DocPhare400)
Fixed-length width
All used file formats were manageable and had a content compatible with DocCoop but not always fully DocCoop400-compliant (different physical format)

6. Transmission means Situation on 15/7/2009
All detailed data has been transmitted by using a physical storage
(CDROM, DVD, USB key…)
exchanged either by normal post or at meetings
… except …
Egypt : uses eDAMIS for monthly files
Turkey : uses eDAMIS for monthly detailed data files
Algeria : to sent via eDAMIS
Israel – imports : to sent via eDAMIS

7. Prerequisites for regular data transmission
Achieve full DocCoop400 rev2 (2007) compliance
For each period, a single archive file (zip) containing 2 files :
detailed data file : MX;1;2006;02;FR;;220421;80000;5000;4000;LTR
text file (fields delimited by a separator or fixed length fields)
order of fields defined by DocCoop400
file with totals : ;03;MX;1;17,162,104
2006;03;MX;2;15,021,965
Excel file (or, for instance : text with separators) [preference is : text file]
contains for each period the total of trade value for each flow
5 fields : year, month, declaring country, flow, value
a file for 1 declaring country and 1 period contains 2 records (1 per flow)
Transmission mean : eDAMIS
(“electronic Data files Administration and Management Information System”, = standard entry point at Eurostat)

8. Domain / dataset (=target table) :
eDAMIS
Domain / dataset (=target table) :
training
support =
phone=
Currently
To be switched to
Domain
MEDCOMEX
COMEXT
Dataset
MEDCOMEX_BULETIN_S
COMEXT_XTCOM_M

9. Other recommendations for the future
Transmit national product nomenclatures, if possible with labels
(EN, FR, national language … when available)
Use HS6 version corresponding to year of reference period
Fill in mandatory fields (net mass, quantity in SU, SU)
Improve automation of production process…

10. Proposed calendar By end of March 2011 Fulfil prerequisites
Transmission of 2008 and 2009 data
By October 2011
Start regular transmission of 2010 data (“regular” = when available, e.g. monthly)
2012
Transmission of all revisions

11. Metadata transmission
Questionnaire
Answers expected by 31 January 2011 to
and to

12. MEDSTAT III – TRADE and BOP Task Force Luxembourg 14-15 December 2010
Thank you !
Contact : RUTTEN Xavier
Eurostat, Unit G5
Bech Building
5, rue Alphonse Weicker
L-2721 Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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