1. Seminar on External Trade Statistics (ETS)
3.1. EUROSTAT - Data transmission to EUROSTAT from TACIS countries Gilberto Gambini Luxembourg March 2006

2. 3.1 DATA EXCHANGE WITH TACIS COUNTRIES
Data transmission
From 9 Tacis countries
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyz Republic
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Ukraine

3. Data transmission Data format: according to Doc. TACIS
Periodicity: quarterly
Russian Federation: monthly from 2003
Product classification: based on HS
Transmission media: to

4. Data availability 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 AM AZ BY GE
Country/Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 AM AZ BY GE KG KZ MD RU UA

5. Commodity classification
Country/Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 AM
HS++ AZ BY
HS+++
HS++++ GE HS KG KZ MD RU UA

6. Comext – TACIS domain 1 common dataset:
TRADE BY PRODUCT CODES (HS) SINCE 1998
1 dataset with monthly data for Russia
(since 2003)
Datasets “by Tariff” (national product nomenclature)
Datasets “by mode of transport”: only KG, KZ

7. Some quality issues Timeliness
Product nomenclature (application of HS2002)
Confidential trade
Asymmetries with EU data

8. Timeliness Deadlines for data transmission (according to Doc TACIS):
Reported period
Deadline
1st quarter of year YY
Mid-June of year YY
2nd quarter of year YY
Mid-September of year YY
3rd quarter of year YY
Mid-December of year YY
4th quarter of year YY
Mid-March of year YY+1

9. Adoption of the HS 2002
Country/Year
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005 AM
1st May AZ BY
1st July GE KG KZ MD RU UA

10. Asymmetries (mirror exercise)

11. Use of TACIS data Internal by the Commission services:
DG Trade in particular
Comparison with EU mirror flows: mirror exercise