1. Project on South-South Services Trade
Nora Dihel
OECD Trade Directorate

2. Overview Objective and general methodology
Statistical analyses in the context of this project
Policy needs and services statistics

3. Objective of the project
Investigate the scale, potential and the opportunities for South-South trade in services through various modes of supply as well as its impact on the direction of commodity trade.
Complement the on-going study on South-South goods trade

4. General methodology Combine Statistical analyses with
Theoretical analyses
Studies on services barriers and
Case studies on intra-developing country trade
to derive some general findings about the determinants and the potential for South-South trade.

5. Statistical analyses
Estimates of intra-developing services trade based on the recent OECD database on trade in services by partner country data, FDI statistics, mirror statistics, and, to the extent possible, national statistics for selected developing countries.
Revealed Comparative Advantage (RCAs) and trade flow analyses based on IMF data.

6. Policy needs and services statistics
Partner country data
Permit the estimation of intra-developing countries trade
Balance of payments statistics (sectoral and labour-related data) and additional FDI and FATS statistics
Permit the estimation of modal distribution of services trade and the calculation of various indicators (RCA, indicative trade, etc.)

7. Asia and Oceania non OECD Europe non OECD
2002
World
Total OECD
NAFTA
OECD Asia and Oceania EU
OECD Europe Other
Total non OECD
Africa
America non OECD
Asia and Oceania non OECD
Europe non OECD
Total from exporting countries in billions USD
100
75.8
18.9
9.3
42.2
5.4 24
2.6
4.4
14.7
2.3
1,622
76.9
62.6
15.3
5.9
36.6
4.8
14.3
1.5
3.6
7.3
1.9
1,258
20.7
14.8
4.6 3
6.5
0.7
0.3
2.4
0.6
342
EU total
43.3
37.8
7.7
1.7
24.6
3.8
5.5
1.1
0.9
2.5 1
707
OECD Europe other
5.7
5.3
3.9
0.2
0.4
0.1 91
22.9
13.2
3.4
5.6
9.7
0.8
7.4
363 2
1.6 34
0.5 NA 40
15.1
7.1
2.8 8
6.9
245
1.3 44

8. Thank you