1. Seminar on External Trade Statistics (ETS)
4.1. EUROSTAT - presentation on dissemination strategy and questions linked to the data confidentiality Evangelos Pongas Luxembourg March 2006

2. PRESENTATION CONTENTS
USERS AND COMEXT INTERFACES
FEATURES OF EASY COMEXT
EXTERNAL TRADE DATA SOURCES
DATA COVERAGE
MASSIVE DATA PROVISION
PAPER AND PDF PUBLICATIONS
METADATA

3. USERS AND COMEXT INTERFACES
COMMISSION
EU INSTITUTIONS
INS
PUBLIC
ON LINE X
WEB ??
EASY
STAND ALONE

4. SOME FEATURES OF EASY COMEXT
Easy extraction in 3 steps
Predefined queries
Batch or Interactive Mode
Aggregations
Data, metadata and downloads provision
Save queries for later use
Save work for 48 hours (automatic)
Dimension management with groups/items
Alerts
Graphics

5. EXTERNAL TRADE DATA SOURCES
INTRASTAT: Data collected from enterprises on a monthly basis (available in 10 weeks after reference period)
EXTRASTAT: Data collected from customs on a monthly basis (available in 6 weeks after reference period)

6. DATA COVERAGE October 2004: Trade by CN8(>10000 products), HS6,4,2.
EU15 since 1995, EU25 since 1999
Long term and Short term indicators
June 2005:
Trade, by SITC
1st Semester 2006
Trade by mode of transport, Preferential trade
EFTA and Croatia
Most demanded data

7. Massive Data Provision
Monthly data to download through FTP (average zip file size 80 MB). Selected data and metadata to download with easy comext. Comext stand alone application.
DVDs for trade (monthly) and trade by mode of transport (annual)

8. Paper and PDF publications
Monthly
Press Release, Bulletin
Periodic
Yearbook, Panorama, Pocketbook
Statistics in focus

9. SDDS: Summary, Detailed User guide Confidentiality notes
METADATA
SDDS: Summary, Detailed
User guide
Confidentiality notes
Quality reports
Classifications and explanatory notes
System manual

10. Confidentiality Best Practices for Member States
Apply Passive Confidentiality
Review periodically the need of confidentialisation (data , enterprises)
Time limit to keep confidentialisation
Avoid confidentialisation of both product and partner country
For product confidentialisation, keep at least the first HS 2 digits
Avoid use of other real CN code

11. Confidentiality Best Practices for Users
Read confidentiality notes
Select appropriate data source
Be aware of confidentiality Impact on aggregated data