1. THE IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS ON TRADE IN SERVICES
Australia Indonesia Partnership for Economic Governance
THE IMPORTANCE OF STATISTICS ON TRADE IN SERVICES by
Ramonette B. Serafica

2. Outline Background Basic concepts and trends
Various user needs for services statistics (trade and others)

3. What are services?

4. How important are services?
HIC
WLD
UMC
LMC
LIC
Source of data:

5. What are its characteristics?
Intangible
Non-storable
Variable
Proximity
Different ways to trade – four modes of supply

6. How are services traded?
Cross-border trade
The service (1) , the consumer or his/her property (2), or the supplier (4) crosses the border
Trade by foreign affiliates
The service is supplied through the establishment of commercial presence (3) in the host country

7. Trends in services trade
Source of data:

8. Commercial Services (World)
Source of data:

9. Growing share of Asia in services trade
Source: Asian Development Outlook 2012 Update Services and Asia’s Future Growth (ADB 2012)

10. Mode 3 is significant
(Table A. Services Supplied to Foreign and U.S. Markets Through Cross-Border Trade and Through Affiliates)

11. Uses of data and statistics
Policy analysis and formulation
Negotiations (trade & investment)
Stakeholder engagement
Monitoring & Evaluation of initiatives

12. Policy analysis and formulation
Example: Sector development
Trade performance (what if not a major category in EBOPS? e.g. environmental services)
Other indicators such as labor productivity, prices, quality, variety, and access
Inter-sectoral linkages (backward & forward linkages)

13. Negotiations (trade & investment)
Example: Assessment of export and import interests across 160 services sub-sectors and 4 Modes of Supply (MOS)
Priority sub-sectors and MOS to request MA/NT commitments
Priority sectors for investment, technology transfer, capacity building/technical cooperation

14. Stakeholder engagement
Example: The contribution of foreign companies to the economy
Domestic employment generated and compensation of employees
Value-added
Purchases of local goods and services
R&D expenditures

15. M&E of initiatives
Example: Assessment of the effectiveness of initiatives for SME service exporters
Determine baseline and set specific targets for increasing the number of service exporters
Track and analyze growth of SME service exporters by sector, by destination

16. THANK YOU