1. International Trade Statistics New developments
Ronald Jansen Chief of the Trade Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division / DESA

2. International standards
2008 SNA
2008 IRIS
Balance of Payments Manual, 6th Edition
Current Account
Goods – Residency and Change of Ownership
Services – Residency
Classifications
ISIC, Rev.4
CPC 2.0

3. International standards - Trade
International Merchandise Trade Statistics, Concepts and Definitions 2010 (IMTS 2010)
Movement of Goods across Borders
Main data source – Customs declarations
Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services, 2010 (MSITS2010)
BOP services components
FATS
Modes of Supply
Balance of Payments Manual, 6th Edition
Current Account
Goods – Residency and Change of Ownership
Services – Residency
Classifications
HS-2012
CPC 2.0
EBOPS

4. Compilation Guidance - Trade
International Merchandise Trade Statistics, Compilers Manual
Expert Group on IMTS
Customs and Non-customs data sources
Country practices
Compilers Guide for MSITS2010
Expert Group on Compilation of SITS
Time schedule – June 1013
BPM6 Compilation Guide
BOPCOM committee
First drafts have appeared on IMF website
Classifications
Revision of BEC
New classification for Business Functions (Outsourcing)

5. Revised recommendations - Trade
IMTS 2010 – new data elements
Imports FOB added – useful for reconciliation exercises
Partner country of consignment – useful for reconciliation studies
Mode of Transport
Customs procedure
Direct imports / exports
Inward / Outward processing Global
Free zone trade Production

6. Data Dissemination - Trade
UN Comtrade – Upgrade
New data elements added
Anticipation of further dimensions - industry
Addition of Monthly data
Publications
More analytical
Integrating Trade in Goods and Services
Monthly trends

7. Revised recommendations - Trade
MSITS 2010 – changes
Revised EBOPS classification
Requesting partner breakdown by service category
Requesting partner breakdown by FDI
Requesting partner breakdown by FATS
Measuring Modes of Supply
Mode 4

8. Data Dissemination - Trade
UN ServiceTrade – Upgrade
Collection of more detailed data
Further improved Data processing
More metadata
Publications
Integrating Trade in Goods and Services

9. New developments Fragmentation of production process
Trade data do no longer reflect value-added of exporting country
What does did mean for Trade imbalances?
“Made in the World initiative” - WTO

10. Rise of Global Value Chains and Trade in Value Added
Bo MENG (IDE-JETRO)
Regional Seminar on International Trade Statistics (UNSD & NBS)
24-26 Oct Beijing.
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Simple concept of GVCs
Planning of product R&D/Design/Testing production Procurement of parts & components Assembly Final products Marketing/sale/export Customer service/user support
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Simple concept of GVCs
Planning of product R&D/Design/Testing production Procurement of parts & components Assembly Final products Marketing/sale/export Customer service/user support
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13. Fragmentation production
Made in USA ↓
Made in the World
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14. Contribution of trade in intermediate goods
Contribution rate
Before 2002 vs after 2002
Intermediate goods:
38％→54%
Household consumption:
34％→19%
Capital goods:
16%→20%　　
Source: calculated by Bo MENG and Norihiko YAMANO, 2011 (using OECD data, preliminary)
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15. Main data sources used in measuring GVCs
Firm based data（Apple, Toyota）
Micro level, but lack of global viewpoint
Bilateral trade data（import and export）
Global, but no inter-industry information
National input-output data
Inter-industry, but lack of global aspect
International input-output data
Inter-country, inter-industry, but time lag (almost 5 years)
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16. Vertical specialisation
Country 1
Intermediate goods
Capital
services
Country 2
Domestic intermediate goods
Domestic capital and labour
Intermediate and final goods
Domestic sales
Country 3
Exports of intermediate goods
Exports of final goods
VS share = induced intermediate imports / total exports
(=Hummels, et al. (2001) ‘s “Import contents of export”)

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Source: WTO-IDE-JETRO (2011)
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19. Global Forum on Trade Statistics
Measuring Global Trade - Do we have the right numbers?
organized jointly by UNSD and Eurostat in collaboration with WTO and UNCTAD
2-4 February 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
Measuring Global Trade
New Recommendations IMTS / SITS
Data Sources
Global Production and Outsourcing
Linking Trade and Business Statistics
Trade in Value-Added 19
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20. Global Production  Statistics Denmark International Sourcing study
Core business function:
Production of final goods or services intended for the market/for third parties carried out by the enterprise and yielding income.
Support business function:
Support business functions (ancillary activities) are carried out in order to permit or facilitate production of goods or services intended for the market/for third parties by the enterprise.
Distribution and logistics
Marketing, sales and after sales services
ICT services
Administrative and management functions
Engineering and related technical services
Research & Development
Other support functions

21. Italy Netherlands New Zealand
Linking Trade and Business Statistics
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22. The link between the list of trade operators and the Business Register is the GATEWAY to any new and successful developments in trade statistics
Trade flows micro-data
Business surveys
Administrative and fiscal data
List of Trade operators
Business Register
Special surveys on Globalisation: MNEs and international sourcing
FIRST TYPE OF OUTPUT
SECOND TYPE OF OUTPUT
THIRD TYPE OF OUTPUT
“new figures” based on the count of trade operators, for instance by products and markets
“new figures” on the business characteristics of exporting and importing enterprises
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23. Integrating economical, functional and social statistics
1 : P
Enterprise
Firm
Job
Person
Business Register
Job register
Population register
Statistics of Finances of Enterprises
International Trade
Fiscal Data
Surveys Persons and Households
Fiscal Data
Ownership (UCI)
Structural Business Surveys and short term indicators
ConGO
Investments
R&D

24. Longitudinal Business Database
What’s in the LBD?
Longitudinal Business Database
Administrative data
Longitudinal Business Frame
Contains longitudinally linked data for most enterprises operating in NZ. Includes information on:
employment
location
industry
ownership relationship
Allows individual business to be tracked over time.
Survey data
Goods and services tax data
Financial accounts (IR10)
Company tax returns (IR4)
Linked Employer Employee Database
Overseas merchandise trade
Government assistance data
Annual Enterprise Survey
Business Operations Survey
Manufacturing and Energy Use Survey
Business Finance Survey
Research and Development Survey
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25. USITC WTO OECD Trade in Value-added 25
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26. Global Forum Website

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28. Regional Seminar on International Trade Statistics Beijing, China, October 2011

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30. Thank you
Ronald Jansen Trade Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division Website: unstats.un.org/unsd/trade