1. External Trade Statistics New Eurotrace and data exchange 1 st External trade experts meeting on the CARDS Programme Luxembourg - May 2003 Pierre BALBONI - ESTAT/C0

2. The EU Data Exchange System INTRASTAT, EXTRASTAT and COMEXT Processing

3. Member State EUROSTAT EXTRASTAT Customs Declaration (SAD) ExtraStat Monthly File sent to EUROSTAT COMEXT EEC Special Trade COMEXT Browser DPS : Process and Control

4. Member State EUROSTAT INTRASTAT Enterprise Declaration IntraStat Monthly File sent to EUROSTAT COMEXT EEC Special Trade COMEXT Browser DPS : Process and Control

5. Data Processing and Quality

6. UN Data COMTRADE : ==> Annual Data IMF ==> Total Product Partner Country Data Monthly Data Reporter-Partner Commodity : HS6 ++ EU Indices Seasonal adjusted data DEMETRA Transport Info. Statistical Procedure Reconciliation Exercise Mirror Statistics MirStatT Data Derivation Chain COMEXT Database Monthly Data Reporter-Partner Commodity : HS6 ++ Transport Info. Statistical Procedure

7. EU in the World : Why ?  To extend data collection on a Common Basis : Reporter, Partner, HS6, Flow, Value, Quantity and Supplementary Unit,  To share information and generate picture of Trade between different Partner Countries and EU,  To be able to carry out mirror statistics, Reconciliation Exercise (with Transport and Statistical procedure information).  To improve data quality by understanding of different concept and definitions used. And to unified External Trade Methodology following UN Concepts and Definitions

8. Candidate CountriesTACIS MERCOSUR CAN ACP EU in the WORLD WORLD Matrix MED Countries EFTACARDS USA Canada Mexico Russia Japan China Bilateral data exchange

9. Bilateral Data Exchange

10. Partner CountryEurostat COMEXT Database EU in the World Framework : Data Exchange and Reciprocity External Trade Database Customs Database Transmission Rules CD-ROM COMEXT Browser Online Connection Data Control and Integration Data Extraction and transformation

11. Partner Country New Eurotrace Package Eurostat COMEXT Database EU in the World Framework : New Eurotrace Software Integration External Trade Database Customs Database Transmission Rules Data Control and Integration Data Extraction and transformation COMEXT Browser Online Connection CD-ROM Internet

12. Regional Integration

13.  COMESA secretariat  regional collection of data  sharing of information with member states  South South trade analysis and Mirror exercises  contact point for sharing of data with EU  North South trade analysis  IT Solution  Actually Eurotrace Regional Unix/Informix based  Link with COMEXT and Eurotrace Windows (end 2003) Regional Center : the COMESA Example

14. National Data European Commission EUROSTAT Regional Data Eurotrace DOS Eurotrace Windows Custom System COMEXT Reference Database Shared Information (www.Eurotrace.org Web Site) (March 2003) Exchange Rate Reference Table HS2000, HS  SITC Eurotrace Regional Member State Analysis Mirror Exercise Regional Studies Publication Eurotrace framework Architecture

15. New Eurotrace Windows With COMEXT Browser a tools to process External Trade Statistics

16. New Eurotrace Windows Package : Why ?  To follow IT Evolution,  Integrate functionalities into a modular scheme that could be easily extended,  Simplify data exchange procedure via integrated methods and reduce Partner countries workload,  Provide technical helpdesk to Partner countries and give them access to all necessary information.

17. Eurotrace DOS/Unix current weaknesses  Programs and interfaces are DOS or Unix based  Fixed structure for Custom Declaration Storage  Manual intervention for data integration  Fixed data bank definition  Limited software connectivity  Windows based program without any licenses  Data structure could be completely defined  Automatisation of data integration  Data derivation module fully customizable  Eurostat based and used software  Data storage under MS Access

18. Mostly CUSTOMS DECLARATION Data Sources External Trade Statistical Production System Implementation with Comext/Eurotrace Package Data Requests EUROSTAT MedComext UN IMF Country Table and Publication External Trade Database Definition External Trade Database RAW DATA Enterprise Indices Estimation Data Integration Procedure COMEXT Stand-Alone Browser

19. Derived Data Source Dataset Classification Plan Eurotrace Actors How to design a Domain ? 4. Data that can be consulted ? Statistical Office Statistics Users 2. Data that can be collected ? Trade Statistics data Supplier, Statistical Office Data Editor 3. Ways Data is Keyed in and Controlled ? Data Coders, Data Controller 1. How to Define Trade Statistical Database ? Nomenclatures Expert, Trade Information System Expert

20. Network Management Workstation Data Entry Data Browser Stand Alone Computer Data Entry Data Browser Pseudo-Server Data Storage Data Importation Stand-Alone PC Data Storage Data Entry/Browser

21. Eurotrace DOMAIN Definition Dictionary Classification Plan

22. Managing Nomenclatures and Relations between Nomenclatures HS SITC BEC Enterprise Activity NUTS GeoNom.

23. Definition Eurotrace DOMAIN Dictionary Classification Plan Dataset Source Source Data

24. 1. Define Data Structure Free definition of data container using Dictionaries Data Entry/Correction Direct Validation Source Dataset Files Importation Asycuda, Old Eurotrace,... Validation 3. Define Data Integration Algorithm Free definition data transformation used by Importation Wizard 2. Source Data Structure Free definition of data Source Structure for Automatic Integration

25. Data Entry/Data Correction 1. Database Extraction Single File Record Locking Security Extraction Criteria 2. Data Editor Appending New Records Record Modification “Undo” functionality Header/Detail decomposition Validation “On The Fly” 5. Code List Selector Hierarchy selection Code Validation 3. Error Trapping Wrong Codes Highlighted Errors to be Corrected 6. Record Navigator Select a specific record directly View data in Table based format 4. Form Designer Define your own Customs Declaration Form Hide/Mask some fields Move Boxes using Mouse 7. Database Update File sent to administrator to update to Main Database Errors could be corrected one after the others (No lock in processes) Database Records Unlocked Intranet WEB Link 8. Direct Link Direct update of Mainframe database Web based Interface Future functionality

26. Source Dataset Management Data Monitoring and History back-up Error Correction Wizard Check Importation Errors and Step by Step Correction Tool

27. Definition Eurotrace DOMAIN Dataset Source Dictionary Classification Plan Source Data Derived Dataset Derived Dataset Upgrade

28. 1. Define Derived Dataset Algorithm Free data definition based on Declaration source, transcodification and conversion Table 2. Simple Interface to Upgrade Databank Month to be upgrade could be selected in order to have a global control on Reference data Maintenance Data Banks : Derived Dataset Upgrade

29. Definition Eurotrace DOMAIN Derived Dataset Derived Dataset Dataset Source Dictionary Classification Plan Source Data Upgrade Dissemination/Analysis

30. COMEXT Stand/Alone A common Interface for Data Dissemination Eurotrace Native Data, CD-ROM, EU MainFrame Database

31. Criteria Selection and Data Browsing Comext Plan COMEXT Stand-Alone

32. Formula definitions COMEXT Stand-Alone

33. Dump to Excel COMEXT Stand-Alone

34. Nomenclatures Repository And its labels The nomenclature COMEXT Stand-Alone

35. Eurotrace DOMAIN Definition Derived Dataset Derived Dataset Dataset Source Dictionary Classification Plan Source Data Upgrade USER-FRIENDLY INTERFACE Dissemination/Analysis Eurotrace Local Administrator Black Box or Installation mission Parameters

36. Eurotrace Windows new Functionalities  Data Backup facilities  Multilingual capabilities  Standard Exportation (Word, Excel, XML, HTML,...)  Guided Data entry (Validation ‘on the fly’)  Simplified Data Download (Currency Rate, …)  ‘What’s this’ online Help  System Administration and Validation (Data to be integrated, Banks to be upgraded, System check, missing information,...)

37. Eurotrace Importation Time Test on Pentium III 700 Mhz 512MB RAM Win NT4.0

38. Future Evolutions

39. CUSTOMS DECLARATION EUROSTAT Exchange UN IMF External Trade Database RAW DATA Data Integration Procedure COMEXT Stand-Alone Browser Test Jan. 2003 Indices Module Test : June 2003 Indices Trade Indices Module Enterprise Country Table and Publication Enterprise Register And Publication Toolkit 2004 Enterprise Register Eurotrace Windows Architecture And Future Mirror Statistics And Reconciliation (Regional) 2004 MirStatT Reconciliation

40. Eurotrace Windows Architecture And Future CUSTOMS DECLARATION EUROSTAT Exchange UN IMF External Trade Database RAW DATA Data Integration Procedure COMEXT Stand-Alone Browser Implementation July 2003 Estimation Your Own Module When you want Trade under Threshold Estimation Short-Term Short Term Indicator Publication

41. Your Own Module Why and How Eurotrace Windows Architecture And Future CUSTOMS DECLARATION EUROSTAT Exchange UN IMF External Trade Database RAW DATA Data Integration Procedure COMEXT Stand-Alone Browser Export XML  HTML/Web  Paper Public. Source Data under Simple MSAccess Format  Excel/Word Reporting  Access Reporting  Visual Basic, C++, PB application development  Global connectivity with Package like 20-20 Business Objects, Cognos One Click Excel output.

42. Thank You