1. ITS Meeting Sept 2006 New Developments at the OECD: The Common Processing Application (COPRA) ITS Experts Meeting – September 2006 Trevor Fletcher ITN/CBS

2. ITS Meeting Sept 2006 2 Introduction Presentation to cover: Background on the Joint OECD/UNSD Trade System The Common Processing Application (COPRA) COPRA Processing steps

3. ITS Meeting Sept 2006 3 The OECD/UNSD joint Trade System Common application jointly developed for processing OECD and UNSD Trade data. OECD process member country data UNSD process all other data Data exchanged between the organisations to complete each organisations database content.

4. ITS Meeting Sept 2006 4 Common Processing Module Common Processing Module Common Processing Module Common Processing Module Working Database Working Database OECDUNSD Working Database Working Database Data capture Process Disseminate Dissemination Database Dissemination Database Dissemination Database Dissemination Database Data Exchange Data Access

5. ITS Meeting Sept 2006 5 The Common Processing Application - COPRA Application software for managing all steps of International Commodity Statistics processing from Data Capture to Dissemination Incorporates common processing rules agreed by OECD and UNSD System in production at both organisations

6. ITS Meeting Sept 2006 6 Application processing phases Data Capture Normalisation of Codes Data Completeness Normalisation of Commodities Data Aggregation Quantity and Value Checking Data Classification Conversions Data Publishing

7. ITS Meeting Sept 2006 7 Thank you... questions & answers... Trevor.Fletcher@OECD.org