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Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Meeting on compilation issues of IMTS 2010 6 – 9 December 2011, Mexico City, Mexico Agenda items 10 to 16: g Presentation of draft Chapters of the IMTS Compilers Manual (Structure, issues and changes) Presentation by UNSD United Nations Statistics Division 1 Meeting on compilation issues of IMTS 2010 Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Part I: Part I: Legal framework and data sources Chapter 1 – Legal framework Chapter 2 – Customs declarations and related customs records Chapter 3 – Non-customs administrative and other sources Chapter 4 Chapter 4 – Enterprise surveys and other surveys Enterprise surveys and other surveys United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 2 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 United Nations Statistics Division Workshop IMTS, Vilnius, 26-30 September 2011 1

Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Ch 1: Legal framework Structure A. The importance of the legal framework for trade statistics B. Legal acts governing customs records C. Legal acts regulating non-customs data sources and institutional arrangements D. Legal acts protecting confidentiality of traders g p g y and trade information E. Case Studies United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 3 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Ch 1: Legal framework Issues and changes • Some discussion of legal acts relevant for institutional arrangements was moved to chapter 5 t d t h t 5 • Should we add a paragraph on the advantages and disadvantages of legal acts versus regulations? • Should we further discuss the responsibility of the data compiling agency to take action if compilation is hampered by malfunctioning data collection or exchange. • Can we include a case study which shows the process to develop regulation or law. United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 4 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 United Nations Statistics Division Workshop IMTS, Vilnius, 26-30 September 2011 2

Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Ch 2: Customs declarations and related customs records Structure A A. Customs declarations as the most prevalent source of Customs declarations as the most prevalent source of trade data B. Structure of the revised Kyoto Convention C. Customs Procedures and IMTS D. Verification of the declared information E. Lodgement of declarations and data-collection issues F. Other customs declarations and procedures p G. Information required to complete a goods declaration H. Training in how to complete customs documents I. Reporting thresholds and retention of records J. Case Studies United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 5 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Ch 2: Customs declarations and related customs records Issues and changes • Do we need to add a paragraph (or case D d dd h ( studies) on trading practices which differ from the intended customs procedures, such as transit trade, temporary admission, inward processing? , p g • Do we need to add more on the role of NSO in completing customs records on basis of accompanying documents? United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 6 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 United Nations Statistics Division Workshop IMTS, Vilnius, 26-30 September 2011 3

Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Ch 3: Non-customs data sources Structure A. Additional data sources – Overview B. B Additional data sources – often used to supplement customs Additional data sources often used to supplement customs records 1. Parcel post and letter post records 2. Aircraft and ship registers 3. Enterprise surveys 4. Data exchanges between countries C. Additional data sources used for supplementing and verifying of customs records 1 1. Foreign shipping manifests Foreign shipping manifests 2. Currency exchange records and records of monetary authorities 3. Reports of commodity boards 4. Administrative records associated with taxation 5. Merging and cross-checking data obtained from customs and non-customs sources D. Case Study United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 7 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Ch 3: Non-customs data sources Issues and changes • Is the topic of exchange of data between countries of increasing importance and should this be reflected in this chapter? • Are there cases where we need to change the customs value into statistical value based on supplementary information? based on supplementary information? United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 8 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 United Nations Statistics Division Workshop IMTS, Vilnius, 26-30 September 2011 4

Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Ch 4: Enterprise surveys and other surveys Structure A A. General description of enterprise and other surveys General description of enterprise and other surveys B. Use of business registers and frames C. Organization of surveys D. Advantages and disadvantages of surveys E. Examples of surveys for airline and shipping companies F. Examples of border surveys G. Examples of surveys used in the Intrastat system H H. E Examples of enterprise surveys providing additional l f t i idi dditi l information I. Merging of data from enterprise surveys with customs data J. Response burden of enterprises and traders United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 9 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Ch 4: Enterprise surveys and other surveys Issues and changes • Do we need to add a paragraph to emphasize D d t dd h t h i cooperation with BOP compilers in certain enterprise surveys (like airline or shipping companies)? • Do we need to refer in this chapter to the matching of identification of companies in enterprise survey and customs declarations? • Do we need to add a paragraph on the valuation of enterprise survey data with reference to the use of INCOTERMS? United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 10 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 United Nations Statistics Division Workshop IMTS, Vilnius, 26-30 September 2011 5

Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Part II: Part II: Data compilation Chapter 5 – Institutional arrangements Chapter 6 – Statistical territory and organization of data collection Chapter 7 Chapter 7 – Integration of data from different sources Integration of data from different sources Chapter 8 – Data processing and database management Chapter 9 – Data quality: assurance, measurement and reporting Chapter 10 – Data compilation in the case of customs union Chapter 11 – Integrating trade and business statistics United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 11 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 Items 10 to 16: Presentation of draft chapters – IMTS Compilers Manual Ch 5: Institutional arrangements Structure A. Introduction B. B. Purposes of institutional arrangements Purposes of institutional arrangements C. Characteristics of effective institutional arrangements D. Governance and mechanisms of cooperation 1. Statistical office as the responsible agency 2. Customs administration as the responsible agency 3. Central bank as the responsible agency E. Towards improved institutional arrangements F. Institutional arrangements and data quality Annex 5 1: Country experiences in institutional arrangements Annex 5.1: Country experiences in institutional arrangements 1. Experience of the USA 2. Experience of Mexico 3. Experience of Brazil 4. Experience of the Philippines 5. The experience of China United Nations Statistics Division Meeting on 12 compilation issues of IMTS 2010, Mexico City, 6-9 December 2011 United Nations Statistics Division Workshop IMTS, Vilnius, 26-30 September 2011 6