8th OECD International Trade Statistics Expert Meeting (ITS), Paris, 17-18 September 2007

1.

Welcome and adoption of the agenda

2.

Opening

a)

Report of the 7th ITS Meeting 11-13 September 2006

STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2007)1

b)

Update on recent events -  OECD oral report

3.

New developments at OECD

a)

The completion of OECDs  trade databases integration in OECD.STAT - new developments and implications. The treatment of Metadata in OECD's ITCS database - OECD report

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b)

Meeting user needs- specific analytical extensions of ITCS - OECD

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c)

The  Joint UNSD-OECD Trade Data Storage and Processing System - an outlook
i) OECD
ii) UNSD

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4.

New Developments in OECD Member countries and selected Non-member countries - Country oral reports (tour de table) 

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5.

Inter-Agency Co-operation and coordination

a)

Report from the Inter-Agency Merchandise Trade Statistics Task Force  - WTO

b)

The Common  Data Set -  authoritative world trade aggregates for users across the world - a joint initiative WTO, UNSD, Eurostat, and OECD
Oral Report by WTO

c)

Tariff Profiles - an Inter-Agency Co-operation UNCTAD/ITC/WTO
Oral Report by WTO

6.

Data quality and analysis

a)

Results of the OECD Quality reviews for  OECDs trade databases ITCS and MSIT and reaction of CSTAT

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b)

Monthly Statistics (MSIT) : quality review implications  and scope for more synergies with MEI

STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2007)9

c)

Foreign Trade Statistics: developments in Latin America - presentation from Chile

PPT presentation

d)

The new UNSD Compilers Manual and Supplements  - broadening the scope - UNSD

(The Secretariat invites delegates to comment on points 6(a) to 6(d))

7.

Methodological Research and Analysis

a)

Export performance indicators and the international growth of re-exports - CPB Netherlands

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b)

Analysis of asymmetries of trade statistics between Germany and China - FSO Germany

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c)

The future of analytical applications based on trade statistics: Where do we go? - Oral report - International Trade Centre ITC, Geneva

PPT presentation

d)

Simplification of Intrastat: Current state of play - Eurostat

STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2007)12

(The Secretariat invites delegates to comment on 7(a) to 7(d) and suggest future research topics)

8.

Methodological Research: Linkages of Trade and Structural Business Statistics

a)

OECD progress report

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b)

Eurostat Results of the Standardisation Exercise - Eurostat

(The Secretariat invites in particular delegates from Non-EU OECD countries to comment and express possibilities for participating in this work)  

9.

Other business and close of ITS meeting

Joint 8th International Trade Statistics (ITS) and Trade in Services (TIS) Session

Welcome and opening by E. Giovannini, Chief Statistician of OECD and
Director of the Statistics Directorate

10.

Globalisation and Trade

a)

OECD and Globalisation: Organisational arrangements and horizontal co-operation across Directorates, work of the Reflection Group on Globalisation Statistics and Indicators

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b)

OECDs Trade Indicators Project (TIP): methodological improvements and extended coverage

(The Secretariat invites delegates to advise on further analytical extensions)

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c)

OECD Globalisation Indicators: - OECD (STI and STD)

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d)

Globalisation projects at Eurostat - Eurostat

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e)

The Space sector and International Trade - OECD/SG/AU report

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f)

The "re-design" of French Enterprise Statistics to better meet globalisation needs - conclusions of the CNIS Working Group - country report France

g)

The way forward: the future role of STDs statistical and analytical work on globalisation and trade in the context of the creation of WPTGS - OECD oral report

(The Secretariat will invite views from delegates (tour de table) on future directions and priorities

12:30 - 14:00 Lunch

11.

Revision of the Balance of Payments Manual

a)

Progress report IMF - BPM 6 Chapter 10 Goods and services account

Room document 4

(Delegates are invited to discuss some issues related to treatment of intellectual property transactions)

b)

Goods for Processing
i) Draft chapter of the forthcoming IMTS Compiler Manual
ii) From Goods for processing to Manufacturing services - What needs be done to measure these?
For discussion  - OECD/UNSD/WTO/IMF oral presentation

(The Secretariat invites delegates to express their opinion)

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PPT presentation, OECD

12.

Foreign Affiliates Statistics

FATS and Trade in services - some analytical issues - OECD presentation

13.

Revision of the Benchmark definition of FDI
OECD/DAFFE Oral report

14.

Quality of Balance of Payments Statistics

a)

Reconciliation of foreign trade statistics and balance of payments - Eurostat

STD/NAES/TASS/SERV(2007)9

b)

Austrian methodological changes in Balance of Payments and impact on trade in goods and services statistics - Austrian National Bank - PPT

Room document 2

15.

Balance of payments and the Rest of the World account SNA

a)

Eurostat/ECB Rest of the World Task Force - Eurostat/ECB

b)

Trade in goods and services: A report on differences in two OECD datasets

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16.

Provisional conclusions and future Programme of Work

Cocktail reception: 18h-20h