a) Report by OECD on the statistical work programme, priorities and new structure of the Statistics Directorate - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)2 OECD Statistical Programme of Work 2003 [only available on Internet] - room document 3 b) Status of OECD's trade databases - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)3 c) Trade data on Internet and Metadata - presentation by STD d) Web Data Server OLAP Pilot - presentation by ITN
ii) In OECD countries Delegates will be invited to summarize significant developments in their country regarding trade statistics
5. Inter-agency Co-operation and coordination
a) Oral report by theUNSD on the 34th UN Statistical Commission meeting - New York b) UNSD - OECD update on progress made in data sharing and the completion of country coverage c) The Inter-Agency Common Data Set for trade aggregates - Update from WTO Delegates from member countries are invited to express their views
6. Data quality issues
a) OECDs Data quality framework and Metadata management for trade statistics - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)4 b) US Trade data quality profile - presentation by United States - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)1 c) The assessment of data quality - report by Belgium - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)6 d) Treatment of Confidentiality in COMTRADE - report by UNSD - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)5 e)Confidentiality in EU Trade Statistics Synthesis of the main results from the quantitative analysis - presentationby Eurostat - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)9 f) Trade data estimates procedures - report by UNSD - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)7 g) Methodological issues relating to partner countries - presentation by Poland - Slides[only available on Internet]
Tuesday 8 April
7. Data classification and methodological issues
a) Towards a consistent geo-nomenclature for trade - presentation by OECD - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)8 b) Update by WCO on the revision of HS c) Trade data on BoP - basis - presentation by Belgium - Room document 1[only available on Internet] c) Presentation of a study for the reconciliation of Trade and BOP Statistics - presentation by Eurostat - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)14
8. IT - Issues and analytical Data application
a) Report on the results of OECDs Trade IT survey - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)11 b) The CHELEM database of CEPII - presentation by France
9. Other business - Future Programme of Work
10. Date of next meeting Tuesday afternoon Joint Session of the OECD International Trade Statistics Experts with the OECD-Eurostat Experts in Trade-in-Services Statistics
11. OECD work on globalisation
i) Indicators of Economic Globalisation - presentation by OECD/DSTI - DSTI/IND(2003)4 [only available on RMS] ii) Aspects of Trade Globalization - presentation by OECD/DSTI - DSTI/EAS/IND/SWP(2002)5/Rev1 [only available on RMS] Delegates are invited to express their views
12. OECD's Trade Indicators Project (TIP)
i) Overview - Presentation by OECD/STD - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)12 ii) A possible Taxonomy of Statistical Indicators for the Analysis of International Trade and Production - presentation by Italy - STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2003)13 Delegates are invited to express their views
Wednesday 9 April - Joint Session (continued) starting at 10h00
13. Other cross-cutting issues
i) trade in software - OECD Report of the Software Task Force - STD/DOC(2003)1 Delegates are invited to discuss chapter two of the report and agree its recommendations. ii) maritime transport - IMF/Banque de Francepaper on worldwide imbalances on maritime transport - STD/NAES/TASS/SERV(2003)2 Delegates are invited to consider the possible launch of a project on this issue and whether their office is willing to participate.
Monthly Statistics of International Trade
International Trade by Commodity Statistics
