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General informations:
List of participants (updated on 12/05/04)
Including Joint Session with the OECD-Eurostat Experts in Trade-in-Services Statistics
OECD Headquarters, Château de la Muette, Paris - 26th April - 28th April (morning) 2004
Beginning at 10 a.m. on the first day
Draft Agenda
Monday, 26 April
1. Welcome and adoption of the agenda
2. Report of the 4th ITS meeting 7-9 April 2003
3. Recent developments at OECD
a) Integrating HS 2002 into ITS STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)9 OECD PowerPoint
b ) Status of the ITS database Room document 13 OECD PowerPoint
c) Towards more timely and high quality data Room document 14 OECD PowerPoint
d) General developments and initiatives at OECD regarding statistical information systems - OECD OECD PowerPoint
4. Recent developments in OECD Member Countries
Delegates will be invited (tour de table) to report on significant developments in their country regarding trade statistics
5. Inter - Agency Co-operation and coordination
a) Report on the 35th UN Statistical Commission STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)5
b)Oral report by WTO on the Inter Agency Task Force meeting in Addis Ababa , 23-25 March 2004
c) Towards one consistent world trade database : OECD and UNSD data sharing : progress reports: STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)3 OECD PowerPoint
- Joint letter to OECD countries
- Data issues and adjustment, processing routines
- IT issues
d) The Common Data Set Project - WTO update STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)7
Tuesday 27 april - 9.30 am
6. Classification issues affecting trade statistics
a) Harmonized System HS 2002 implementation and simplification - WCO WCO PowerPoint
b) Revision of activity and product classifications - implications for trade - OECD, UNSD STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)6 OECD PowerPoint
7. Methodological research and development
a) Interaction/reconciliation issues with BoP STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)11
b) Linkages of Structural Business Statistics and Trade Statistics - country experiences and recent developments STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)10
c) Measuring export undercoverage and misallocation (Canada) - Canada PowerPoint
d) VAT missing trader intra-community Fraud: the effect on Trade statistics STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)2 ONS PowerPoint
8. Dissemination of trade data
a) OECDs Quarterly Trade Press Release :
- Results from and OECD inquiry to Member Countries
- Towards a monthly Press Release?
- Should BoP - based trade in goods and services summaries be included? Room document 12 OECD PowerPoint
b) Pro's and cons of various media for disseminating trade data (Internet, CD-ROM, etc.)
Delegates are invited (tour de table) to express their views and experiences
9. Future ITS Programme of Work and Conclusions
Other business and date of next meeting
Tuesday, 27 April afternoon
Joint session with the OECD-Eurostat Experts in Trade-in-Services Statistics
10. Common session regarding measuring merchandise trade and trade in services
Welcome and opening by the Chief Statistician of OECD and Director of the Statistics Directorate
11. Globalisation, production an trade indicators
a) OECD :
Presentations by:
- OECD Statistics Directorate (STD) OECD PowerPoint
- OECD Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI) STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)4
- OECD Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs (DAF) DAFFE/IME/STAT(2004)1/REV1
b) Other national and international bodies
- ICE Italy ITALY PowerPoint
- CBS Netherlands STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)12 - WTO Indicators STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)8 CBS PowerPoint
12. Annotated Outline of Revised Balance of Payments Manual: Aspects related to trade in goods and services - Overview of issues, process and timetable - presentation by IMF or OECD - IMF annotated outline of revised BPM STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)1
Room document 1 - this document is only available on the web site"
Revision of the balance of payments - Manual, fith edition (IMF) "this document is only available on the web site"
Wednesday, 28 April OECD-Eurostat Experts in Trade-in-Services Statistics - continued (10 a.m.)
13. Discussion and presentations of issues related to both trade in goods and trade in services
i. Question of breakdown of goods and services account
ii. Proposals on breakdown of merchandise trade in BOP
iii. Treatment of re-exports
iv. Particular issues related to goods
v. Treatment of merchanting services (presentation by Bank of Japan) STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2004)13 JAPAN PowerPoint
vi. Goods for processing
vii. Repairs on goods
viii. Trade in goods and services between related parties
ix. Software - OECD presentation of trade in software data OECD PowerPoint
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