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Venue: OECD Conference Centre, 2 rue André-Pascal, 75016 Paris Meeting Room 10
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7 November, 10.00 a.m.: Trade in Goods
8 November, 9.30 a.m.: cross cutting issues
9 November, 9.30 a.m.: Trade in services
Important notice:
In line with OECD policy to reduce paper consumption, delegates are invited to download the papers from this location and bring them to the meeting. Only a very limited number of paper copies will be made available at the meeting for those delegates who could not bring meeting documents with them.
Draft agenda
Monday 7 November 2011, 10.00 a.m.
Part I: Trade in Goods Statistics
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Welcome, adoption of the agenda and opening |
For information |
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Welcome and opening by the Chief Statistician of OECD |
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Adoption of the Minutes of the 3rd WPTGS meeting 4-6 October 2010 |
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Adoption of the draft agenda |
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Outcome of the June 2011 meeting of CSTAT |
For information and discussion |
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Summary (OECD/STD - Paul Schreyer) |
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Implications for WPTGS work (OECD/STD - Paul Schreyer) |
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Interagency cooperation |
For information and discussion |
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Inter-Agency Merchandise Trade Statistics Task Force (TFIMTS) report and report on the joint meeting of interagency TFs (WTO - Andreas Maurer) |
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Progress on the Compilers Manual for IMTS (UNSD - Ronald Jansen) |
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Coffee break, 11.00 - 11.30 |
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Methodological research and analysis |
For discussion |
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The treatment of VAT registrations in the Balance of Payments and National Accounts - Uncertainties in measuring goods and services in different statistics (Hungary - MNB Magyar Nemzeti Bank and HSCO Hungarian Central Statistical Office - Zsuzsanna Sisakné)) |
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Unit value and price indexes |
For discussion |
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UVI calculations in Italy (Italy, ISTAT - Stefano Menghinello) |
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Lunch break, 12.30 - 14.00 |
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PPT Presentation | |
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UVI calculations in Mexico (Mexico, Bank of Mexico - Andrés Zetina) |
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Improving quantity information in France (France, Direction générale des douanes et droits indirects - Laurent Gasnier) |
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Interim report on calculating UVIs (OECD/STD - Blandine Serve) |
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Coffee break, 15.30 - 16.00 |
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Using cluster analysis for identifying outliers and possibilities offered when calculating Unit Value Indices (Eurostat - Evangelos Pongas) |
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PPI, XMPI, and new sharing between volume and price in Goods Trade (France, INSEE - Alain Gallais) |
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Analysis of the latest developments in Turkish merchandise trade using Imports and Exports volume and price indices (Turkey, Ministry of Economy - Nihan Odabasi) |
Tuesday 8 November 2011, starting at 9h30 a.m.
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Global Value Chains and Trade in Value-added |
For discussion |
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Why is Value-Added Trade important for policy? (US ITC - Robert B. Koopman) |
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Trade in Value-Added: Concepts, Methodologies and Challenges (OECD/STD - Nadim Ahmad) |
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Model-based estimates of trade statistics (OECD/TAD - Sebastien Miroudot) |
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Coffee break, 11.00 - 11.20 |
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Made in the World Initiative (MIWI) (WTO - Andreas Maurer) |
STD/TBS/WPTGS(2011)13 |
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Trade in Tasks (OECD/TAD - Sebastien Miroudot and Hidegunn Nordas) |
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Lunch break, 12.30 - 14.00 |
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Linking trade and business statistics |
For discussion |
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The OECD-Eurostat TEC - Handbook on Trade Microdata (OECD/STD - Sonia Araujo) |
STD/TBS/WPTGS(2011)15 |
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Linking TEC to Input-Output tables (OECD/STD - Nadim Ahmad) |
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Bilateral trade by industry and end-use (OECD/STI - Colin Webb) |
STD/TBS/WPTGS(2011)17 |
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Global forum on trade Statistics |
For discussion |
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Global Forum on Trade Statistics and its follow-up (UNSD - Ronald Jansen) |
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A shared vision for the future: International Trade Information Systems in 2020 (Andreas Maurer, WTO), (Eurostat, OECD, UNSD, WTO) |
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Coffee break, 16.15 - 16.45 |
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Goods for Processing, combining goods and services |
For discussion |
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Implementing IMTS and MSIT - A focus on goods for processing Hungary, Hungarian Central Statistical Office - Anita Bàny) |
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An alternative presentation of trade in goods and services (OECD/STD - Bettina Wistrom) |
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18h - 20h : Cocktail offered by OECD, Marshall Room |
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Wednesday 9 November 2011, 9.30 a.m.
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Inter-Agency Co-operation |
For information |
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Report of the Inter-Agency Task Force SITS (OECD/STD - Bettina Wistrom) |
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Launch of UN expert group EG SITS on compilation guidance (UNSD - Ronald Jansen) |
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Update on the BPM6 Compilation Guide (IMF - Florina Tanase) |
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Powerpoint | |
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Coffee break, 10.30 - 10.45 |
Powerpoint | |
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Focus on statistical sources for collecting trade in services information |
For discussionPPT Presentation |
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The revised TIS Survey in Hong-Kong, China (Hong-Kong, China, Census and Statistics Department - Lilian Fung) |
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New Survey System in Switzerland (Switzerland, Swiss National Bank - Stéphanie Zeier) |
Oral report |
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Using credit card information for measuring travel (Canada, Statistics Canada - Denis Caron) |
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Moving from the international transaction recording system to enterprise surveys (Italy, Bank of Italy - Simonetta Zappa) |
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Lunch break, 13.00 - 14.00 |
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Outward foreign affiliates survey focusing on finance and insurance (Australia, Australian Bureau of Statistics - Bernard Williams) |
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Statistical developments |
For discussion |
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OECD Services World Matrix (OECD/STD - Fabiana Cerasa, WTO - Antonella Liberatore) |
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Modes of supply (Eurostat - Hionia Vlachou, WTO - Joscelyn Magdeleine, OECD/STD - Bettina Wistrom) |
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Coffee break, 15.30 - 15.45 |
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EBOPS 2010 database coding and SDMX (IMF - Florina Tanase) |
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Improving estimates of international trade in health services under the System of Health Accounts framework (OECD/ELS - David Morgan)
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New National Accounts Task Force on FISIM (OECD/STD - Nadim Ahmad) |
Oral report |
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Draft conclusion of the fourth WPTGS meeting and future work programme, date of next meeting |
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Election of the Bureau members |
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Closing |
PPT Presentation | |
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