OECD International trade statistics: trends in third quarter 2008

Merchandise export volumes of the Group of Seven countries fell 0.2% in the third quarter of 2008 compared with the previous quarter, while import volumes rose 0.4%.

IMF: Special Data Dissemination Standard Subscribing Countries' Balance of payments metadata

The IMF's Special Data Dissemination Standard (SDDS) website provides extensive information on current balance of payments compilation practices by most OECD Member countries and many non-member countries.

IMF: Balance of Payments Manual

The current international standard for the compilation of balance of payments statistics is the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual, 5th edition (BPM5) published in 1993.

Monthly Statistics of International Trade

Reliable and up-to-date source of monthly international statistics on international trade of OECD countries. It provides a detailed insight into the most recent trends in trading patterns among OECD countries and with the rest of the world.

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Globalisation in Services: From Measurement to Analysis

Statistics Working Paper N. 25 - 2008/3/REV1 - This paper provides new estimates of international trade in services for mode 3 (foreign affiliates' sales in a host country) for four major OECD countries, thanks to the harmonisation of FATS statistics with conventional international trade ones (trade recorded in the balances of payments - modes 1 and 2), using the CEPII's exhaustive CHELEM-BAL database. The results show that sales by

International Trade by Commodity Statistics - Standard Definitions

Standard definitions used in the OECD Database: "International Trade by Commodity Statistics".

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Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification - EBOPS

This document shows the EBOPS Classification which is consistant with the IMF's BPM5 classification of trade in services but is more detailed. EBOPS is a disaggregation of the joint OECD-Eurostat Trade in Services Classification.

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• Introduction of the Statistics on International Trade in Services

Euro Denominated Series

From the monthly publication "Main Economic Indicators".

The Statistics Brief - N.1, October 2001: Trade in Goods and Services: Statistical Trends and Measurement Challenges

This first issue of Statistics Brief covers a very important subject, international trade statistics, which plays a vital part in OECD's monitoring, analysis and projections of macroeconomic developments in individual economies and the world economy.