Measuring Trade in Value Added: An OECD-WTO joint initiative

The Trade in Value Added initiative accounts for the double counting implicit in current gross flows of trade, and instead measures flows related to the value that is added (labour compensation, taxes and profits) by a country in the production of any good or service that is exported.

Related Documents

• Global Value Chains

OECD List of Varieties eligible for seed certification

The official list of seed varieties which have been accepted by National Designated Authorities of participating countries as eligible for certification in accordance with the rules of the OECD Seed Schemes.

Country Risk Classification

The country risk classifications of the Participants to the Arrangement on Officially Supported Export Credits are the most fundamental building block of the Arrangement rules on minimum premium rates for credit risk. They are produced solely for the purpose of setting minimum premium rates for transactions supported according to the Arrangement.

Summary Table of Official Export Credit Commitments to IDA-Only Countries

Official Export Credit Commitments to IDA-Only Countries - 1 January 2002 - 31 December 2010

Media Alert: Trade events at the OECD on 16-17 January 2013

OECD and WTO to present new approach for measuring global trade 10.00 – 11.00 a.m. 16 January 2013, OECD Conference Centre, Paris

Differentiated Discount Rates

All the Differentiated Discount Rates since 1999, including the prevailing one.

The Export Credits Arrangement text

The Official documents of the Arrangement: historical documents and current version.

Regulatory Transparency in Multilateral Agreements Controlling Exports of Tropical Timber, E-Waste and Conflict Diamonds

This paper examines how three multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) incorporate transparency into their regulatory regimes: CITES (endangered species, especially tropical timber), the Basel Convention (hazardous e-waste), and the Kimberley Process (conflict diamonds)

World Wheat Price Volatility: Selected Scenario Analyses

This study provides quantitative assessments of the impact of two structural changes that a number of market observers have identified as contributing to world wheat market price volatility. The factors examined relate to changes in demand in the large emerging countries of the BRICs (comprising Brazil, the Russian Federation, India and China).

OECD/BIAC Workshop: Green Growth in the Agro-Food Chain: What Role for the Private Sector?

What is the role of the private sector in greening the agro-food chain? This OECD/BIAC workshop will examine such issues as the role of new technologies in increasing productivity and reducing waste, as well as developing private-public partnerships.