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Linking international trade with business statistics

Linking international trade with business statistics. Ronald Jansen Chief of the Trade Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division / DESA E-mail: Jansen1@un.org. More relevant trade statistics by linking. Business surveys. Trade flows micro-data. Administrative and fiscal data.

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Linking international trade with business statistics

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  1. Linking international trade with business statistics Ronald Jansen Chief of the Trade Statistics Branch United Nations Statistics Division / DESA E-mail: Jansen1@un.org

  2. More relevant trade statistics by linking Business surveys Trade flows micro-data Administrative and fiscal data List of Trade operators Business Register Special surveys on globalization: MNEs and international sourcing THIRD TYPE OF OUTPUT SECOND TYPE OF OUTPUT FIRST TYPE OF OUTPUT “new figures” and analysis based on the full integration of Trade and Business Statistics “new figures” based on the count of trade operators, for instance by products and markets “new figures” on the business characteristics of exporting and importing enterprises

  3. Trade, Jobs and Skills 1 : M 1 : N 1 : P Enterprise Firm Job Person Business Register Job register Population register Statistics of Finances of Enterprises International Trade Fiscal Data Surveys Persons and Households Fiscal Data Ownership (UCI) Structural Business Surveys and short term indicators ConGO Investments R&D

  4. Example of Zambia • Conventional trade statistics could not answer relevant policy questions (i.e., which industries depend on imports, participation of woman in trade, etc.) • Linking trade and business statistics allows CSO Zambia to answer those questions with low cost investment • Trade data (i.e., products, trading partner, etc.) and business registers (i.e., size, employment, economic activity, etc.) are now linked • The next step is to link with FDI, FATS databases at Bank of Zambia  analysis on impact of globalization

  5. Increasing efforts in Statistical Capacity Building • Integrated Economic Statistics is the corner stone for implementation of SNA and for improving trade statistics by linking to business statistics • UNSD participates in UNECE work on Guidelines for Statistical Business Registers • UNSD supports Asian Development Bank in efforts to improve Business Registers in Asia • UNSD supports countries in Africa and Latin America to improve Business Registers and link with trade statistics • UNSD collaborates on implementation of SNA and integrated economic statistics in Africa with AfDB

  6. Research agenda: Trade by Business statistics • Link with FDI, FATS, Enterprise Group Registers • Link with BEC (intermediate goods and services) and Business Functions; • Link with Processing trade; • As input to national SUTs • and to extended national SUTs for global SUTs (Trade in Value-added, Jobs and Use of natural resources)

  7. Levels of the 5th revision Broad Economic Categories Goods and Services End-use categories Durable and non-durable (final consumption) Primary and Processed (intermediate consumption) Generic and Customized (intermediate consumption) 8 Expert Group on Classifications - 2013

  8. Broad Economic Categories 9 Expert Group on Classifications - 2013

  9. Structure of 5th revision of BEC 10 Expert Group on Classifications - 2013

  10. Global Value Chain Analysis 11 Expert Group on Classifications - 2013

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