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7th OECD International Trade Statistics Expert Meeting (ITS), Paris, 11-13 September 2006 6. Classification issues affecting trade statistics “The OECD ICT Sector classification: a possible useful addition to the standard set of OECD trade statistics ” STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2006)15.
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7th OECD International Trade Statistics Expert Meeting (ITS), Paris, 11-13 September 20066. Classification issues affecting trade statistics“The OECD ICT Sector classification: a possible useful addition to the standard set of OECD trade statistics ”STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2006)15 Pierre MONTAGNIER OECD Information, Computer and Communications Policy Division Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry
Outline • Historical background and current ICT sector definition • Recent features for trade in ICT goods
Historical background - definitions • ICT sector (1998, 2002, expected revision 2006) • E-commerce (2000) • Model surveys of business and household use of ICT (2001, 2002, 2005) • ICT goods (2003, expected revision 2007) • ICT services (forthcoming, fall 2006)
Current definition for the ICT sector (1) • For manufacturing industries, the products of a candidate industry: • Must be intended to fulfil the function of information processing and communication including transmission and display. • Must use electronic processing to detect, measure and/or record physical phenomena or control a physical process. • For services industries, the products of a candidate industry: • Must be intended to enable the function of information processing and communication by electronic means.
Current definition for the ICT sector (2) ICT goods guiding principle • ICT goods must either be intended to fulfil the function of information processing and communication by electronic means, including transmission and display, OR • Use electronic processing to detect, measure and/or record physical phenomena, or to control a physical process
Current definition for the ICT sector (3) ICT goods broad categories based on six-digit HS categories • telecommunications equipment • computer and related equipment • electronic components • audio and video equipment • other ICT goods
Current definition for the ICT sector (4) ICT goods, based on HS 2002
Recent features for trade in ICT goods (1) Composition of OECD ICT goods trade 13 % Share of merchandise trade 16 % 13 % Source : ITCS database.
Recent features for trade in ICT goods (2) Direction of OECD ICT goods trade USD current prices index 1996=100 Source : ITCS database.
Recent features for trade in ICT goods (3) Current USD billions China is now the biggest exporter of ICT goods Source : ITCS database. Data for the EU excludes intra-EU trade.
Recent features for trade in ICT goods (4) China’s trade balance by ICT goods categories . . . Source : ITCS database.
Recent features for trade in ICT goods (5) . . . And China’s trade balance by ICT goods categories for selected countries Current USD billions Source : ITCS database.
Thank you for your attention Pierre MontagnierDSTI / ICCP E-mail : pierre.montagnier@oecd.org