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International transport and trade statistics. Jasper Roos CBS / Statistics Netherlands Unit International trade. Motive. In the Netherlands the international trade is complex due to: Different definitions of between Eurostat and National Accounts Rotterdam Harbor and Schiphol Airport
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International transport and trade statistics Jasper Roos CBS / Statistics Netherlands Unit International trade
Motive • In the Netherlands the international trade is complex due to: • Different definitions of between Eurostat and National Accounts • Rotterdam Harbor and Schiphol Airport • The number of distribution centres • Globalisation • Effect: A lot of confusion • But: not only in the Netherlands
The cross-border good flows • Good flow: • Import and export • Exports from domestic production • Re-exports • Quasi-transit (“Rotterdam effect”) • Transit via customs warehouse • ‘Real’ transit
The cross-border good flows • Good flow: Belongs to intern. • trade in goods: • Import and export Yes • Exports from domestic production • Re-exports • Quasi-transit (“Rotterdam effect”) Only community • concept • Transit via customs warehouse No • ‘Real’ transit No
Difference re-exports and quasi-transit • Ownership: • Re-exports – A resident is owner of the goods • Quasi-transit – Owner is always a non-resident • Effect: Trade margin does not apply to reporting country any longer (in theory)
Difference re-exports / quasi-transit and transit through customs warehouse • Customs Status: • Re-exports / - Goods in free circulation of • Quasi-transit European Union • Transit through - Not yet cleared goods • customs warehouse • Effect: By definition transit through customs warehouse not in the concept of international trade in goods
Difference re-exports / quasi-transit and ‘real’ transit • Classified as re-exports or quasi-transit if: • Either: Clearing • Or: Storing (in case of goods in free • circulation of European Union) • Or: Trading (in case of goods in free • circulation of European Union) • Otherwise: Transit • Effect: Transit does not belong to the concept of the international trade in goods
Difference theory and practice • International trade in goods statistics should monitor all relevant cross-border good flows, but: • Choice between clearing or not clearing → Included or excluded from international trade in goods statistics • Ownership by a foreign resident (quasi-transit) → Excluded from national concept • Do our definitions still reflect the real world ???