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Inter-agency Task Force on International Merchandise Trade Statistics* Bangkok, 10-11 March 2009. andreas.maurer@wto.org. * ECLAC, ESCWA, ESCAP, Eurostat, FAO, ITC, OECD, UNSD, WCO, WTO. 2 nd WPTGS meeting, OECD Paris, 16.-18.11.2009. Agenda.
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Inter-agency Task Force on International Merchandise Trade Statistics* Bangkok, 10-11 March 2009 andreas.maurer@wto.org * ECLAC, ESCWA, ESCAP, Eurostat, FAO, ITC, OECD, UNSD, WCO, WTO 2nd WPTGS meeting, OECD Paris, 16.-18.11.2009
Agenda • Impact of of decisions of other bodies (SC, CCSA, UN EG, OECD WPTGS, MDG) • Technical Assistance • Databases on International Trade • Developments/Common Data Set/Metadata/Trade Indicators/Trade and Business Statistics • Concepts, Definitions and Methodology • Revision IMTS/Trade Indices/HS, Valuation and RoO • Trade analysis • Value added content of merchandise trade flows/value added chains
Highlights • SC 2009 Inter-agency consultation • Databases on International Trade • New applications… exchange of information • CDS – consistency after revisions? • Trade and business linkages – integrated economic statistics, analytical importance • Metadata -- SDMX • Concepts, Definitions and Methodology • … UNSD • Trade analysis • How to adapt trade indicators to new realities … international fragmentation of production? • Link production, trade and tariff information?