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Expert Group Meeting: Compendium on Intra-African and Related Foreign Trade Statistics

Expert Group Meeting: Compendium on Intra-African and Related Foreign Trade Statistics. Economic Statistics and National Accounts Section African Centre for Statistics 5–7 October 2011 Africa Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Outline of Presentation.

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Expert Group Meeting: Compendium on Intra-African and Related Foreign Trade Statistics

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  1. Expert Group Meeting: Compendium on Intra-African and Related Foreign Trade Statistics Economic Statistics and National Accounts Section African Centre for Statistics 5–7 October 2011 Africa Hall, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  2. Outline of Presentation Preparation for “Workshop on International Merchandise Trade Statistics, 14-18 November 2011”: • Objectives of the workshop • Participants • Program of the meeting

  3. Objectives of the Workshop • To strengthen the capacities of Member States in • the international standards: IMTS and HS • IT infrastructure for the production of trade statistics • To establish a network and better working relationship between statisticians and custom officers. • To increase the production of quality and comparable merchandise trade statistics.

  4. Participants • 21 Countries: Data availability • Two participants will be invited from each of the invited countries: • One from the National Statistical Offices (NSO); and • Another from the Customs Offices.

  5. Program: International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) • Overview of IMTS 2010 • Customs –related compilation issues • Imports FOB • Mode of transport; • Customs procedure codes; and • Country of consignment. • Trade and business statistics • Data quality assurance • Dissemination of international trade statistics

  6. Program: Classification & IT Tools • Harmonized commodity description and coding system (HS) • Basic principles of classification in HS • General rules for the interpretation of the HS • HS 2012 • Tools for the classification • EUROTRACE and ASYCUDA++

  7. Points for Discussion • Are the proposed subjects/topics in the Agenda relevant for countries? • What should be added? • What are the potential problem? • What should be deleted? • Any volunteer to make contributions on the subjects/topics?

  8. Thank you Please visit us at Website: http://ecastats.uneca.org/

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