1 / 27

Foreign Trade Statistics and Indices

National Seminar on Developing a Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey Eyüp Mehmet DİNÇ 10 September 2013 Ankara - Turkey.

odeda
Download Presentation

Foreign Trade Statistics and Indices

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript


  1. National Seminar on Developing a Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey Eyüp Mehmet DİNÇ10 September2013 Ankara - Turkey

  2. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Foreign Trade Statistics and Indices • Partner Country • Confidentiality • Specific Treatments • Revision Policy • Data Processing • Dissemination • Foreign Trade Indices • Future Plans • Definition • Historical Background • Trade System • Coverage • Classifications • Data Sources • Periodicity • Valuation

  3. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Definition • "exports" refers to selling goods and services by the residents of the home country to residents of other countries • “imports" refers to buying goods and services by the residents of the home country from residents of other countries • Foreign Trade Statistics (FTS) cover only cross border trade • FTS covers only trading of goods

  4. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Historical Background • TurkStat is responsible for data production, publication and dissemination of external trade statistics since 1933. • Turkey joined the Customs Union with the EU in 1996. Since then Turkish Customs laws and trade statistics have been harmonized with those of EU customs practices. • Turkey is also member of a number of international conventions, such as the revised Kyoto Convention, the Convention on Harmonized System.

  5. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Trade System • Special Trade System (Relaxed definition) • Goods entered the free circulation area are included • Data of free zones, customs warehouses are excluded

  6. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Coverage • Inclusions • Normal exports and imports, • Exports under outward processing regime, • Imports under inward processing regime • Exclusions • Shuttle trade, • Transit trade, • Monetary gold, • Temporary trade, • Banknotes, securities, coins not in circulation and foreign currencies, • Transactions under $100 (statistical threshold)

  7. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Classifications • Commodity Classification: GTIP • Others (SITC, BEC, CPC, CPA, ISIC) • Country Classification: Geonomenclature (3-digit Numerical)

  8. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Data Sources • Single Administrative Documents (SAD) from the Ministry of Customs and Trade • Survey for crude petroleum, natural gas and electricity • Survey for free shops • Survey for aircraft’s stores and supplies abroad (import) • Export records of the Turkish Exporter’s Union • Free zones’ data from the Ministry of Economy • Records for financial leasing from the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency • Records of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation • Other institutions’ records, licences etc.

  9. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Periodicity Periodicity • Itis published monthly. Timeliness • Time of recording of export and import is either date which goods cross border.

  10. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Valuation • Imports : CIF • Exports : FOB • Currency for Value • US Dollar, Euro, Turkish Lira • All currencies are converted by using Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey daily exchange rates

  11. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Partner Country • Imports: Country of Origin • Country of Consignment • Country of Trading • Exports: Country of Final Destination • Country of Origin • Country of Trading

  12. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey • Passive confidentiality has been used since 2008 • Value, quantity, country, commodity code etc. may be concealed. Confidentiality

  13. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Specific Treatments • Special products (crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity) • Ships/Aircrafts • Ships and Aircrafts stores and supplies • Non-monetary gold • Operational/Financial Leasing • Goods for repair • Goods for processing

  14. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey • Crude Petroleum • Natural Gas • Electricity Specific TreatmentsSpecial products

  15. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Specific TreatmentsShips/Aircrafts • Directorate General of Civil Aviation sends all registers to TurkStat • Records from Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency

  16. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Specific TreatmentsShip‘s/Aircraft’s stores and supplies • Exportdata from Customsdocuments • Import: Conducting a survey for the goods bought abroad by Turkish Carriers by Central Bank (only for aircraft and it is not included in FTS)

  17. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey • Monetary gold should be excluded from trade statistics, while non-monetary gold included • Trader may declare as monetary gold instead of non-monetary gold • System is checking VAT numbers of money authority (Central Bank) • Asking Central Bank for monetary gold Specific TreatmentsMonetary/Non-monetary gold

  18. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Specific TreatmentsGoods for Processing - Goods for Repair • Goods for processing are included in FTS and their processing fee’s are calculated and recorded separately. • Goods for repair are excluded from FTS but their processing fee’s are calculated and recorded separately. • Processing fee’s of both GfP and GfR are sent to the CBRT for BoP statistics.

  19. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Revision Policy • Foreign trade statistics are published temporarily until Y+9. Data may be revised monthly. • The revisions are revealled in the following month’s bulletin. • Only significant changes may be reflected to the precise data after Y+9

  20. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Data Processing Two main programs developed in SAS by TurkStat • SASVUP (For data processing) • SASDAGITIM (For data dissemination)

  21. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Credibility Checks/ Detailed Table • Credibility checks • Flag for error types • Decompose implausible / all transactions

  22. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Corrections • Asking to Customs • Asking to Trader • Experience

  23. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Dissemination • Monthly data are published as News Release within 30-31 days after reference month • Hard Copy & Electronic on www.turkstat.gov.tr • Teletext pages, • Voice Response System, • SMS (3737) • Intranet database (Discoverer/SAS), • Internet (database /excel tables), • Foreign Trade Statistics Yearbook • (Hard Copy/CD-Rom)

  24. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Foreign Trade Indices • History • Indices with the 1968 base year (Quarterly) • Indices with the 1973 base year (Quarterly), • Indices with the 1982 base year (Monthly), • Indices with the 1989 base year (Monthly), • Indices with the 1994 base year (Monthly), • Indices with the 2003 base year (Monthly), • Indices with the 2010 base year (Monthly) • Calculated Indices • Export unit value index ($, TL) • Import unit value index ($, TL) • Export volume index • Import volume index • Terms of trade index ($, TL)

  25. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Foreign Trade Indices • ISIC Rev.3, ISIC Rev.4, BEC, SITC are used • Fischer chain method is used • Issued in the fifth week following the reference month. Disseminated by index series, news releases and web dynamic • Foreign trade indices, calculated by the provisional trade data, are revised for previous year, with a view to reflect updated foreign trade data effect. The revisions, by months, quarters and annualls, are revealled in January bulletin.

  26. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Future Plans • Data production according to General Trade System (2014) • Usage of TARIC codes (2014)

  27. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementationof the2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Thank you for your attention !!!

More Related