Merchandise Trade Statistics Ms B.Rooksana Moraby Deputy Director of Statistics IMTS International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS), refers to a specialised multipurpose domain of official statistics concerned with the provision of data
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Merchandise Trade Statistics Ms B.Rooksana Moraby Deputy Director of Statistics<br>
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IMTS International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS), refers to a specialised multipurpose domain of official statistics concerned with the provision of data on the movements of goods between countries.<br>
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Concepts External Merchandise Trade Statistics are compiled
in compliance with the United Nations Statistical recommendation
according to the General Trade System as recommended by the United Nations.<br>
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General Trade System Using the national boundary as the statistical frontier, the General Trade System is a record of all goods entering (imports) and leaving the country (exports).<br>
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International Standards While producing trade statistics, we adhere, where applicable, with the recommendations and encouragements mentioned in the International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS), IMTS 2010.<br>
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Classifications Commodities are classified according to:
Harmonised coding System (HS) 2022
For economic analysis and international comparison data are classified and published according Standard International Trade Classifications (SITC), Revision 4<br>
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Data Sources 1. Customs Department of the Mauritius Revenue Authority
2. State Trading Corporation
3. Mauritius Sugar Syndicate
4. Mauritius Port Authority
5. Air Mauritius<br>
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Revision of figures Provisional data are published quarterly with a time lag of 2 months and are finalised after 9 months
Users are informed of all revisions made to data by the use of footnotes in the tables published.
Methodology annexed to publications
Documentation on revision to methodology is annexed to publications.<br>
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Data dissemination Trade statistics are released on a monthly, quarterly and yearly basis.
Monthly: 7 weeks after reference month
Quarterly: 2 months after reference quarter
Yearly : 9 months after reference year<br>
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Publications Monthly
Monthly bulletin on External Trade seven weeks after a reference month
Quarterly
A quarterly Economic and Social Indicator on External Trade which comprises of:
Imports/exports by country
Trade with International or Regional Organisations such as ACP, SADC, COMESA etc.
Imports/exports by commodity/section
Forecasts based on inputs from Trade and Manufacturing Forecast Committee which include representatives from relevant Ministries, private sector and Bank of Mauritius<br>
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Publications (contd.) Annual
An annual Digest of External Merchandise Trade Statistics
Other publications on SM website
Quarterly trade series including the trade balance are posted on SM website
Export and Import Price Indices<br>
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Users of trade statistics Trade statistics are compiled to serve the needs of all users,.
Different users need different data, ranging from data sets by country and commodity at varying levels of detail to aggregated figures.
Most of our users have recourse to the monthly detailed trade data on our website
Detailed trade data (Imports, domestic/reexports/total exports) by HS/SITC/country/month/mode of transport/quantity, value CIF/FOB
Monthly data available as from 2005<br>
Detailed trade data by HS, country and month:
https://statsmauritius.govmu.org/Pages/Statistics/By_Subject/External_Trade/Detailed_Trade_Data.aspx Note
For most of the request received i.c.w. trade statistics, the data are already available under the link Detailed trade data by HS, country and month<br>
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Thank you<br>
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Trade by continent Exports to Africa represented 29% of total exports in year 2022. Also, an increase of 24.1% in exports to African countries was noted in 2022. Imports from Africa was 14% of total imports in year 2022. Imports from Africa grew by 51.4%.<br>
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Trade with Top 10 countries in Africa Imports from Top 10 African Countries, Year 2022 Exports to Top 10 African Countries, Year 2022 South Africa remained our main buyer and supplier in Africa<br>
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Trade by Commodities Exports to African Countries by main SITC sections, 2022 Imports from African Countries by main SITC sections, 2022<br>
