Merchandise Trade Statistics Ms B.Rooksana Moraby

Transcript:Merchandise Trade Statistics Ms B.Rooksana Moraby:
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 on the movements of goods between countries. 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. 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). 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. 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 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 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. 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 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 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 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