1. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Accession countries: Summary update on TAGS databases OECD Statistics Directorate Andreas.Lindner@oecd.org Agenda Item : 2.1.2 Agenda …, STD/SES/TAGS; 2 nd WPTGS Meeting 16.-18.11.2009, Paris

2. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Outline 1.A standard OECD approach 2.The range of databases covered 3.The process 4.Chile 5.Israel 6. Estonia 7.Slovenia 8.Russian Federation 9.Summary 2

3. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics A standard framework used: Review of Data Quality for Accession Countries Country Dataset Including description of the questionnaire and of the period of availability Coverage requirements Compliance requirements Quality Assessment Relevance Accuracy Credibility Timeliness Accessibility Interpretability Coherence Data and metadata transmission Ability of Accession Country to deliver data and metadata for integration into the OECD database Overall Assessment Would OECD be comfortable publishing the Accession Country data in a table with data from other OECD countries? 3

4. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Range of databases covered Monthly Statistics of International Trade (MSIT) International Trade by Commodity Statistics (ITCS) International Trade in Services Statistics –By category (TISC) –By partner country (TISP) Trade Indicators for Globalisation (TIP) Balance of Payments Statistics (BOP) Business Registers (BR) 4

5. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Process Questionnaires put on secured accession website Establishing contacts with NSOs, CB, etc. Detailed accession review mission: Chile (December 2008) and Israel (May 2009) Intensive exchange on availability of data and characteristics: Estonia and Slovenia (EU countries with “acquis” similar to OECD needs) Detailed exchange of data and metadata requirements and assessment Cross-check with Peer Review teams CSTAT assessment draft 5

6. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Chile First accession country, detailed 3 days mission to Santiago CB Chile in December 2008 Intensive exchange and visit from Chile to OECD Chile already participates in WPTGS and other OECD WPs CBCH is main contact and data provider CBCH takes responsibility for tabulating, formatting and quality control of data provided to OECD Official integration into OECDs data warehouse synchronised with effective accession date and in agreement with CBCH Very constructive and effective dialogue Chile  OECD 6

7. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Chile: Summary findings MSIT: general compliance. Longer time series under examination. X/M price and value indices by SITC section needed as well as more metadata ITCS: Compliance in most respects. CBCH will provide OECD with revised data as general rule as well (=improvement of data quality) and OECD will feed these revisions to UNSD COMTRADE as well. OECD accepts US $ as second-best alternative to NC. More information on partner country data was requested. TIS: TISC data meets minimum requirements. TISP data to be expanded (planned) BOP: good compliance, more information in English needed BR: INE has development program fro 2010, but limitations in register linking and data access, more integrated national approach advocated 7

8. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Israel Detailed examination and assessment during and after OECD mission to Israel in May 2009 (CBS) Frequent exchanges of data and metadata Israel already participates in WPTGS and other OECD WPs, it is also member of the BEST Steering Group on BRs of OECD Effective integration into OECDs Data Warehouse in synchronisation with accession date and agreement from CBS Very constructive and effective dialogue Israel  OECD 8

9. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Israel: summary findings MSIT: compliance in most respects. Improvements on calculating partner country data are under way. Agreement to produce monthly X/M unit value indices and volumes. Data in national currency (instead US $) promised. Adoptation of General Trade System ( instead Special Trade) ITCS: compliance in most respects. Improvements underway with respect to the move to the General Trade system, NC instead US$ reporting TIS: compliance and long time series available. CB Israel committed to improve TISP coverage BOP: meets OECD requirements regarding coverage, compliance and timeliness BR: Very good quality, exhaustiveness and timeliness. Israel launched extension of the BR to employee data on establishment level – a very welcome initiative for OECD 9

10. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Estonia Very intensive exchange of data and data reviews The SOE is the main discussion partner Exchange of views facilitated through EU membership (acquis), facilitating standard approach Establishment of very good professional contacts 10

11. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Estonia: summary findings MSIT: SOE agreed to provide OECD with monthly and annual data following the country of origin/destination principle 2004- >.SOE, however, can not provide data UVIs and trade volume indices. ITCS: broadly compliant, improvements expected with change (see above). Timeliness and coverage meet requirements. TIS: Estonia meets requirements, but need to improve coverage on TISP both in terms of countries and detail BOP: clearly meets OECD requirements OECD appreciates the promised modifications (country of origin/destination), but needs more information needed on sources and methods BR: good quality and meets OECD requirements. An identification of establishments/local units would facilitate economic analysis 11

12. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Slovenia Very intensive exchange of data and data reviews The SORS is the main discussion partner Exchange of views facilitated through EU membership (acquis), facilitating standard approach Establishment of very good professional contacts 12

13. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Slovenia: summary findings MSIT and ITCS: SORS clearly meets OECD requirements regarding compliance, coverage, timeliness and data transmission. SORS provided on request data following the country of origin/destination concept which will enhance comparability with other OECD (and Non-OECD UN) countries TIS: both SORS and the CB of Slovenia clearly meet the requirements BOP: idem BR: generally satisfactory, however double-counting or omissions of industry data is possible. The BR appears to be timely updated and of good overall quality 13

14. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Russian Federation Contacts established and preparatory work underway First OECD fact-finding and review mission to Moscow planned for next month Swift integration into OECDs Data Warehouse envisaged 14

15. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics To sum up: The accession review process has been a significant additional workload for both accession countries and OECD But it has been very worthwhile and, in particular, proved beneficial for the reputation of the accession countries’ statistical authorities which where integrated into the political accession process The overall outcome with respect to TAGS databases has been very positive and there is no doubt that the new accession countries can be integrated into OECDs databases and statistical “acquis” without major problems The professional interaction OECD  Accession Countries was simply excellent and for both sides “win-win”. 15

16. STD/PASS/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Thank you for your attention! Andreas.lindner@oecd.org Andreas.lindner@oecd.org 16