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LINKING GENERAL BUSINESS STATISTICS AND FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS IN GOODS – FINNISH PERSPECTIVE MIKKO LAITINEN SENIOR CUSTOMS INSPECTOR STATISTICS UNIT FOREIGN TRADE DEPARTMENT NATIONAL BOARD OF CUSTOMS FINLAND
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GENERAL BACKGROUND
National Board of Customs and Statistics Finland signed the basic agreement for data transfer in 1999.
Statistics Finland provides the National Board of Customs:
Enterprise level data on quarterly basis
Annual data on enterprises
Annual data on enterprise groups operating in Finland
Annual data on foreign subsidiaries of the enterprise groups operating in Finland
Annual data on public sector institutions
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THE USAGE OF GENERAL BUSINESS REGISTER DATA IN NATIONAL BOARD OF CUSTOMS
Trader’s register
Monthly survey
Foreign Trade Monthly Bulletin
New statistical products
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4. THE PILOT STUDY ON CIGET AND INTRA-FIRM TRADE – BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The objective: Is it feasible to compile statistics on the impact of the international groups of enterprises on trade statistics?
The concrete aims of the study:
Intra-firm and CIGET statistics for external and internal trade by ownership groups (domestic, EU and non-EU).
Statistical results on intra-firm trade on the basis of the country of ownership of the enterprise groups.
Intra-firm and CIGET results on the basis of commodity groups (CPA).
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5. THE PRODUCTION OF INTRA-FIRM AND CIGET STATISTICS
The Finnish Enterprise Group Register provides a good framework for this kind of study.
The enterprises belonging to the CIGET trade can be identified with existing registers.
With current registers it is possible to trace CIGET trade flows as long as the domestic operator is an enterprise group -> therefore the pilot study has been constructed from Finland’s perspective and it includes only a part of the total CIGET trade flows.
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6. METHODOLOGICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH INTRA-FIRM STATISTICS
With current registers it is possible to compile CIGET statistics!
The difficulties with intra-firm statistics were caused by three factors:
Limitations of the registers
Non-response of a few critical enterprises
The enterprises’ different interpretations of intra-firm trade
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NEW STATISTICAL PRODUCTS: LINKING GENERAL BUSINESS STATISTICS AND FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS IN GOODS
Foreign Trade Statistics by enterprise size:
Based on structural enterprise data received from Statistics Finland
Quarterly survey published regularly from the beginning of the statistical year 2004
The data is presented by products (CPA) and industries (NACE)
The survey concentrates on small and medium-sized enterprises
Future plans: Country level survey, main emphasis on Baltic Sea region
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NEW STATISTICAL PRODUCTS: LINKING GENERAL BUSINESS STATISTICS AND FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS IN GOODS
Foreign Trade Statistics in terms of the type of ownership of the enterprise:
Based on structural enterprise data received from Statistics Finland
Annual survey published for the first time in July 2004
The data is presented by products (CPA) and industries (NACE)
The survey aims to illustrate what effects globalisation has on foreign trade and national economy in general
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NEW STATISTICAL PRODUCTS: LINKING GENERAL BUSINESS STATISTICS AND FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS IN GOODS
Concentration of foreign trade by enterprises:
The survey in its new form was published for the first time in July 2005
The concentration is presented in the survey by:
Most important aggregated CPA classes
Most important industry classes (NACE)
Most important export and import countries
Most important geographical regions
Most important aggregated CPA classes and size classes of the exporters/importers
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10. LINKS TO THE NEW PRODUCTS:
Foreign Trade Statistics by enterprise size (2004):
Foreign Trade Statistics in terms of the type of ownership of the enterprise (2004):
Concentration of foreign trade by enterprises (2004):
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