1. CARICOM TRADE IN SERVICES STATISTICS (CTIS)PROJECT June-December 2016
Regional Training Workshop
November 21 to 25, 2016 by
Lucilla Lewis, Lead Consultant

2. CORRESSPONDENCE WITH OTHER STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
GNS W/120- GATS recommended classification with schedules of specific commitments defining sectors and modes of supply in which members have undertaken access obligations
Objectives of GATS: to provide a system of enforceable obligations and commitments for services trade that apply to all WTO members

3. CORRESSPONDENCE WITH OTHER STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
Exceptions
Distribution services of wholesalers and retailers are excluded from EBOPS but included in GNS W/120
Item 12 Gov’t goods and services is not included in GATS
Some of the charges for use of Intellectual Property rights included in MSITS 2010 are not included in the Services Sectoral Classification list GNS W/120

4. THE GATS SERVICES SECTORAL CLASSIFICATION LIST: W/120
Business services
Health related and social services
Communication services
Tourism and travel related services
Construction and related engineering services
Recreational cultural and sporting services
Distribution services
Transport services
Education services
Other services not included elsewhere
Financial services

5. CORRESSPONDENCE WITH OTHER STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
Trade in Services statistics and the International Standard Industrial Classification for all economic activities (ISIC) and the International Classification for Foreign Affiliates (ICFA)

6. CORRESSPONDENCE WITH OTHER STATISTICAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
BOP/EBOPS – product based aligned with the Central Product Classification (CPC) V2. which provides a comprehensive classification scheme for all goods and services. See TS/msits2010/annexes.htm.

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