1. 1st Meeting sub regional group (EJPAI)
MEDSTAT III
1st Meeting sub regional group (EJPAI)
3 -5 of May, 2011
Berlin- Germany

2. Contents
Recent improvements
Plan development of trade in goods
Pending issues
Expectations on the future work of the group
Recommendations

3. Recent improvement
Produce monthly news release on registered external trade.
Meeting SDDS requirements.
Provide 2009 detailed data to COMTRADE.
Interface with ASYCUDA.

4. Plan development of trade in goods
IMTS 2010 adoption.
Calculate trade indices.
Producing seasonal adjustments.
Interface with all data sources.
Preparing for dynamic trade data on the website.

5. Pending issues
Data collection methodology at some sources.
Some missing variables in trade figures.
Timeliness in detailed figures.

6. Expectations on the future work of the group
Bilateral agreements between partners.
Conducting the exercise among other economic bodies.
Using COMTRADE as main source for asymmetries between countries.

7. Enhance direct and effective communications between partners.
Recommendations
Enhance direct and effective communications between partners.
Setting up bilateral agreements between partners, EU statistical offices after phase III of the project.
Carry out asymmetry studies between partners.

8. Thanks for your attention
Husam Khalifa
تم تقديم مادة العرض هذه في اجتماع الاسكوا وتحديدا في البند الخاص بمناقشة اطار الاحصاءات الرسمية.