1. National Seminar on Developing a Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey Eyüp Mehmet DİNÇ 10 September 2013 Ankara - Turkey

2. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Foreign Trade Statistics and Indices Definition Historical Background Trade System Coverage Classifications Data Sources Periodicity Valuation Partner Country Confidentiality Specific Treatments Revision Policy Data Processing Dissemination Foreign Trade Indices Future Plans

3. "exports" refers to selling goods and services by the residents of the home country to residents of other countries imports" refers to buying goods and services by the residents of the home country from residents of other countries Foreign Trade Statistics (FTS) cover only cross border trade FTS covers only trading of goods National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Definition

4. TurkStat is responsible for data production, publication and dissemination of external trade statistics since 1933. Turkey joined the Customs Union with the EU in 1996. Since then Turkish Customs laws and trade statistics have been harmonized with those of EU customs practices. Turkey is also member of a number of international conventions, such as the revised Kyoto Convention, the Convention on Harmonized System. Historical Background National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

5. Special Trade System (Relaxed definition) 1. Goods entered the free circulation area are included 2. Data of free zones, customs warehouses are excluded Trade System National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

6. Inclusions Normal exports and imports, Exports under outward processing regime, Imports under inward processing regime Exclusions Shuttle trade, Transit trade, Monetary gold, Temporary trade, Banknotes, securities, coins not in circulation and foreign currencies, Transactions under $100 (statistical threshold) Coverage National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

7. Commodity Classification: GTIP Others (SITC, BEC, CPC, CPA, ISIC) Country Classification: Geonomenclature (3-digit Numerical) Classifications National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey 123456789101112 HS CN National Purposes (GTIP)

8. Single Administrative Documents (SAD) from the Ministry of Customs and Trade Survey for crude petroleum, natural gas and electricity Survey for free shops Survey for aircrafts stores and supplies abroad (import) Export records of the Turkish Exporters Union Free zones data from the Ministry of Economy Records for financial leasing from the Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency Records of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation Other institutions records, licences etc. Data Sources National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

9. Periodicity It is published monthly. Timeliness Time of recording of export and import is either date which goods cross border. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Periodicity

10. Imports : CIF Exports : FOB Currency for Value US Dollar, Euro, Turkish Lira All currencies are converted by using Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey daily exchange rates Valuation National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

11. Imports: Country of Origin Country of Consignment Country of Trading Exports: Country of Final Destination Country of Origin Country of Trading Partner Country National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

12. Passive confidentiality has been used since 2008 Value, quantity, country, commodity code etc. may be concealed. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Confidentiality

13. Special products (crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity) Ships/Aircrafts Ships and Aircrafts stores and supplies Non-monetary gold Operational/Financial Leasing Goods for repair Goods for processing Specific Treatments National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

14. Crude Petroleum Natural Gas Electricity Special products Specific Treatments Special products National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

15. Directorate General of Civil Aviation sends all registers to TurkStat Records from Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency Ships / Aircrafts Specific Treatments Ships / Aircrafts National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

16. Export data from Customs documents Import: Conducting a survey for the goods bought abroad by Turkish Carriers by Central Bank (only for aircraft and it is not included in FTS) Ships/Aircrafts stores and supplies Specific Treatments Ships/Aircrafts stores and supplies National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

17. Monetary gold should be excluded from trade statistics, while non-monetary gold included Trader may declare as monetary gold instead of non-monetary gold System is checking VAT numbers of money authority (Central Bank) Asking Central Bank for monetary gold Monetary / Non-monetary gold Specific Treatments Monetary / Non-monetary gold National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

18. Goods for processing are included in FTS and their processing fees are calculated and recorded separately. Goods for repair are excluded from FTS but their processing fees are calculated and recorded separately. Processing fees of both GfP and GfR are sent to the CBRT for BoP statistics. Goods for Processing - Goods for Repair Specific Treatments Goods for Processing - Goods for Repair National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

19. Foreign trade statistics are published temporarily until Y+9. Data may be revised monthly. The revisions are revealled in the following months bulletin. Only significant changes may be reflected to the precise data after Y+9 Revision Policy National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

20. Two main programs developed in SAS by TurkStat SASVUP (For data processing) SASDAGITIM (For data dissemination) Data Processing National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

21. Credibility checks Flag for error types Decompose implausible / all transactions Unit value per KG (UV kg ) Min(UV kg ) Median of (UV kg ) Max(UV kg ) Unit value per unit (UV Unit ) Min(UV Unit ) Median of (UV Unit ) Max(UV Unit ) KG per unit (KG Unit ) Min(KG Unit ) Median of (KG Unit ) Max(KG Unit ) Credibility Checks/ Detailed Table

22. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Asking to Customs Asking to Trader Experience Corrections

23. Monthly data are published as News Release within 30-31 days after reference month Hard Copy & Electronic on www.turkstat.gov.trwww.turkstat.gov.tr Teletext pages, Voice Response System, SMS (3737) Intranet database (Discoverer/SAS), Internet (database /excel tables), Foreign Trade Statistics Yearbook (Hard Copy/CD-Rom) Dissemination National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

24. History Indices with the 1968 base year (Quarterly) Indices with the 1973 base year (Quarterly), Indices with the 1982 base year (Monthly), Indices with the 1989 base year (Monthly), Indices with the 1994 base year (Monthly), Indices with the 2003 base year (Monthly), Indices with the 2010 base year (Monthly) Foreign Trade Indices National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Calculated Indices Export unit value index ($, TL) Import unit value index ($, TL) Export volume index Import volume index Terms of trade index ($, TL)

25. ISIC Rev.3, ISIC Rev.4, BEC, SITC are used Fischer chain method is used Issued in the fifth week following the reference month. Disseminated by index series, news releases and web dynamic Foreign trade indices, calculated by the provisional trade data, are revised for previous year, with a view to reflect updated foreign trade data effect. The revisions, by months, quarters and annualls, are revealled in January bulletin. National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey Foreign Trade Indices

26. Data production according to General Trade System (2014) Usage of TARIC codes (2014) Future Plans National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey

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