1. SIMSTAT exchange of micro-data on intra-EU trade
Eurostat – DIME/ITDG SG 18 of Novemeber – item 14 Unit B3: IT for statistical production Unit G5: Goods – production and international trade 1

2. Why SIMSTAT - Principles
Creation of an additional data source by making the exchange of micro-data on intra-EU exports among Member States compulsory
Strongly simplify the reporting requirements for MS on the import side. MS may decide to what extent these data are used together with other sources in the compilation of the imports
Enhance the quality of statistical information on the export side.
In addition, this will work as an enabler for countries to reduce their surveys on the intra-EU import side

3. Pilot Exchange
A pilot exchange of trader-level micro-data on intra-EU exports took place during the period April 2015 – October
20 Member States participated in the pilot exchange
During this period the participating MSs exchanged micro- data for the reference period: 2013, 2014 and January – August 2015 (32 months).
Revisions of the monthly data were also exchanged

4. MSs have access only to those data which are addressed to them
Pilot Exchange
SIMSTAT HUB
PORTAL
VALIDATION
DATABASE
SECURE NETWORK
Secure Area
Sending MS
Receiving MS
request data
send data
MS 1
send data
request data
send data
MS 2
send data
request data
send data
MS …
send data
MSs have access only to those data which are addressed to them

5. Communication Component Communication Component
Applet
Inbox
Outbox
Data supplier
Portal
Hub
Submit
Submit
Inbox
Inbox
Split
Validation
Data HUB
Decryption
DB Storage
Communication Component
Applet
Inbox
Outbox
Data receiver 5 5

6. SIMSTAT traffic statistics6

7. SIMSTAT processing statistics

8. SIMSTAT lessons learnt
Close co-operation between business people and IT staff needed for the success of the project
Distributed service desk operational and providing support to the users
Regular monitoring from Eurostat and DG TAXUD to ensure the correct operation of the infrastructure
Further improvements required for optimising the resources needed for the data exchange

9. SIMSTAT – Next steps
Some MSs will continue exchanging micro-data on voluntary basis after the end of the pilot
3 new MSs requested for CCN connection
Performance of the system will be improved further, in particular:
Automatic transmission
notification
Transmission of additional data

10. Thank you for your attention