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National Classifications
Country / Area: Brunei Darussalam |
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| General information | ||
| 1 (a) | Name of the current national classification (full name in official national languages and in English with acronyms in brackets, should be given) | |
| 1 (b) | In which language(s) is the classification available? | |
| 1 (c) | Can the classification (or information about it) be accessed on the Internet? If yes, please provide the URL. | Yes, it is identical. No additional levels have been added. |
| Classification structure | ||
| 2 (a) | Please describe the structure of the classification: How many levels does the classification have? (Please provide labels, such as “Division”, “Class”) How many categories exist at each level? | 6,530 (9-digit level) |
| 2 (b) | Please provide examples of the coding system used at each level. | No |
| Relationship to international standards | ||
| 3 (a) | Is this classification based on (or linked to) an international standard classification? If yes, please describe. | Royal Custom and Excise Department |
| 3 (b) | Is the classification structure identical to the international standard or, if not, how does it differ? (e.g. have additional levels been added to the international standard or have changes been made within the level of the international structure, such as aggregations or additional breakdowns) | Pg Hj samsydin bin Pg Hj Othman Email: jked@brunei.bn |
| 3 (c) | Please describe deviations from the international standard (in terms of structure, methodology or application rules). Please use examples, if a general statement is not possible. | Royal Custom and Excise Department, Jalan Menteri Besar Berakas BS 3910 Negara Brunei Darussalam |
| 3 (d) | At what level of the international standard can data be reported for international comparison? (Please provide examples of programmes / indicators if reporting takes place at different levels of the classification.) | August 1994 |
| 3 (e) | If no links to international classifications exist or no international standard is used, please state if there are plans to use international norms in the future. | Plans for revision or update of current classification is made due to national needs as well as revision of the international basic classification. |
| Classification uses | ||
| 4 (a) | Please state for which statistical purposes (surveys etc.) this classification is used and if there are users outside of the Statistical Office. Please indicate at which level the classification is used for data collection and for data publishing. | Trade statistics compilation and use outside the Statistical Office isdone by Royal Customs and Excise Department. |
| 4 (b) | Please give the names of institutions that use the classification for non-statistical purposes (as opposed to statistical purposes in question 4(a)). Also indicate the kind of use (e.g. tax offices, social security, customs, enterprise register, employment services, work permits etc.) | Trade statistics, itemised level (9 digits) |
| 4 (c) | Please indicate if alternative classifications are used by other institutions of the economy. Are these classifications available and useful for the Statistical Office? | |
| Implementation / revision status | ||
| 5 (a) | Please state the date of the official adoption of the classification. If not yet adopted, please indicate the current state (e.g. in development, sent for approval, in printing, ready to be distributed etc.) | English |
| 5 (b) | Please state the date of use of the classification for individual statistical programmes. | Yes |
| 5 (c) | Are there existing plans for revision or update of the current classification? | No |
| 5 (d) | Name of former (previous) national classification (full name in both national tongue and in English with acronyms in brackets, should be given) | No |
| 5 (e) | Please describe the link of the former classification to international classifications | Yes. Interpretation. |
| 5 (f) | Please describe the structure of the former classification and indicate the number of items at each level of the classification. (similar to question 2(a)) | Yes, to prepare the national explanatory notes. |
| 5 (g) | Do conversion tables exist between the former and current classification? | Royal Custom and Excise Department. |
| 5 (h) | When was the former classification implemented? | No |
| 5 (i) | Are statistical data still collected or published according to the former classification? Please indicate if this statistical data is collected or published by the Statistical Office or elsewhere. | |
| Supporting documents | ||
| 6 (a) | Have national explanatory notes and/or guidelines been elaborated? | Brunei Trade Classification and Custom Tariffs (BTCCT) 1983 |
| 6 (b) | Do correspondence tables exist between the national and the international classifications (if applicable)? | Yes |
| 6 (c) | Are correspondence tables between alternative and current classification available (if applicable)? | Similar |
| 6 (d) | Does a national coding index exist? | 2372 |
| 6 (e) | Is the classification available in electronic form? If yes, in which formats is it available?(e.g. PDF, TXT, Excel, XML) | No |
| 6 (f) | Are the correspondence tables or indexes available in electronic form? | January 1986 |
| Contact information | ||
| 7 (a) | Name of institution / office responsible for the development and maintenance of the classification | None |
| 7 (b) | Contact address, phone number, e-mail or website for public information and inquiry | None |
Source: UN/ESCAP questionnaire, 01/12/2000
