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3 February 2011
Trade statisticians around the world are working tirelessly in getting the numbers right, but are we measuring the right numbers? This is the overarching theme of this Global Forum “Measuring Global Trade – Do we have the right numbers?” organized jointly by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Statistical Office of the European Communities (Eurostat), and in collaboration with the World Trade Organization (WTO). The forum will take place on 2-4 February 2011 in Geneva at the WTO. [more]
Global Forum on Trade Statistics
organized jointly by UNSD and Eurostat in collaboration with WTO and UNCTAD
2-4 February 2011, Geneva, Switzerland
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Measuring Global Trade - Do we have the right numbers?
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| Chairperson: |
Mr. Walter Radermacher, Director General, EUROSTAT, European Commission
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| 9:30-10:30 |
Opening Session
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Opening Statement
Mr. Alejandro Jara, Deputy Director-General of the World Trade Organization
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Video Message
Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development of the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs
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Keynote Speech
Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
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| 10:30-10:50 |
Coffee Break |
| 10:50-12:30 |
Panel Discussion |
| Moderator: |
Mr. Walter Radermacher, Director General, EUROSTAT, European Commission |
| Panelists: |
Mr. Enrico Giovannini, Chief Statistician, Italy
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Mr. Aaron Sydor, Deputy Chief Economist, Canada
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Prof. Gary Gereffi, Professor of Sociology, Duke University
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Mr. Hubert Escaith, Chief Statistician, World Trade Organization |
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Mr. Henri Laurencin, Head of the Development Statistics and Information Branch, Division on Globalization and Development Strategies, UNCTAD |
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Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief of Trade Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division/ DESA |
| 12:30-14:30 |
Lunch Break |
• Relevant background documents
• Abstracts of Presentations & Biographies of Presenters
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Implementing the improved methodological guidelines
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| Chairperson: |
Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief of Trade Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division/ DESA
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| 14:30-15:45 |
Implementation of the new international recommendations
(Agenda items 4 a, b and c)
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New recommendations of international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS 2010) and the compilation guidance
Mr. Matthias Reister, Chief of International Merchandise Trade Statistics Section, United Nations Statistics Division/ DESA
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New recommendations of statistics of international trade in service (MSITS 2010) and the compilation guidance
Mrs. Bettina Wistrom, International Trade in Goods and Services, Trade and Business Statistics (TBS) Division, Statistics Directorate, OECD
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The latest EU Regulations on Trade Statistics and their relations to the international recommendations
Ms. Valdone Kasperiuniene, Head of International Trade Statistics Section, Statistical Office of the European Union, EUROSTAT
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| 15:45-16:00 |
Coffee/Tea break |
| 16:00-17:00 |
Country perspective on adjusting to the new recommendations
(Agenda item 4d)
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| Presenters: |
Mr. Leif Korbel, Head of International Trade Statistics Division, Statistics Norway
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Ms. Anita Bany, Director of the Foreign Trade Statistics Department, Hungarian Central Statistical Office
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Mr. Zainuddin Bin Ahmad, Director of the External Trade Statistics Division, Department of Statistics, Malaysia
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Mr. Zainol Jamil, Principal Assistant Director, Balance of Payments Statistics Division, Department of Statistics, Malaysia
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Ms. Yijin Zhang, Statistics Division, Department of Trade in Services, Ministry of Commerce, China
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| 17:00-17:30 |
General Discussion on implementation of the new recommendations |
• Relevant background documents
• Abstracts of Presentations & Biographies of Presenters
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Data Sources
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Mr. Andreas Lindner, Head, International Trade in Goods and Services, Trade and Business Statistics Division, Statistics Directorate, OECD
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| 9:30-10:30 |
Compilation of international merchandise trade statistics: Future of customs recording and seizing the potential of non-customs administrative sources and enterprise surveys (Agenda item 5a)
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| Presenters: |
Ms. Sandra Tudor, Head of External Trade Statistics Division, HM Revenue & Customs, United Kingdom
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Mr. Roland Boudreau, Director, International Trade Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
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Mr. Houssaine Ouljour, Head of Methodologies and Statistical Surveys unit, Foreign Exchange Office, Morocco
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Ms. Estela de Guzman, Director of Trade and Industry Statistics Department, Philippine National Statistics Office
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| 10:30-10:45 |
General Discussion on IMTS data sources |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:10 |
Compilation of statistics of international trade in services: Future of ITRS and enterprise surveys
(Agenda item 5b)
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| Presenters: |
Mr. Jose Antonio Isanta, Head of International Trade in Services, Business Statistics Directorate, National Institute of Statistics, Spain
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Ms. Thi Quynh Loi Pham, Senior Statistician of Trade and Services Statistics Department, General Statistics Office, Viet Nam
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Ms. Ka-lin Karen Chan, Assistant Commissioner for Census and Statistics, Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China
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| 12:10-12:30 |
General Discussion on SITS data sources |
| 12:30-14:30 |
Lunch Break |
• Abstracts of Presentations & Biographies of Presenters
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Global Production and Outsourcing of Business Functions (Agenda item 6)
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| Chairperson: |
Mr. Hubert Escaith, Chief Statistician, World Trade Organization
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| 14:30-14:45 |
Opening Remarks
Mr. Pascal Lamy, Director-General of the World Trade Organization
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| 14:45-16:00 |
Measuring Global Value Chains: Data Gaps and New Approaches
Dr. Timothy Sturgeon, Affiliated Researcher, Industrial Performance Centre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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International Sourcing of Business Functions
Mr Peter Boegh Nielsen, Head of the Division for Structural Business Statistics, Statistics on Globalisation, Information Society, R&D and Innovation, Statistics Denmark
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Goods for processing: Iceland experience
Ms. Audur Svavarsdottir, Head of External Trade unit, Statistics Iceland
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Goods for processing: China experience
Ms. Jin Hongman, Chief of Statistics Division, Statistics Department, General Customs Administration, China
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The Handbook on the Impact of Globalisation on National Accounts
Ms. Tihomira Dimova, Senior Statistician, Economic Statistics Section, UNECE
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| 16:00-16:15 |
Coffee/Tea break |
| 16:15-17:15 |
Multi-National Enterprises and Foreign Affiliates
(Agenda item 6c)
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| Presenters: |
Mr. Szymon Bielecki, FATS project manager, Business Statistics Directorate, EUROSTAT, European Commission
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Mr. René Dell’Mour, Senior Expert, External Statistics and Financial Accounts Division, Austrian Central Bank
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Ms. Angsupalee Wacharakiat, Team Executive, Balance of Payments Statistics Team, Data Management Department, Bank of Thailand
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Mr. Michael Hanni, Economist, Division on Investment and Enterprise, UNCTAD
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| 17:15-17:30 |
General Discussion on Global Manufacturing, MNEs and Foreign Affiliates |
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• Abstracts of Presentations & Biographies of Presenters
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Towards an integrated approach of trade in goods and services and business statistics
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Chairperson: |
Mr. Axel Behrens, Head of International Transactions Unit , Statistical Office of the European Union, EUROSTAT
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| 9:30-10:45 |
Towards an integrated approach of trade in goods and services and business statistics
(Agenda item 7)
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| Presenters: |
Mr. Stefano Menghinello, Head of Foreign trade and MNEs statistics Division, Italian National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)
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Mr. Paulo Roberto Pavão, General Coordinator of Statistics Production, Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil
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Dr. Patricia Walter, Senior Expert, External Statistics and Financial Accounts Division, Austrian Central Bank
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Mrs. Sonia Araujo, Economist, Trade and Business Statistics Division, Statistics Directorate, OECD
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Ms. Maria Helena Figueira, Director of Business Statistics, Statistical Office of the European Union, EUROSTAT
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| 10:45-11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00-12:15 |
Towards an integrated approach: institutional arrangements and the dissemination of statistics of international trade in goods and services
(Agenda item 8)
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| Presenters: |
Mr. Bert Kroese, Director of Macro-economic Statistics and Dissemination Division, Statistics Netherlands
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Mr. Art Ridgeway, Director General, System of National Accounts Division, Statistics Canada
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Mr. Matthew Haigh, Project Manager, Balance of Payments Statistics, Statistics New Zealand
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| 12:15-12:30 |
Towards an integrated approach of trade in goods and services and business statistics: the Way Forward
(Agenda item 9)
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| Presenter: |
Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief of Trade Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division/ DESA |
| 12:30-14:30 |
Lunch Break |
• Relevant background documents
• Abstracts of Presentations & Biographies of Presenters
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Trade in Value-Added: Input-Output Approach and the domestic content of Exports
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| Chairperson: |
Mr. Ronald Jansen, Chief of Trade Statistics Branch, United Nations Statistics Division/ DESA
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| 14:30-16:30 |
Trade in Value-Added: Input-Output Approach and the domestic content of Exports
(Agenda item 10)
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| Presenters: |
Mr. Andreas Maurer, Chief International Trade Statistics Section, World Trade Organization
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Mr. Robert Stehrer, Senior Researcher, Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Austria
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Mr. Sebastien Miroudot, Trade Policy Analyst, Trade and Agriculture Directorate, OECD
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Mr. William Powers, Economist, Office of Operations, US International Trade Commission
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Mr. Bo Meng, visiting research fellow at the OECD on secondment from the Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization (IDE-JETRO)
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• Abstracts of Presentations & Biographies of Presenters
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