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18 May 2011

Global Forum on Trade Statistics organized jointly by UNSD and Eurostat in collaboration with WTO and UNCTAD 2-4 February 2011, Geneva, Switzerland Vision of the future of international trade statistics Responding to demands of policy makers for more information on international trade and its relation to global value chains, employment, environment and the interdependence of economies, the participants of the Global Forum on Trade Statistics identify the following points of improvement. Improve the relevance of international trade statistics by connecting trade information and integrating it with its economic, social, environmental and financial dimensions while minimizing the response burden. Improve the statistical production process by better defining and organizing the co-operation among national stakeholders Improve international classifications and correspondence tables relevant for research on international trade and globalization, such as research on trade in value added, on global value chains and on outsourcing of business functions. • Agenda: Webpage / PDF • List of participants: Countries / International organizations • Report of the Forum: PDF (Updated 18 May 2011) • Outline of the Compendium on International Trade and Business Statistics: PDF • Vision Statement: Detailed PDF (Updated 15 March 2011) • Trade Information Systems in 2020 – Background note: PDF Presentations Session 1: Measuring Global Trade - Do we have the right numbers? • Speech by Mr. Alejandro Jara of WTO • Speech by Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram of UN/DESA   Gaps in international commercial statistics from the perspective of a policy analyst   » Presentation by Mr. Aaron Sydor of Canada   Global Value Chain Analysis and Its Implications for Measuring Global Trade   » Presentation by Prof. Gary Gereffi of Duke University, USA Session 2: Implementing the improved methodological guidelines   New recommendations of international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS 2010) and the compilation guidance   » Presentation by Mr. Matthias Reister of UNSD   New recommendations of statistics of international trade in service (MSITS 2010) and the compilation guidance   » Presentation by Ms. Bettina Wistrom of OECD   The latest EU Regulations on Trade Statistics and their relations to the international recommendations   » Presentation by Ms. Valdone Kasperiuniene of EUROSTAT   Country perspective on adjusting to the new recommendations   » Presentation by Mr. Leif Korbel of Statistics Norway   » Presentation by Ms. Anita Bany of the Hungarian Central Statistical Office   » Presentation by Mr. Zainuddin Bin Ahmad and Mr. Zainol Jamil of Department of Statistics, Malaysia   » Presentation by Ms. Yijin Zhang of Ministry of Commerce, China Session 3: Data Sources   Compilation of international merchandise trade statistics: Future of customs recording and seizing the potential of non-customs administrative sources and enterprise surveys   » Presentation by Ms. Sandra Tudor of HM Revenue & Customs, United Kingdom      — Paper by Mr. David Hesketh and Ms. Sandra Tudor of HM Revenue & Customs, United Kingdom   » Presentation by Mr. Roland Boudreau of Statistics Canada   » Presentation by Mr. Houssaine Ouljour of Foreign Exchange Office, Morocco   » Presentation by Ms. Estela de Guzman of Philippine National Statistics Office   Compilation of statistics of international trade in services: Future of ITRS and enterprise surveys   » Presentation by Mr. Jose Antonio Isanta of National Institute of Statistics, Spain   » Presentation by Ms. Thi Quynh Loi Pham of General Statistics Office, Viet Nam   » Presentation by Ms. Ka-lin Karen Chan of Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of China Session 4: Global Production and Outsourcing of Business Functions   Measuring Global Value Chains: Data Gaps and New Approaches   » Presentation by Dr. Timothy Sturgeon of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA   International Sourcing of Business Functions   » Presentation by Mr. Peter Boegh Nielsen of Statistics Denmark   Goods for processing: Iceland experience   » Presentation by Ms. Audur Svavarsdottir of Statistics Iceland   Goods for processing: China experience   » Presentation by Ms. Jin Hongman of General Customs Administration, China   The Handbook on the Impact of Globalisation on National Accounts   » Presentation by Ms. Tihomira Dimova of UNECE and Mr. Art Ridgeway of Statistics Canada   Multi-National Enterprises and Foreign Affiliates   » Presentation by Mr. Szymon Bielecki of EUROSTAT   » Presentation by Mr. René Dell’Mour of Austrian Central Bank   » Presentation by Ms. Angsupalee Wacharakiat of Bank of Thailand   » Presentation by Mr. Michael Hanni of UNCTAD Session 5: Towards an integrated approach of trade in goods and services and business statistics   Towards an integrated approach of trade in goods and services and business statistics   » Presentation by Mr. Stefano Menghinello of ISTAT, Italy   » Presentation by Mr. Paulo Pavão of Ministry of Development, Industry and Foreign Trade, Brazil   » Presentation by Dr. Patricia Walter of Austrian Central Bank   » Presentation by Mrs. Sonia Araujo of OECD   » Presentation by Ms. Maria Helena Figueira of EUROSTAT   Towards an integrated approach: institutional arrangements and the dissemination of statistics of international trade in goods and services   » Presentation by Mr. Bert Kroese of Statistics Netherlands   » Presentation by Mr. Art Ridgeway of Statistics Canada   » Presentation by Mr. Matthew Haigh of Statistics New Zealand Session 6: Trade in Value-Added: Input-Output Approach and the domestic content of Exports   Trade in Value-Added: Input-Output Approach and the domestic content of Exports   » Presentation by Mr. Andreas Maurer of World Trade Organization   » Presentation by Mr. Robert Stehrer of Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies, Austria   » Presentation by Mr. Sebastien Miroudot of OECD and Mr. Bo Meng of OECD / IDE-JETRO   » Presentation by Mr. William Powers of US International Trade Commission