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Date of release: April 7 2003

International Merchandise Trade Statistics
National Compilation and Reporting Practices

--- 1996 Survey Results ---

Introduction | Research countries | Research questions | List of UN recommendations

Question:
Is the date used for recording external trade statistics the date goods enter/leave the economic territory?
The United Nations recommendation is: Yes
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YES (20.3%)
ARMENIAAUSTRALIABOTSWANA
BULGARIACHILECYPRUS
DENMARKESTONIAFINLAND
GAMBIAGERMANYIRELAND
ITALYKAZAKHSTANKYRGYZSTAN
LAO.P.DEM.RP.LATVIAMOROCCO
NETHERLANDSPHILIPPINESREP.MOLDOVA
RUSSIAN FED.SAMOASEYCHELLES
SYRIAN ARAB RTAJIKISTANTUNISIA
TURKMENISTANUSAUZBEKISTAN
NO (56.8%)
ALBANIAANGOLAARGENTINA
AUSTRIAAZERBAIJANBELARUS
BELIZEBERMUDABRAZIL
BRUNEI DARSM.BURKINA FASOBURUNDI
CANADACENT.AFR.REP.CHINA
CHINA HKONG SARCHINA MACAO SARCOLOMBIA
CONGOCOOK ISLANDSCOSTA RICA
CROATIACZECH REP.DOMINICAN RP.
ECUADOREGYPTETHIOPIA
FIJIFRANCEGEORGIA
GREECEHUNGARYICELAND
INDIAINDONESIAIRAN
JAPANJORDANKENYA
KUWAITLESOTHOLITHUANIA
MADAGASCARMALAWIMALDIVES
MALTAMAURITIUSMEXICO
MICRONESIAMOZAMBIQUEMYANMAR
NETH.ANTILLESNEW ZEALANDNORWAY
PANAMAPAPUA N.GUIN.PARAGUAY
PERUPOLANDREP.OF KOREA
ROMANIASACUSENEGAL
SINGAPORESLOVAKIASLOVENIA, REP.
SPAINSRI LANKAST. KITTS-NEV.
ST. LUCIAST. VINCENT, G.SUDAN
SWITZERLAND LI.THAILANDTONGA
TRINIDAD, TBG.TURKEYU.RP. TANZANIA
UKUKRAINEVENEZUELA
YEMENYUGOSLAVIAZIMBABWE
N/A (23%)
ALGERIAANTIGUA, BARB.BAHAMAS
BANGLADESHBARBADOSBELGIUM
BHUTANBOLIVIACAMBODIA
CAPE VERDECAYMAN IS.COTE D'IVOIRE
DJIBOUTIDOMINICAEL SALVADOR
EQ. GUINEAGRENADAIRAQ
ISRAELJAMAICAMALAYSIA
NIGERIAPAKISTANPORTUGAL
QATARSIERRA LEONESOLOMON IS.
SURINAMESWEDENUGANDA
UNTD.ARAB EM.URUGUAYVIET NAM
ZAMBIA....