The ninth meeting of the UNCEBTS will review the progress of work of its task teams, address follow-up actions on the decisions of the United Nations Statistical Commission and review new developments and initiatives in business and trade statistics. In addition, the meeting will review current and future priorities for business and trade statistics, present a framework for integrating these with =other statistical domains, and host a strategic discussion on the Committee's work programme and direction.
Priority agenda items of this UNCEBTS Meeting include:
Reflection on the overall strategic and prioritization of the UNCEBTS work programmes;
Compilation and use of Business and Trade Statistics in Africa;
Progress of the work of the task teams on Statistical Business Registers; International Trade Statistics; Business Dynamics, Business Demography and Entrepreneurship; Digitalization; and of the work stream on Wellbeing and Sustainability;
Update on the newly established task team on Industrial Statistics, including its plan to revise the manuals on Industrial Statistics;
rogress update on the recently endorsed Compendium of Technical Notes on Business and Trade Statistics;
Implementation strategy for the newly endorsed IMTS 2026 and MSITS 2026.
Description: The E-learning Course on Integrating Business and Trade Statistics is jointly developed by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR). It provides practical guidance for linking business and trade data to produce more coherent and comprehensive insights on enterprises engaged in international trade. It is a self-paced e-learning course with six lessons. Registration
Description: The Trade Data Tools (TDT), intended for IMTS compilers to compile the data, are currently being tested. The training sessions will provide an opportunity for IMTS compilers from the Bureau of Statistics, Guyana, and the CARICOM Secretariat to test and learn the TDT, ensuring that the tool is fit for purpose. This way, it is expected that the timeliness and quality of IMTS will improve, enabling more timely and accurate decision-making, as the validation checks are built into the tool.
Description: The United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) are jointly organizing a Regional Workshop on Integrating Business and Trade Statistics. The workshop aims to raise awareness on the needs and usefulness of linking business and trade statistics, and build capacities in linking methods for integrating business statistics with international trade statistics on goods and services.
Title in Arabic: إستخدام لغة البرمجة Python لتحليل البيانات: دراسة حالة بيانات التجارة الخارجية
Organizer(s): AITRS
Description: في ظل التوفر والتدفق المتزايد للبيانات، أصبحت القدرة على تحليل وتفسير كميات هائلة من المعلومات أمراً بالغ الأهمية لإنتاج إحصاءات رسمية دقيقة وفي الوقت المناسب. ويتزامن هذا التطور في خصائص البيانات مع تقلبات وتغيرات متسارعة في مجالات عدة، لا سيما في التجارة والتعريفات الجمركية، مما يجعل القدرة على تحليل البيانات واستخلاص النتائج أمراً لا غنى عنه للمكاتب الإحصائية الوطنية بهدف تطوير الإنتاج الإحصائي وإدارة الشأن العام بفعالية. من هنا، تهدف ورشة العمل هذه إلى تزويد المشاركين بالمهارات الأساسية اللازمة لتسخير قوة لغة البرمجة "بايثون" (Python) في تحليل البيانات ضمن مجال الإحصاءات الرسمية. تُعتبر "بايثون" اليوم واحدة من أكثر اللغات البرمجية فعالية في تحليل البيانات بفضل مكتباتها وأدواتها المتنوعة. فهي تتيح للمستخدمين معالجة البيانات وتنظيفها وتحليلها بسرعة ودقة، مما يساعد في استخراج رؤى قيمة من مجموعات البيانات الكبيرة والمعقدة. بالإضافة إلى ذلك، توفر "بايثون" أدوات قوية للتعلم الآلي والذكاء الاصطناعي، مما يعزز من قدرتها على تقديم تحليلات متقدمة وتوقعات دقيقة. ستوفر ورشة العمل هذه أساساً متيناً في لغة "بايثون"، مما يمكّن المشاركين من إدارة البيانات وتحليلها وتمثيلها بيانياً، وتطوير مهاراتهم لمواكبة التحديات المعاصرة في عالم الإحصاء.
Description: The meeting will review progress made by the Committee’s task teams, address follow-up actions on the decisions of the United Nations Statistical Commission, and examine recent developments and initiatives in business and trade statistics. It will also provide strategic direction on the organization and work programme of the Committee, with a focus on advancing the horizontal and vertical integration of business and trade statistics with other statistical domains.
Description: This workshop is aimed at preparing for the implementation of the updated trade statistics manuals (IMTS 2026 and MSITS 2026) and the Handbook on Integrating Business and Trade Statistics (HIBTS). The revised trade manuals are expected to be completed by the end of this year and submitted to the United Nations Statistical Commission for consideration in 2026. A background document for the 56th session of the Commission provides more information on the expected updates to the current standards. The HIBTS has also been submitted to the Commission as a background document for its endorsement.
Description: This TrainForTrade e-learning course on IMTS was developed and produced jointly by UNSD, UN Trade and Development, and WTO in close collaboration with the Inter-Agency Task Force on International Trade Statistics. The main goals of the course are to enhance statisticians' ability to apply the most recent internationally agreed recommendations on IMTS, define best possible data sources, set up adequate (or enforce existing) collection systems, and enhance statistics compilation and production processes.
Organizer(s): Bank Indonesia UNSD UNCTAD AI Generated
Description:
The international high-level seminar aims to help policymakers, statisticians, academics, and others understand the increasing trend of cross-border digital trade. The discussion will focus on policy issues, opportunities, and challenges related to digital trade. It will also address the participation of SMEs and individuals/households in utilizing digitalization to boost economic growth and explore innovative methodologies for collecting cross-border digital trade statistics. It targets a diverse audience of approximately 100 in-person participants, including central bank representatives, government officials, statistics compilers, academics, and private sector members.
Organizer(s): UNSD UNCTAD Bank Indonesia AI Generated
Description:
The international workshop will cover topics described in the recently released Handbook on Measuring Digital Trade, which establishes a framework for compiling cross-border digital trade statistics and addresses the pressing need for accurate measurement in this rapidly evolving domain. Participants will learn about the conceptual framework for statistics on cross-border digital trade and discover sources and methods for compiling digital trade statistics. This event is essential for statistical compilers, policymakers, and data users seeking to ensure that the adoption of digitalization in international trade is well captured and understood.
Description: Jointly organized by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO), the 7th meeting of the UN Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics will take place from 24-26 September 2024 in Geneva, Switzerland. The meeting will review new developments and initiatives in business and trade statistics and provide strategic direction on the organization and work programme of the Committee. On 27 September 2024, the Task Team on International Trade Statistics (TT-ITS) under the Committee will hold an extended meeting to focus on drafting the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services (MSITS).
Source: ESCAP SIAP (Data extracted on: 27 Nov 2024 )
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Organizer(s): ESCAP SIAP
Description: This webinar will provide the participants with a clear understanding of the importance of measuring digital tradeand the conceptual framework for measuring digital trade whilst focusing on the fundamental concepts and statistical definitions. A variety of examples and practical applications will be shared by country representatives. The webinar will also emphasize the importance of digital trade statistics in evidence-based policy making.
Description: Main objectives of the Workshop include advancing the implementation of IMTS 2010 recommendations, including issues of scope and coverage, bilateral asymmetries, quality and data comparability, data dissemination, analyses and uses, among others. Participants will discuss analyses of topics of interest on the compilation of international merchandise trade statistics; ways of strengthening the generation of the statistics, including the El Salvadorian International Merchandise Trade System and other experiences in this regard. Furthermore, the Workshop will discuss emerging issues on trade statistics, including the revision of the trade manuals.
Description: Main goals of the course are to enhance the capacity of trade statisticians to apply the most recent internationally agreed recommendations as contained in the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 (MSITS 2010); to define best possible data sources; to set up or enforce collection systems; and to strengthen statistical production processes. Furthermore, the course would raise awareness of SITS and its concepts, enhance statisticians’ capacity, and help them to better understand the MSITS 2010.
Description: This course, presented by the IMF's Statistics Department, aims at providing a thorough understanding of the concepts, as well as practical advice on the data sources and compilation techniques of the international trade in goods and services statistics. The course will be largely based on the BPM6 Compilation Guide - the companion document of the BPM6 - and the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 Compilers Guide (MSITS 2010 CG). The course will consist of a series of lectures, workshops and plenary discussions on country practices covering concepts, sources, and compilation methods associated with international trade in goods and services statistics. Recognizing the challenges in the compilation of certain services categories, such as manufacturing and merchanting, insurance, financial services, construction, and digitalization, the course will emphasize specific aspects related to their treatment and recording in the balance of payments. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss problems encountered in their compilation work and gain insights into the analytical uses of international trade in goods and services statistics.
Joint UNSD and SACU Training Workshop on International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS), Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX), and Data Tools
Description: UNSD and the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) jointly organized a Workshop on International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS), Statistical Data and Metadata eXchange (SDMX), Structured Query Language (SQL), and Trade Data Tools. The Workshop involved 31 participants from SACU Member States’ institutions (customs offices, national statistical offices, central banks, and Ministries of Finance), 13participants from international organizations(UNSD, UNCTAD, SACU, COMESA and Office of the Resident Coordinator, United Nations -South Africa) of which 6 participated virtually. Participants shared best practices regarding the implementation of the International Merchandise Trade Statistics: Concepts and Definitions 2010 (IMTS 2010), especially for scope and coverage, issues of bilateral asymmetries, quality and data comparability, data dissemination, analyses and uses. The meeting also discussed emerging issues in merchandise trade statistics, including Digital trade, Big data, Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (TEC), and the revision of the international standards for trade statistics. Furthermore, the participants were introduced to the Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange (SDMX), Structured Query Language (SQL), and the new UN Trade Data Tool (TDT). Participants acquired new knowledge and information that will be applied to improve their work and programs in international trade statistics. Furthermore, the new perspectives and information shared in this Workshop will be further reflected upon in the ongoing processes for revising the international standards for trade statistics.
Title in French: Cours d'apprentissage en ligne sur les statistiques du commerce international de marchandises
Organizer(s): UNSD UNCTAD WTO
Description: Les principaux objectifs sont de renforcer l’aptitude des statisticiens à appliquer les recommandations les plus récentes sur les SCIM, décidées au niveau international, à identifier les meilleures sources de données, à mettre en place des outils adaptés à la collecte des données et à améliorer les modalités d’élaboration des statistiques. De plus, le cours insiste sur la qualité, les métadonnées, la diffusion des statistiques ainsi que sur l’apport des SCIM à l’analyse économique et la formulation d’objectifs nationaux de politique économique.
Description: Main goals of the course are to enhance statisticians' ability to apply the most recent internationally agreed recommendations on IMTS, define best possible data sources, set up adequate (or enforce existing) collection systems, and enhance statistics compilation and production processes. The course focuses on the following topics: Conceptual Framework, Institutional Arrangement, Production and Compilation, Metadata and Quality, Dissemination and Analysis and New Areas of Work. Furthermore, the course emphasizes the importance of quality, metadata, timely dissemination, and links to economic analysis and national policy objectives.
Description: Within the framework of its Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, SESRIC will organise a Training Course on ‘International Trade Statistics’ in collaboration with Arab Institute for Training and Research in Statistics (AITRS) for the benefit of National Statistical Offices (NSOs) of OIC countries on 13-15 September 2022 through an online video conferencing platform. Mr. Husam KHALIFA, Director, Foreign Trade Statistics Department of Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS) will conduct the course and cover the following topics: Classifications and Correspondence tables Trade systems Data sources in merchandise trade Linking trade with business statistics Data dissemination The SESRIC StatCaB Programme was initiated in early 2007. It is the flagship capacity development programme of SESRIC. Within the framework of StatCaB Programme, the Centre collects information from the NSOs of OIC member countries through the biennial StatCaB Questionnaire, assesses their statistical training needs and capacities, matches these needs and capacities, and organizes statistical capacity development activities between the beneficiary and provider countries. For more information on SESRIC Statistical Capacity Building (StatCaB) Programme, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/statcab.php
Description: التجارة الدولية هي تبادل رأس المال والسلع والخدمات عبر الحدود أو الأراضي الدولية بسبب الحاجة إلى السلع أو الخدمات. في معظم البلدان ، تمثل التجارة الدولية حصة كبيرة من الناتج المحلي الإجمالي (GDP) وتزداد أهميتها في المجالات الاجتماعية والاقتصادية والسياسية في العقود الأخيرة. تم اعتماد نظامين تجاريين في تجميع التجارة في السلع ، ونظام التجارة العامة ، ونظام التجارة الخاصة ، مع ملاحظة أن معظم البلدان تطبق نظام التجارة العام. يتم استخدام رمز السلع المنسقة ونظام الوصف (HS) على نطاق واسع من قبل مجمعي التجارة الخارجية في تصنيف السلع وكذلك في معاقبة مؤشرات التجارة. من ناحية أخرى ، ميزان المدفوعات (BOP) هو الطريقة التي تستخدمها البلدان لمراقبة جميع المعاملات النقدية الدولية في فترة محددة. عادة ، يتم حساب ميزان المدفوعات كل ربع سنة وكل سنة تقويمية. يتم احتساب جميع الصفقات التي يتم إجراؤها من قبل كل من القطاعين العام والخاص في ميزان المدفوعات لتحديد مقدار الأموال التي تدخل وتخرج من بلد ما. نظرًا لأن صياغة السياسات الوطنية السليمة المتعلقة بالتجارة تعتمد على بيانات عالية الجودة ، فإن إحصاءات التجارة هي من بين أكثر الإحصاءات تطورًا وتداولًا في مجتمع الإحصاءات الرسمية. ومع ذلك ، فإن ضمان قابلية هذه المؤشرات للمقارنة بين البلدان يتطلب نهجًا شاملاً ومنهجيًا لجمع وتصنيف وتجميع ومعالجة ونشر إحصاءات التجارة الدولية في السلع وميزان ميزان المدفوعات. وتهدف الورشة الى : أبرز المفاهيم والمصطلحات استعراض لأهم أرقام التجارة الدولية في العالم مصادر بيانات إحصاءات التجارة الدولية السلع التي يتم إدراجها/ استثناءها في إحصاءات التجارة الدولية نظم التجارة التصنيفات وجداول الربط توصيات IMTS نشر البيانات تمارين المرآه الربط بين إحصاءات التجارة والأعمال
Description: Since its establishment in 2018, the Committee has completed the preparation of the Manual on Principal Indicators for Business and Trade Statistics and the Manual on the Maturity Model for SBRs. With its updated strategic view on business and trade statistics, the Committee is now redefining its future work programme for the next biennium, taking into account the priority areas of: digitalization, productivity and innovation; wellbeing and social inclusion; and green economy. The 5th meeting of the UNCEBTS will review the new work plans of the task teams, address follow-up actions from the United Nations Statistical Commission and review the progress of work of the task team on International Trade Statistics. In addition, the UNCEBTS will consider new developments and initiatives in business and trade statistics to ensure the relevance of its work and also to ensure synergies and coherence between the workstreams of the Committee and the work undertaken by other groups of experts, countries and organizations.
Title in French: Cours d'apprentissage en ligne TrainForTrade sur les statistiques du commerce international de marchandises, Organisé conjointement par la DSNU et la CNUCED en coopération avec l'OMC
Organizer(s): UNSD UNCTAD WTO
Description: Les principaux objectifs sont de renforcer l’aptitude des statisticiens à appliquer les recommandations les plus récentes sur les SCIM, décidées au niveau international, à identifier les meilleures sources de données, à mettre en place des outils adaptés à la collecte des données et à améliorer les modalités d’élaboration des statistiques. De plus, le cours insiste sur la qualité, les métadonnées, la diffusion des statistiques ainsi que sur l’apport des SCIM à l’analyse économique et la formulation d’objectifs nationaux de politique économique.
Description: This Workshop is organized jointly by the NBS of China, UNSD, and UNCTAD in cooperation with WTO, at the request of NBS, to help tackle some issues regarding the production and use of integrated international trade statistics, including digital trade and e-commerce, trade by enterprise characteristics, statistics of international trade in services by mode of Supply, foreign affiliates trade statistics (FATS, and other related economic statistics.
Description: Main goals of the course are to enhance the capacity of trade statisticians to apply the most recent internationally agreed recommendations as contained in the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 (MSITS 2010); to define best possible data sources; to set up or enforce collection systems; and to strengthen statistical production processes. Furthermore, the course would raise awareness of SITS and its concepts, enhance statisticians’ capacity, and help them to better understand the MSITS 2010.
Title in French: Cours d'apprentissage en ligne TrainForTrade sur les statistiques du commerce international des services Organisé conjointement par la DSNU et la CNUCED en coopération avec l'OMC
Organizer(s): UNSD UNCTAD WTO
Description: L'objectif de ce cours est d’améliorer la capacité des statisticiens du commerce à appliquer les recommandations les plus récentes du Manuel des statistiques du commerce international des services 2010 (MSCIS 2010) adoptées au niveau international, de définir les meilleures sources de données possibles, de mettre en place ou appliquer des systèmes de collecte, et de renforcer les processus de production statistique.
Description: The Fourth Meeting of the United Nations Committee of Experts on Business and Trade Statistics (UNCEBTS) will take place virtually on 23-24 June and 7-8 July 2021 from 7:00am to 10:30am (NY time). The meeting will discuss follow up actions in response to the decisions of the United Nations Statistical Commission in March 2021 to initiate the revision of the trade statistics manuals and create a task team on the joint research agenda for the revision of the trade-related standards. The meeting will review the progress of work of its task teams, in particular, the progress in the identification of a principal core set of indicators for business and trade statistics and the maturity model for statistical business registers, and the future activities of the task teams for the period 2022-2023. Finally the meeting will also review new developments in business and trade statistics to ensure synergies and coherence between the workstreams of the Committee and the work undertaken by other groups of experts and organizations.
Description: Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC will organise a webinar on ‘International Trade in Services Statistics’ on 13 April 2021 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of official statisticians working in National Statistical Offices of the OIC countries. The webinar will be conducted through a video conferencing platform by following synchronous learning and instruction approaches designed in line with the virtual training solutions undertaken by SESRIC in order to better serve the Centre’s training activities and keep participants motivated and engaged during this time of global crisis due to COVID-19. For more information on the SESRIC Statistical Experience Sharing Webinar Series, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/webinar-series.php
Description: Within its recently initiated Webinar Series on Statistical Experience Sharing, SESRIC will organise a webinar on ‘International Trade in Goods Statistics’ on 6 April 2021 in collaboration with the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) with the participation of official statisticians working in National Statistical Offices of the OIC countries. The webinar will be conducted through a video conferencing platform by following synchronous learning and instruction approaches designed in line with the virtual training solutions undertaken by SESRIC in order to better serve the Centre’s training activities and keep participants motivated and engaged during this time of global crisis due to COVID-19. For more information on the SESRIC Statistical Experience Sharing Webinar Series, please visit: http://www.oicstatcom.org/webinar-series.php Documents: Concept Note (English)
Description: Main goals of the course are to enhance statisticians' ability to apply the most recent internationally agreed recommendations on IMTS, define best possible data sources, set up adequate (or enforce existing) collection systems, and enhance statistics compilation and production processes. The course focuses on the following topics: Conceptual Framework, Institutional Arrangement, Production and Compilation, Metadata and Quality, Dissemination and Analysis and New Areas of Work. Furthermore, the course emphasizes the importance of quality, metadata, timely dissemination, and links to economic analysis and national policy objectives.
Title in French: Cours d'apprentissage en ligne TrainForTrade sur les statistiques du commerce international de marchandises
Organizer(s): UNSD UNCTAD WTO
Description: Les principaux objectifs sont de renforcer l’aptitude des statisticiens à appliquer les recommandations les plus récentes sur les SCIM, décidées au niveau international, à identifier les meilleures sources de données, à mettre en place des outils adaptés à la collecte des données et à améliorer les modalités d’élaboration des statistiques. De plus, le cours insiste sur la qualité, les métadonnées, la diffusion des statistiques ainsi que sur l’apport des SCIM à l’analyse économique et la formulation d’objectifs nationaux de politique économique.
