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UNSD-SACU workshop on the implementation of the new recommendations for international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS 2010) in the Member States of the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 - 15 June, 2012


 
Agenda Items
Botswana                              
Lesotho                              
Namibia                              
South Africa                              
Swaziland                              
UNSD    
SACU                            
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List of Documents

ESA/STAT/AC.256.1 - Agenda
ESA/STAT/AC.256.2 - List of Participants
ESA/STAT/AC.256.3 - Opening Statement by UNSD Director
ESA/STAT/AC.256.4 - Workshop Report

Agenda Items

Item 1/4: UNSD activities in the field of International Trade Statistics
Item 1/5: SACU activities in the field of International Trade Statistics
Item 1/6: Overview of IMTS 2010 recommendations and encouragements
Item 1/7: Data compilation in the case of a customs union
Item 1/8: Introduction of the IMTS Compilers Manual
Compilation and Dissemination
Item 2/1: Scope and time of recording and trade system - updated and new recommendations, compilation guidance
Item 2/2: Commodity classification and quantity measurement - updated and new recommendations, compilation guidance
Item 2/3: Valuation - updated and new recommendations, compilation guidance
Item 2/4: Partner country - updated and new recommendations, compilation guidance
Item 3/1: New data fields: Mode of transport and customs procedure code - new recommendation, compilation guidance
Item 3/2: Data Compilation Strategies, institutional arrangements, new recommendations and compilation guidance
Item 3/3: Integrating trade and business statistics
Item 3/4: Data quality and metadata - new recommendations, compilation guidance
Item 4/1: Dissemination and external trade indices
Item 4/2: An overview of the UN Comtrade database and IMTS Analytical Outputs; UN Comtrade enhancement program
Item 4/3: An overview of the SACU statistical database
   
   



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