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Regional Workshop on International Trade Statistics
Implementation of IMTS 2010 and a new vision for trade statistics

1 – 5 October 2012, San Jose, Costa Rica


  • All Workshop documents, presentations and methodological notes: Download


Workshop documents



Presentations by Agenda Item:

Agenda Item Country /
Organization
ES EN
5 UNSD activities in the field of International Trade Statistics UNSD
6 CEPAL activities in the field of International Trade Statistics ECLAC  
8 Overview of IMTS 2010 recommendations and encouragements UNSD
9 Brief introduction of the IMTS Compilers Manual UNSD
10 Scope and time of recording and trade system UNSD
Argentina
Panama
Paraguay




 
 
 
11 Commodity classification and quantity measurement UNSD
Colombia
Dominican Republic
Panama




 
 
 
12 Valuation UNSD
Panama
Colombia
Dominican Republic




 
 
 
13 Partner country UNSD
Ecuador


 
14 New data fields: mode of transport and customs procedure code UNSD
Ecuador
 

 
15 Data compilation strategies, institutional arrangements UNSD
Mexico
Panama



 
 
16 Integrating Trade and Business Statistics (part 1) UNSD
WTO
Brazil



 
 
17 Integrating Trade and Business Statistics (part 2) UNSD
Costa Rica

 
18 Data quality and metadata UNSD
El Salvador


 
19 Dissemination UNSD
Guatemala
Venezuela



 
 
20 Compilation and dissemination of regional trade statistics ALADI
IADB
ECLAC


 
21 Supplementary topics UNSD
CAPTAC-DR
Peru
Uruguay




 
 
 
22 An overview of the UN Comtrade database and IMTS Analytical Outputs; UN Comtrade enhancement programme UNSD



Methodological notes on IMTS compilation (available only in Spanish):

Country Title
Argentina Methodological Note
Argentina Price and quantity index methodology
Chile Methodological Note
Colombia Methodological Note
Rep. Dominicana Methodological Note
Ecuador Methodological Note
Paraguay Methodological Note
Uruguay Trade in goods
Uruguay Price and quantity index methodology