18.3.        Information about applied customs procedures. IMTS 2010 (para. 2.19) recommends that information about the customs procedure applied to individual transactions (or the nature of transaction) be included in the data set for trade statistics in order to facilitate the identification of re-exports and reimports but also of other types of trade, such as goods for processing, trade between related parties, goods on consignment etc. as far as possible. It further recommends that, if the customs is not the agency compiling trade statistics, this information be regularly included in the data set provided by customs to the agency responsible for the compilation of trade statistics of a country. IMTS 2010 (para. 8.6) reiterates this recommendation and recommends that information about the customs procedures applied to individual transactions be part of the data set provided by customs to the agency responsible for the compilation of international merchandise trade statistics.