UN Comtrade
Page tree
Skip to end of metadata
Go to start of metadata

Slovakia Metadata on International Merchandise Trade Statistics

Comtrade Explanatory Notes

Comtrade Explanatory Notes provide Slovakia’s metadata on

 Trade System 
Special trade system

Trade Valuation
FOB (Import) /FOB (Export)

 Commodity Classification


Trading Partner Notes
(Origin/LastKnownDestination)


Exchange Rate

They are available at http://comtrade.un.org/db/mr/daExpNoteDetail.aspx?r=703.



National Compilation and Reporting Practices (NCDP)

The Trade Statistics Branch of the United Nations Statistics Division has conducted national compilation and reporting practices surveys in 2006 and 1996. The survey results contains metadata of Slovakia on trade statistics, including coverage, trade system, commodity classification, valuation, quantity measurement, partner country, and reporting and dissemination. 

Slovakia 2006 Survey results are available at  
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradereport/countryform_MM.asp?cid=703
Slovakia 1996 Survey results are available at 
http://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradereport/countryform.asp?cid=703  

Comtrade Publication Notes

Comtrade Publication Notes contains Data Source and Data Receiving Date of Slovakia.
They are available at http://comtrade.un.org/db/mr/daPubNoteDetail.aspx?r=703.

Country webpage for Metadata
http://portal.statistics.sk/showdoc.do?docid=5991

Country webpage for Data 
http://portal.statistics.sk/showdoc.do?docid=16556

IMF GDDS on Merchandise Trade
n.a.

IMF SDDS on Merchandise Trade
Slovakia’s page located at International Monetary Fund Special Data Dissemination Standards provides additional information on Data Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness; Access by the Public, Integrity, and Quality. They are available at 
http://dsbb.imf.org/Applications/web/sddsctycatbaselist/?strcode=SVK&strcat=MET00

Remarks from Comtrade Data Processing
n.a.


Annex: Checklist of metadata items to be provided by the country
a. Responsible agency for the compilation and dissemination
b. Agencies providing detailed trade data for the responsible agency
c. Statistical Territory includes excludes
d. Coverage of Commodities (on what bases: entering or leaving the economic territory, or change of ownership?) includes and excludes
e. Quantity data (weight and supplementary quantity units)
f. Time of recording
g. Periodicity
h. Timeliness
i. Description of estimation methods
j. Quality Reporting

Similar Pages: