A. Quality assurance
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1. An Overview of the main elements of national quality assurance frameworks
9.3. Systematic approach to quality assurance. IMTS 2010 promotes a systematic approach to data quality. This means that all aspects of the entire trade statistics program are to be examined and evaluated against certain principles and standards in order to more effectively identify and implement appropriate action to further improve data quality (see IMTS 2010, para. 9.4). The treatment of quality assurance in the present section entails a narrower focus, on data quality, as the section examines only some of the specific issues considered and actions commonly taken, by customs and the compiling agency to assure the accuracy of the statistical information within the existing setting of data compilation.
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