International Trade in Services Data Collection in Thailand: Education and Medical Services

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International Trade in Services Data Collection
in Thailand Education and Medical Services

• Vilai Pinijkulviwat
• Senior Analyst, Data Management Department
• Bank of Thailand

This presentation is prepared as country
contribution for the APEC Capacity Building
Seminar-Workshop on the Measurement of
International Trade in Services, Manila,
Philippines, 1-3 October 2008
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Topics

• Thailand's statistics compilation system
• International trade in services and BOP
• Data sources
• Medical-related services
• Education-related services
• Service Account Data Dissemination

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Thailand's statistics compilation system

• Balance of Payments
• Monetary Statistics
• National Account National Economic
  
• Social
  Development Board
• CPI PPI Ministry of
  Commerce
• Fiscal Statistics Ministry of
  Finance
• National Census National Statistic
  Office

Bank of Thailand
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Detailed breakdown
International trade in services and BOP

• Transportation
• - Freight
• - Passenger
• - Others
• Travel
• Government service, n.i.e.
• Other Services
• - Communication services
• - Construction services
• - Royalties license fees
• - Insurance services
• - Others

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Main data source ITRS
Characteristics

• Closed system, where netting of transaction is
  allowed
• Data is captured on daily basis
• Timeliness no later than 7 days after the
  reference
• period
• Data submission Transactions of commercial
  banks are
• to be submitted electronically through the
  recently
• launched Data Management System.

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Other data sources

• TAT Tourism Authority of Thailand
• for travel items
• Thai Airways International other airlines for
• passenger item
• Surveys on particular topics
• Medical-related Services
• Education-related Services

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Medical-related services Survey

• Scope
• International patients with no permanent Thai
  address
• Gross receipt before deduction of expenses for
  health services
• Data requested are quarterly data and the survey
  is conducted annually
• Only have data on receipts part
• Data source
• Major public and private hospitals in Thailand

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Medical-related services Survey (cont.)

• Working process
• On-site visit public private hospitals
• Questionnaire Form 22Survey on Health-
• related services provided
• to Non- residents
• Sample selection major hospitals with foreign
  patients (34
  hospitals)
• Preliminary results response rate 85

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Education-related services

• Scope
• Receipts
• Include only standard courses at institutes of
  higher educations
• Very few number of non-resident students at high
  school level or lower
• Excluding intensive courses, professional
  training such as cooking, massage, etc.
• Payments
• All Thai students studying abroad in standard
  programs (both primary/secondary education and
  higher education included)
• Summer programs, mini-courses, etc. are not
  included

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Education-related services (cont.)

• Data sources
• Receipts
• The Commission on Higher Education Ministry of
  Education
• Major universities in Thailand with enrolling
  foreign student
• Payments
• Office of the Civil Service Commission
• Embassies/Consulate Education Centers
• Other websites

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Education-related services (cont.)
Compilation
Weighted Average Tuition fee

Gross receipt/payment from each country
Number of Students in each country
Average Expenditure Per student
Average Accommodation Expense



Other Expenses
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Future plans

• Improvements to Trade in Services Data
• Freight Insurance
• Telecommunications services
• International remittances

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Service Account Data Dissemination

• Periodicity Data released on monthly and
  quarterly basis
• Timeliness Preliminary data - 1 month lag
  (Summary)
• - 1 quarter lag
  (Detailed)
• Presentation Summary Net Services
• Detailed Receipts / Payments
• in accordance with BPM5 Standard
• components
• Internet website www.bot.or.th

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Thank you