TRANSITION FROM ECONOMIC CENSUS TO BUSINESS REGISTER

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TRANSITIONFROM ECONOMIC CENSUSTO BUSINESS
REGISTER
TurkStat

• Bünyamin EMIROSMAN
• TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE TurkStat
• The Second International Workshop on Economic
  Census
• 6-9 July 2009
• Seoul, Republic of Korea

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Overview of the presentation

• A The Last Economic Census of Turkey
• 1 Background
• 2 Classification and Statistical Unit
• 3 Coverage
• 4 History of Economic Census
• 5 Organization
• 6 Field Application
• 7 Data collection and data processing
• B Current Situation After 2005
• 1 New Statistical System of Turkey
• 2 Coordination with Eurostat
• 3 Business Register (BR)
• 4 Other Registers
• 5 Annual Industry and Service Statistics
  (AISS)
• 6 Conclusion

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A The Last Economic Census of TurkeyBackground

• Turkish Statistical Institute was obliged to
  conduct in the years ending with three (for the
  reference year ending with two) of the Decree
  Commanded as Law, No. 219 dated June 8, 1984 and
  as stated in the Item 2, Paragraph (d) of the
  Decree Commanded as Law, No. 357 dated January
  27, 1989.

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A The Last Economic Census of TurkeyBackground

• The main purposes of 2002 General Census of
  Industry and Business Establishments are,
• To obtain data for the shaping of the five years
  development plans and programs,
• To extract the sector profiles,
• To enable the conduction of to Input Output and
  National Income studies,
• To make supra-national comparisons possible by
  keeping in line with international
  recommendations,
• To obtain data-sets on every non-agricultural
  sector compliant with the EU standards,

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A The Last Economic Census of TurkeyBackground

• Implementation of a statistical system that
  utilizes administrative registers,
• Setting up of a STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTERS
  SYSTEM in accordance with the systems used in
  EU,
• With the help of the register, establishing an
  updated and reliable frame and sampling criteria
  on the basis of legal unit, enterprise and local
  unit,
• Structuring of a basis for surveys, regarding
  statistical units that will be conducted in
  intermediate years.

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A The Last Economic Census of Turkey
Statistical Unit and Classification

• Statistical Unit Statistical Units were
  enterprise and local unit (establishment).
• Activity Classification Statistical
  Classification of Economic Activities in the
  European Community (NACE Rev.1) were used.
• Regional Classification NUTS (Nomenclature of
  Territorial Units for Statistics) level I, II and
  III were used. TurkStat has 26 Regional Offices
  in NUTS II Level since 2003.
• NUTS I 12 Region
• NUTS II 26 Region
• NUTS III 81 Province

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A The Last Economic Census of
TurkeyClassification and Statistical Unit

• Regional Offices of TurkStat in NUTS II Level

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A The Last Economic Census of TurkeyCoverage

• Geographical coverage of the census was the
  whole Turkey. For the first time the localities
  which have population less than 2000 were also
  included in this census.
• Sectoral coverage All activities included in
  NACE Rev.1 divisions from C to K and from M to O
  are covered
• C   Mining and quarrying D   Manufacturing
  industry E   Electricity, gas and water F  
  Construction and public works G   Wholesale and
  Retail trade H   Hotel, restaurant, cafe and
  pastry shop I    Transportation, storage and
  communications J    Financial Intermediation
  Activities K   Real Estate, Renting and Business
  Activities M   Education N   Health and Social
  Work O   Other Community, Social and Personal
  Service Activities

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A The Last Economic Census of TurkeyHistory
of Economic Census

• In Turkey eight censuses were carried out in
  1927, 1950, 1963, 1970, 1980, 1985, 1992 and
  2002. In future it is not foreseen to conduct an
  economic survey.

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A The Last Economic Census of
TurkeyOrganization

• Prime Ministry Circular 30.07.2002 No
  B.02.0.PPG.0.12-320-11817 on the implementation
  of the General Census of Industry and Business
  Establishments was sent to relevant institutions
  and organizations.
• Following the Prime Ministry Circular
• Province Census Committees under presidency of
  Province Governors and their deputies in all
  provinces,
• County Census Committees under presidency of
  District Governors in all counties and
• Census Bureaus in all provinces and 243 counties
  were founded.
• Authorized staff of the relevant institutions
  and organizations was commissioned in these
  Committees and field organization of the Census
  was achieved through high collaboration.

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A The Last Economic Census of
TurkeyOrganization

• Cooperating / supporting institutions and
  organizations were
• Ministry of Finance Giving efficient support for
  the implementation of the Census by helping with
  the usage of its administrative records, province
  and county organization of MoF provided
  coordination with tax and finance offices to
  which taxpayers are registered in case of a
  problem in fieldwork.
• Ministry of Industry and Trade Province and
  county organization have been active participants
  and helped with the usage of their records.
• Ministry of the Interior Having been
  commissioned as the president of the Census
  Committees, Province and District Governors
  managed to achieve success in preparation studies
  before the Census, during the Census, and in
  transmitting the results to the center in the
  aftermath of the Census. Assistance from
  Municipalities was demanded on administrative
  records, when necessary.
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs
  Implementation and organization of the Census for
  businesses in villages with less than 2000
  population and without a municipal body have been
  achieved through cooperation with Province and
  County Agriculture Directorates. County
  Agriculture Directors were trained on
  questionnaires and were held responsible for the
  training of their staff

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A The Last Economic Census of Turkey Field
Application

• The Census was carried out according to
  street-scanning method.
• In the beginning, each business in streets was
  enumerated by using building tables maps and
  plats.
• All of establishments in the coverage of Building
  Tables were enumerated by using administrative
  registers (MoF).
• In order to assure consistency, Tax numbers from
  the record of Ministry of Finance (MoF) were
  matched by computers in Province Census Bureaus
  with the ones in the questionnaires filled in the
  local units.

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A The Last Economic Census of TurkeyField
Application

• Questionnaires for those whose activities is not
  in a stationary workplace, for instance hawkers,
  stallholders, individual goods and passenger
  transporters, whose registered address in MoF
  records appears as their home address, were
  filled in their home address.

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A The Last Economic Census of TurkeyData
collection and data processing

• The questionnaire contained 31 questions on
  identification variables, address variables,
  stratification variables, relationships,
  ownership, activities, economic figures etc.
  Filled questionnaires first collected in census
  bureaus and the comparison with MoF registers
  were done immediately by computer based
  programme. All questionnaires sent to the Head
  Quarter where all were scanned and automatically
  stored in database. Checks were realized and data
  were evaluated.

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B Current Situation After 2005 New
Statistical System of Turkey

• Statistics Law of Turkey entered into force in
  10/11/2005 to comply with the EU regulations and
  national needs,
• This law re-organized the Turkish Statistical
  Institute (TurkStat).
• Official Statistics Programme and Statistical
  Council was established.

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B Current Situation After 2005 New
Statistical System of Turkey

• The Official Statistics Programme establishes the
  framework for official statistics that shall be
  produced on subjects required at national and
  international level. Censuses and surveys are
  carried out within the framework of this
  Programme.
• Taking into account the existing resources, the
  burden on the respondents and the cost-benefit
  analysis, the Programme covers statistics needed
  to determine and monitor the situations of the
  country in the fields of economy, social issues,
  demography, culture, environment, science,
  technology and any other required areas.
• The Programme is drafted by the TurkStat for a
  term of five years in line with the advisory
  comments of the Statistical Council and submitted
  to the Council of Ministers. The Programme shall
  be put into effect upon the publication of the
  decision of the Council of Ministers in the
  Official Gazette.

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B Current Situation After 2005 New
Statistical System of Turkey

• The main duty of the Statistics Council is to
  advise on the development and implementation of
  the Programme and on the production and use of
  official statistics to determine and assess the
  areas in which official statistics are needed and
  to provide opinions and suggestions for future
  works to be carried out.
• The President of Turkish Statistical Institute is
  the chair of the Council which consists of
  various official institutes, organizations and
  non-governmental organizations. The Law foresees
  that the Council meets at least once a year.

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B Current Situation After 2005 New
Statistical System of Turkey

• In order to be used for the production of
  official statistics, the institutions and
  organizations are obliged to submit or open to
  use of the TurkStat the records and other
  administrative data files.
• Institutions and organizations are obliged to
  establish, update and open to the statistical use
  of the Presidency their national register systems
  regarding their working areas in line with the
  standards defined by the Presidency.

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B Current Situation After 2005 New
Statistical System of Turkey

• There is not any statement for economic census or
  any other census to conduct specific years in the
  Statistics Law of Turkey. If an economic census
  needs to be conduct it will be evaluated in the
  Statistical Council, but it is not foreseen that
  to conduct an economic survey in Turkey.

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B Current Situation After 2005Coordination
with Eurostat

• TurkStat has applied EU project named Upgrading
  the Statistical System of Turkey (USST) Phase I
  and II since 2006.
• The objective of the project is to upgrade the
  Statistical System of Turkey according to EU
  standards on the methodology and quality of
  compiling and processing statistical information
  and to ensure the efficient coordination by the
  TurkStat.
• Improvement of Business Register and Business
  Statistics are the main component of the both
  project.
• Study visits, abroad trainings, local trainings,
  local meeting, workshops, and data collection
  grant are realized by the projects.

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B Current Situation After 2005 Business
Register (BR)

• Ministry of Finance records are the main
  administrative source.
• 2002 General Census of Industry and Business
  Establishments results and MoF records were
  checked and matched.
• Also, the multi-unit enterprises control forms
  were included in 2002 Annual Industry and Service
  Statistics application.
• Legal units, Enterprises (under assumption of
  LeUEnt), Local units are used in Business
  Register.
• All activities except A,B and L are included.
• The BR data is kept historically.
• Updates are realized by MoF records and annual
  inquiries.
• The results of Annual Industry and Service
  Statistics inquiries are also be used.
• Business Demography Statistics will be produced
  by BR.

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MoF Records
Business Register
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B Current Situation After 2005 Business
Register (BR)

• Outputs of The BR
• Used as a Sampling frame for Annual Surveys such
  as AISS, PRODCOM, ICT, CIS
• And also for STS,
• Limited data producing such as number of
  enterprise by activity and provinces.
• Business Demography Statistics will be produced
  end of this year.

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B Current Situation After 2005 Other
registers

• National Address Database and Address Based
  Population Register System constructed in 2007 by
  the organization of TurkStat with the help of
  Ministry Interior and other related institutions.
• In every year end of January the population of
  the Turkey declared by TurkStat with the help of
  this System.

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B Current Situation After 2005 Annual Survey

• Purpose of Annual Industry and Service Statistics
  (AISS)
• To determine structure of industry and service
  sector which constitutes important part of
  national economy and changes of the country's
  social and economic structure,
• To compile data to determine structure of the
  sectors,
• To compile data for international comparison and
  to meet national and international demand for
  data,
• To make available international statistical
  comparisons,
• To compile sector based data compatible with EU
  Structural Business Statistics regulations.

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B Current Situation After 2005 Annual Survey

• Sectoral Coverage of AISS
• All activities included in NACE Rev.1.1.
  divisions from C to K and from M to O are
  covered. To compile data to determine structure
  of the sectors,
• Geographical coverage
• Regardless of the population size all province
  and district centers and municipalities are
  covered. Gas stations and organized industrial
  regions in interurban roads are covered.
• All the enterprises and their local units those
  are covered by sectoral coverage.

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B Current Situation After 2005 Annual Survey

• Estimation dimension The aim of AISS is to
  produce information based on enterprise and local
  unit. For all sectors, statistics in terms of
  enterprise NACE 4-digit level and in terms of
  local units NACE 2-digit level regional
  estimations are produced.
• Full enumeration limits After estimation
  dimensions and the structure of the sectors are
  taken into consideration during the studies of
  AISS, full enumeration limits are determined as
  follows
•   All enterprises having 20 employees,
•  In terms of sectors, some NACE 4 digit
  activities are covered by full enumeration.

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B Current Situation After 2005 Annual Survey

• Sampling frame from BR and Sampling Size for AISS
  in year 2003-2008

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B Current Situation After 2005 Annual Survey

• Some variables compiled in AISS
• Turnover
• Production value
• Gross investment in tangible goods
• Value-added at factor cost
• Total purchases of goods and services
• Change in stocks of goods and services
• Number of persons employed
• Wages and salaries
• Social security costs
• Number of hours worked by employees

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B Current Situation After 2005 Annual Survey

• Results of AISS 2003-2006

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B Current Situation After 2005 Conclusion

• The aims of TurkStat in business statistics are
• to finalize establishment of statistical Business
  Register,
• to decrease response burden and production cost,
• to use more administrative records/data instead
  of survey,
• to increase data quality and timeliness,
• to adapt European Statistical System.

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