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Inter-agency Task Force on International
Merchandise Trade Statistics Bangkok, 10-11
March 2009
andreas.maurer_at_wto.org
ECLAC, ESCWA, ESCAP, Eurostat, FAO, ITC, OECD,
UNSD, WCO, WTO
2nd WPTGS meeting, OECD Paris, 16.-18.11.2009
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Agenda

• Impact of of decisions of other bodies (SC, CCSA,
  UN EG, OECD WPTGS, MDG)
• Technical Assistance
• Databases on International Trade
• Developments/Common Data Set/Metadata/Trade
  Indicators/Trade and Business Statistics
• Concepts, Definitions and Methodology
• Revision IMTS/Trade Indices/HS, Valuation and RoO
  
• Trade analysis
• Value added content of merchandise trade
  flows/value added chains

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Highlights

• SC 2009 Inter-agency consultation
• Databases on International Trade
• New applications exchange of information
• CDS consistency after revisions?
• Trade and business linkages integrated economic
  statistics, analytical importance
• Metadata -- SDMX
• Concepts, Definitions and Methodology
• UNSD
• Trade analysis
• How to adapt trade indicators to new realities
  international fragmentation of production?
• Link production, trade and tariff information?