UN Comtrade

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UN ServiceTrade database Data collection,
processing and disseminationReport byUnited
Nations Statistics Division
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UN ServiceTrade database

• In 2001, call for worldwide collection of trade
  in services statistics (UN Stat Commission)
• In 2005, UNSD starts development of UN
  ServiceTrade database
• In 2006, UNSD starts worldwide collection of
  trade in services statistics
• MoU with Eurostat
• No duplication with OECD
• In 2008, UNSD receives basic datasets from 100
  countries, of which 46 with partners
• (includes 33 datasets from Eurostat)

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Countries (areas) with EBOPS by Partner
data Bhutan Korea Republic of Russian Federation
Swaziland Tunisia Australia Belarus Canada
Hong Kong SAR China Moldova Republic of New
Zealand Puerto Rico Singapore Ukraine
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Countries with EBOPS only (from
NSO) Kyrgyzstan Malawi Marshall
Islands Peru Philippines Rwanda Saint Vincent and
the Grenadines Senegal Tuvalu
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Countries with EBOPS only (from Central
Bank) Jamaica Qatar Solomon Islands Jordan
(Hashemite Kingdom of) South Africa Kazakhstan Swa
ziland Syrian Arab Republic Tajikistan Mauritius
Thailand Mexico Trinidad and Tobago Mongolia Monte
negro Kuwait Uganda Mozambique Uruguay Nicaragua
Venezuela Pakistan
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UN ServiceTrade database

• To facilitate calculations of regional and world
  totals for trade in services by main service
  categories, UNSD added IMFs BOP service
  components to UN ServiceTrade for non-reporting
  countries.
• UNSD will discuss with IMF the possibility of
  including BOP service data early in the most
  recent year and then replace these data when more
  detailed EBOPS data become available. This would
  make UN ServiceTrade more timely.

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