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External Trade in Goods
Gerry Brady CSO
Meeting of the Enterprise Statistics Liaison Group
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Origin of External Trade statistics
Customs declarations are used for statistical purposes as the
basic data source for trade with Non-EU Member States. They
provide detailed information on exports and imports of goods
with a product and geographical breakdown.
The advent of the Single Market on 1 January 1993, with its
removal of customs formalities between Member States
required the establishment of a new data collections system
called Intrastat.
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Basic Regulations
Extrastat
Regulation (EC) No 471/2009 of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 6 May 2009 on Community statistics relating
to external trade with non-member countries
Intrastat
Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and
of the Council
Amended by : Regulation (EC) No 222/2009
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Intrastat
Intrastat system was created seeking two major goals:
 to satisfy user needs by providing the same statistical
information on trade as before and
 at the same time to reduce administrative burden on
traders while providing statistical data.
Intrastat is closely linked with the VAT system relating to intraCommunity trade in order to ensure completeness and quality
of the statistical data.
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Intrastat Thresholds
Member States have to ensure that at least 97% of dispatches
and 95% of arrivals of trade value to/from the Member States
is covered
Traders whose imports from EU countries exceeded €191,000
in 2010 must make a detailed import return each month in
2011.
Traders whose exports from EU countries exceeded €635,000
in 2010 must make a detailed export return each month in
2011.
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Data Collection
The VIMA Office of the Revenue Commisioners collects both
the intra-EU (survey) and extra-EU trade (daily tranfers from
Customs) data.
Before 2011, the CSO surveyed companies operating in the
Shannon Free Zone. The CSO survey did not collect full
product or partner country detail. Since 2011, VIMA has
collected these transactions at full product and partner
country detail.
Parcel post
Parcel post subject to Customs processing and a figure for
this is received from VIMA.
The CSO estimates the value of Non-EU goods that are
imported or exported by parcel post and not recorded by
Customs.
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Reporting Deadlines
National requirement
Traders must furnish the data to VIMA not later than the 10th
working day after the reference month.
EU Requirements
Member States must provide Eurostat with intra- and extra-EU
aggregated statistics within 40 days after the reference month.
For detailed statistics the deadlines are 42 days for extra-EU
statistics and 70 days for intra-EU statistics.
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2012 Data Collection Changes
The required date for traders to make a return will be
extended from the 10th working day to not later than 23 days
after the reference month.
This will align the return date with VIES and VAT facilitating
traders to make better quality returns.
Traders will be obliged to make their returns electronically
using ROS (paper returns are expensive to process and
were subject to a high level of error in terms of human
transposition).
CN unit value checks will be incorporated into the ROS
upload allowing traders to verify unit values based on values
set by the CSO.
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VAT Returns
All VAT traders are required to record the value of goods
imported from and exported to other EU Member States.
These returns are used for:
 estimating the value for traders below the Intrastat
thresholds
 estimating for non-response
 compiling a register of Traders
 Identifying traders required to make detailed returns
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Intrastat Response Burden
EU and national strategy aims to reduce the administrative
burden on businesses caused by the requirements of public
administration.
The statistical burden accounts for a relatively small part of
the total administrative burden in the Member States.
The Intrastat reporting burden forms a significant proportion
of all statistical reporting obligations on businesses.
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Exclusions
 Services are included in Balance of Payments
 Customised software refers to software that is developed to
order for a particular client and made to special
requirements
 Software supplied which does not involve a physical
exchange of goods
 Software downloaded from the Internet.
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Information collected
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Month
VAT number
CN product code (8 digits)
SITC code (5 digits, derived from CN)
Invoice value
Statistical value
Net mass (kg)
Supplementary unit (number/quantity)
EU / Non-EU
Partner country
Country of consignment
Delivery terms (CIF, FOB etc.)
Nature of transaction (sale, purchase, returns, repairs etc.)
Mode of transport (Extrastat, sea, air, etc.)
Port of entry/exit (Extrastat)
Invoice currency (Extrastat)
Type (imports/exports)
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VAT Register Variables
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VAT number
ABT company ID
ABT group code
Revenue activity code
Trader name
Address
VAT return requirements
Date company added/cancelled
Return under Group VAT number
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Invoice value
Invoiced amount is the value of the goods indicated on the
invoice.
Transport and insurance costs which are part of the contract
price should be included.
VAT and Excise duties (on alcohol, tobacco and hydrocarbon
oils) should be excluded.
Currency conversion shall be made if the value is stated in a
foreign currency.
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Statistical Value
Statistical value, delivery terms and mode of transport are
required only from traders with imports of over €5m or exports
of over €34m.
The statistical value for exports shall be a FOB-type value
(free on board) which means the value of the goods as they
leave the territory of the Member State reporting the dispatch.
The statistical value for imports shall be a CIF-type value
(cost, insurance, freight). This means the value of the goods
when they enter the territory of the Member State reporting the
arrival.
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Number of CN Codes
Year
Creations
Deletions
Total
Evolution
CN Codes
2002
780
654
1434
126
10400
2003
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34
4
10404
2004
273
503
776
-230
10174
2005
97
175
272
-78
10096
2006
486
740
1226
-254
9842
2007
917
1039
1956
-122
9720
2008
75
96
171
-21
9699
2009
127
257
384
-130
9569
2010
180
306
486
-126
9443
2011
132
281
413
-149
9294
2012
907
818
1,725
89
9383
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Data Editing
Prior to 2011 VIMA were responsible for a large amount of
micro data editing. The CSO provided VIMA with guideline
CN unit values to assist in this work.
In January 2011 the CSO took over primary responsibility for
all editing of the data not validated by the Trader (VIMA still
undertake some initial editing e.g. valid CN code etc.).
VIMA now focus their queries on the quality of the large
traders data and on unusual transactions. They only amend
data if the trader provides corrections.
Much of the CSO editing is focused on amending the net
mass and supplementary values in cases where the unit
values are extremely high or low.
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Volume and Price Indices
Calculation methodology
The monthly price (unit value) index measures monthly price
trends relative to the annual levels in the preceding year
using value weights relating to that year’s trade (Laspeyres
index).
The annual index is compiled using value weights for both
the current and previous year (Fisher index) to allow for
changes in the structure of external trade.
Difficulties
Wide variations in unit prices both within a CN and within
related CNs.
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Consistency of Goods Data across CSO
A Large Cases Unit was established in 2010 to ensure that
the various CSO Divisions used consistent data for the very
large enterprises.
There are quarterly meetings held and some adjustments are
made to the returns from VIMA for a small number of very
large enterprises to align the data with Balance of Payments
data for trade in goods.
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Monthly Trade release
Issues 7 weeks after reference month
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Value of trade
Volume and Price indices
Terms of trade
Seasonally adjusted series
Value by SITC division
Value by partner country
Value by partner country and SITC Section
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Detailed monthly Trade publication
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Table 1
Table 2
Table 3
Table 4
Table 5
Table 6
Table 7
Table 8
Table 9
Table 10
Table 11
Table 12
Table 13
Table 14
Summary of trade, € and Indices
Seasonally adjusted series, € and Indices
Imports by Main use, € and %
Imports by Main use and Area of origin, €
Exports by Industrial origin, € and %
Exports by Industrial origin & Destination, €
Trade by Area, €
Trade by Area: % distribution
Trade by country, €
Trade by SITC Section and Division, €
Trade by Division and Country, €
Trade by Country and Division, €
Imports by 5-digit SITC & Country, € & Tonnes
Exports by 5-digit SITC & Country, € & Tonnes
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Trade Helpdesk and Statbank
The CSO data bank contains a large amount of trade data,
http://www.cso.ie/px/pxeirestat/Database/eirestat/Trade/Trade_statbank.asp?SP=Trade&Planguage=0
The Trade Helpdesk provides a special queries facility.
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Goods and Services in 2010
Value of Trade in Goods and Services 2010
€billion
Type
Exports
Imports
Goods
€89.2b
€45.8b
Services
€73.8b
€80.9b
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Total Goods Trade 2010
Value of Total Goods Trade 2010
VAT number value size class
Class
Vat
numbers
Exports
Vat
numbers
Imports
17,384
€196m
47,332
€583m
< €1m
2,783
€872m
7,187
€2,285m
< €100m
1,378
€14,399m
2,886
€21,979m
€100m +
116
€72,765m
64
€19,590m
21,661
€88,232m
57,469
€44,437m
<€100,000
Total
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Intra-EU Goods Trade 2010
Value of Intra-EU Goods Trade 2010 (excludes estimates)
VAT number value size class
Exports
Imports
Vat
numbers
€m
Vat
numbers
€m
<€100,000
101
€4m
875
€41m
< €1m
563
€290m
3,758
€1,531m
< €100m
1,169
€12,534m
2,405
€17,331m
€100m +
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€36,999m
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€9,509m
1,905
€49,827m
7,075
€28,412m
Class
Total
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Exports 2010: VAT numbers and Value
Class
Vat
numbers
Exports
€million
Value per
trader
USA
1,796
20,761
€11.6m
Great Britain
1,611
11,977
€7.4m
Germany
835
5,948
€7.1m
France
798
4,391
€5.5m
Switzerland
800
3,557
€4.4m
Spain
590
3,306
€5.6m
Netherlands
756
3,015
€4.0m
Italy
606
2,626
€4.3m
1,004
2,494
€2.5m
China
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Exports of Goods to Poland and China 2004-2010
Year
Vat
numbers
Exports
Poland
Vat
numbers
Exports
China
2004
504
€279m
560
€639m
2005
345
€280m
593
€910m
2006
370
€400m
599
€875m
2007
396
€567m
574
€1,320m
2008
393
€723m
494
€1,609m
2009
411
€601m
624
€1,633m
2010
415
€558m
748
€1,672m
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Non-EU Trade: Currency used in Trade with USA
Flow
Currency
2010
2011 (to Sep)
Imports
Euro
16%
9%
Dollar
81%
88%
3%
3%
Euro
12%
6%
Dollar
88%
94%
0%
1%
Missing
Exports
Missing
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Linking Business Statistics to trade
Business data can be linked to External Trade data via the
VAT number.
The CSO Business Register contains a companies
enterprise number and VAT number.
Larger companies would be surveyed in the Census of
Industrial production. This survey collects data on
employment, turnover, etc.
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Dissemination plans
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More web based dissemination
Allow users to make their own tables
Incorporate a business view of the data
Thematic reports (markets, products etc.)
Invoice currency
Business view
 Nationality of traders
 Number of traders by market and commodity
 Product diversification among traders
 Linkage to PRODCOM and Census of Industrial Production
 Linkage with Service Exports and Imports
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