Transcript STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics Agenda Item 7b Increasing the relevance of trade statistics Trade by High-Tech products Florian Eberth, STD/SES/TAGS; 1st WPTGS Meeting 22.-24.09.2008, Paris.

STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics
Agenda
Item 7b
Increasing the relevance
of trade statistics
Trade by High-Tech
products
Florian Eberth, STD/SES/TAGS; 1st WPTGS Meeting 22.-24.09.2008, Paris
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Introduction
• The ITCS database of the OECD is a comprehensive and detailed statistical
source for merchandise trade statistics. In addition to the already available
analytical extensions of the ITCS (by ICT goods and by ISIC), an extension by
“high-tech-products” has been added to the Web Browser Client (WBC) of the
ITCS database.
• The classification high tech by product consists solely of high-technology
products (products which are the most technology-intensive). The classification
was drawn up by the OECD Secretariat in collaboration with Eurostat in
addition to an approach by sectors.
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Introduction
• Differences to the sectoral approach:
– Industries may be very technology-intensive in one country and only
slightly technology-intensive in another. For products, it is inconceivable
that the same product should be classified as high-tech in some
countries and as medium- or low-tech in others.
– The product approach includes some products which are not as a rule
in the sectoral list since they are manufactured by medium-technology
sectors.
– It also makes it possible to calculate the true proportion of high
technology in a given sector, in the sense that the product approach
excludes all products that are not high-tech, even if they are
manufactured by high-tech industries.
– Only valid for the high-technology category. For the time being mediumhigh-, medium-low- and low-tech products are not identified.
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The list was at first proposed by the OECD Secretariat in 1994 and
represented an important first step in this new field and served as the basis
for subsequent work. It was originally based on the SITC classification.
•
Since 1994 the five-digit foreign trade classification SITC Rev. 3 has been
replaced
by
the
six-digit
Harmonized
System
classification
(252 HS 6-digit codes are currently allocated as high tech products)
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Data access
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A commodity group, named “High Tech Products (HS1996)”, has been added to the
“Predefined Favorites” of the Web Browser Client version (WBC) of the ITCS database
(see figure 1). The WBC itself is available via OLIS.net.
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To enable data queries using this predefined commodity group, it has to be
copied into the personal “favorites” of the user first (first time only, log-in with
personal login/password is necessary)
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After the group has been successfully added to the personal favourites, it can be
used for each data query within the WBC by selecting this group within the
commodity selection frame.
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Some results
Exports of High-Tech Products of OECD countries
in bn. $US, 2006 vs. 2000
The chart shows the exports of hightech products of the OECD top 15
exporters of this type of goods, for
2000 and 2006. All of these countries
exported more high-tech products in
2006 as they did in 2000.
Billions
0
40
80
120
160
USA
Germany
United Kingdom
+125%
Japan
France
Korea, Rep. of
Netherlands
+125%
Switzerland
+108%
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2006
2000
The most distinct increases (within
these top 15) were observed for the
United Kingdom (+125% against
2000), the Netherlands (+125%) and
for Switzerland (+108%).
Canada
Mexico
Italy
Belgium
Sweden
Ireland
Finland
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Some results (2)
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Imports of High-Tech Products of OECD countries
The ranking of the top 5 importers
of the OECD is exactly the same as
for the top 5 exporters. All of the 15
OECD countries shown imported
more high-tech products in 2006 as
they did in 2000 – with one
exception: Korea. Korea’s imports
of high-tech products decreased by
13% against 2000.
in bn. $US, 2006 vs. 2000
Billions
0
For seventeen OECD countries ,
the exports of high-tech products
increased more than the respective
imports in the same period, while it
was the opposite case for the other
thirteen countries .
80
120
160
USA
Germany
+83%
United Kingdom
Japan
France
Netherlands
The highest increases of high-tech
imports were observed for the
Netherlands (+90% against 2000),
Germany (+83%) and Spain
(+77%).
40
+90%
2006
Italy
2000
Mexico
Canada
Korea, Rep. of
Spain
+77%
Switzerland
Belgium
Ireland
Australia
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Trade by high-tech products
Questions to delegates:
• How useful do delegates see this special extension by high tech
goods?
• Are specific high-tech classifications (OECD’s one or any other one)
used on national level, too? If yes, which one?
• Do delegates see a growing demand for high tech statistics, also in
conjunction with other classifications?
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Thank you for your attention.
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