A Guide to Direction of trade statistics / / International Monetary Fund

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451852903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, District of Columbia : , : International Monetary Fund, , 1993; ©1993
• ISBN: 1-4639-1855-0; 1-4639-7037-4; 1-283-53502-5; 9786613847478; 1-4639-5004-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (34 p.)
• Collana: Books
• Disciplina: 382/.021
• Soggetti: Commercial statistics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction""; ""1.1 Purpose""; ""1.2 Background""; ""1.3 Uses of the Data""; ""1.4 Current Methodology and Practice""; ""1.4.1 Coverage""; ""1.4.2 Territory""; ""1.4.3 Valuation""; ""1.4.4 Timing""; ""1.4.5 Trade systems""; ""1.4.6 Partner country""; ""1.4.7 Discrepancies and asymmetries in trade statistics""; ""2. Data Collection""; ""2.1 Basic Data""; ""2.2 Procedures for Data Collection""; ""2.3 Format of Reported Data""; ""3. Data Base Processing""; ""3.1 Reformatting of Reported Data""; ""3.1.1 Conversion""; ""3.1.2 C.i.f. and f.o.b. valuation""""3.1.3 Partner country codification""; ""3.1.4 Summation and area totals""; ""3.2 Estimation""; ""3.2.1 Estimation procedure""; ""3.2.2 Limitations in DOTS estimates""; ""3.3 Compilation of Aggregates for DOTS World and Area Tables""; ""4. Data Dissemination in DOTS, Magnetic Computer Tapes, and CD-ROM""; ""4.1 DOTS Quarterly Issues""; ""4.1.1 World, industrial, and developing countries tables""; ""4.1.2 Country pages""; ""4.2 DOTS Yearbook""; ""4.2.1 World and area summary tables""; ""4.2.2 Country pages""; ""4.3 ; Tape Subscription and CD-ROM""; ""5. Fund Internal Access to the Data Base for Direction of Trade Statistics""""5.1 Structure of the Time Series Key""; ""5.2 Retrieving the Data from EIS Terminals""; ""5.2.1 Displaying the data on screen""; ""5.2.2 Printouts of DOTS data""; ""5.3 Downloading DOTS data to AREMOS and LOTUS on Microcomputers""; ""5.4 Special Requests""; ""Appendices""; ""I. Country and Area Codes""; ""II. Breaksigns Used in the DTTS Master File for Direction of Trade Statistics""; ""III. The Compilation of Estimates for DOTS""; ""IV. Procedure for Printing Partner Country Data""