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Record Nr.

UNINA9910779272603321

Titolo

A Guide to Direction of Trade Statistics

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 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

Exports and Imports

Foreign Exchange

Trade: General

Empirical Studies of Trade

Trade Policy

International Trade Organizations

International economics

Currency

Foreign exchange

Exports

Imports

Direction of trade

Trade balance

Trade systems

International trade

Balance of trade

South Africa

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""

Sommario/riassunto

This handbook issued by the IMF is primarily intended for users of the IMF's direction of trade database. The guide describes the collection, compilation, and dessemination of statistics on exports and imports by partner country. National compilers of statistics on trade by country may also derive some benefit from the Guide.