Eurostat

International trade in cultural goods

Agenda point 6

European Commission - DG Eurostat MEETING OF THE WORKING GROUP ON CULTURE STATISTICS

28-29/04/2015

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1. Introduction

2. Methodological basis • Selection of goods

3. Trade of cultural goods in the context of: • ESSnet

• UNESCO

4. Eurostat developments

5. Final list of cultural goods

6. Proposed aggregates

7. Indicators

8. Pending issues

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Eurostat

1. Introduction

• Trade as cultural function

• Indicator of the weight of the culture in the economy

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Creation Production

Publishing

Dissemination

Trade Preservation Education

Managment

Regulation

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2. Methodological basis

• How to measure the trade of cultural goods

• Cultural domains in UNESCO and ESSnet framework

• Criterion of identification of cultural goods

• Lists of cultural goods – similarities and differences

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Eurostat

3. ESSnet and UNESCO selection criteria

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ESSnet cultural domains

UNESCO cultural domains

Cultural goods

• Artistic creation • Convey and encompass

symbolic, aesthetic, artistic and spiritual values

Common identification criteria

• Facilitate or enable the creation, production and distribution of cultural products

Eurostat

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ESSnet domains

HERITAGE

BOOKS AND PRESS

VISUAL ARTS

PERFORMING ARTS

AUDIOVISUAL AND MULTIMEDIA

ARCHITECTURE

ARCHIVES

LIBRARIES

ADVERTISING

ART CRAFT

Cultural goods

Antiques, work of arts, collectors' pieces

Books

Newspapers

Paintings, drawings, engravings, sculpture

Musical instruments

UNESCO domains

CULTURAL AND NATURAL HERITAGE

BOOKS AND PRESS

VISUAL ARTS AND CRAFT

PERFORMANCE AND CELEBRATION

AUDIOVISUAL AND INTARACTIVE MEDIA

DESIGN AND CREATIVE SERVICES

ARCHIVES AND PRESERVATION

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Other printed matter (maps) Printing machinery

Other visual arts Crafts

Jewellery Photography (developed films)

Photography (equipment)

EQUIPMENT AND SUPPORTING MATERIAL

Recorded media Celebration articles for festivities

Music equipment

Film and video Video games

Audio-visual equipment Computer and related equipment

Architecture designs and plans

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EUROSTAT revision of ESSnet goods

• ESSnet list restrictive

• Re-consideration of UNESCO list

• Establishment of a new list of products

• Proposal of aggregates of products

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Eurostat

Proposal of a list of aggregates DOMAIN AGGREGATE CONTENT

HERITAGE ANTIQUES Stamps and collectors' pieces

VISUAL ARTS WORKS OF ARTS Paintings, engravings, sculpture

PHOTOGRAPHY Developed films

PERFORMING ARTS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Musical instruments and accessories

ART CRAFTS CRAFTS Embroidery and knitted fabrics

BOOKS AND PRESS

BOOKS Books and dictionaries

NEWSPAPERS Newspapers

MAPS Maps

AUDIO VISUAL AND MULTIMEDIA

FILM AND VIDEO

Developed cinematographic films and video games

RECORDED MEDIA

Gramophones, printed music or in manuscripts

ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE Architecture plans and drawings

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Eurostat

Detailed final list of cultural goods by domain

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Heritage

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DOMAIN ESSnet

Sub-Domains UNESCO

CODES - HS DESCRIPTION UNESCO ESSNET

Heritage Antiques

970400

Postage or revenue stamps, stamp-postmarks, first-day covers, postal stationery (stamped paper), and the like, used or unused

X

970500

Collections and collectors' pieces of zoological, botanical, mineralogical, anatomical, historical, archaeological, paleontological, ethnographic or numismatic interest

X X

970600 Antiques of an age exceeding one hundred years

X X

Visual arts

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DIMENSION

(ESSnet)

Sub-Domains (UNESCO

)

CODES - HS DESCRIPTION

UNESCO FRAMEW

ORK

ESSNET REPORT

Visual Arts

Visual arts:

Paintings, engravin

gs, sculpture

970110

Paintings, drawings and pastels, executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading 4906 and other than hand-painted or hand-decorated manufactured articles, collages and similar decorative plaques

X X

970190 Collages and similar decorative plaques X X

970200 Original engravings, prints and lithographs

X X

970300 Original sculptures and statuary, in any material

X X

491191 Pictures, designs and photographs X X

Photography

370510

Photographic plates and film, exposed and developed, other than cinematographic film for offset reproduction

X

370590 Photographic plates and film, exposed and developed (excl for offset production)

X

Performing arts

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DIMENSION (ESSnet)

Sub-Domains

(UNESCO)

CODES - HS DESCRIPTION

UNESCO FRAMEWOR

K

ESSNET REPORT

Performing arts

Music

al in

str

um

ents

920110 Upright pianos X X

920120 Grand pianos X X

920190 Harpsichords and other keyboard stringed instruments (excl. pianos)

X X

920210 Other string musical instruments (for example violins, harps) played with a bow

X X

920290

Guitars, harps and other string musical instruments (excl. with keyboard and those played with a bow)

X X

920510 Brass wind instruments (for example, clarinets, trumpets bagpipes)

X X

920590 Wind musical instruments (excl. brass-wind instruments)

X X

920600 Percussion musical instruments (for example drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas)

X X

920710 Keyboard instruments other than accordions X X

920790

Accordions and musical instruments without keyboards, the sound of which is produced, or must be amplified, electrically

X X

920810 Musical boxes X X

920890

Fairground organs, mechanical street organs, mechanical singing birds, musical saws and other musical instrument; decoy calls of all kinds; whistles, call horn and other mouth blown sound signalling instruments

X X

920991 Parts and accessories for pianos X

920992 Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202

X

920994 Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9207

X

920999 Parts and accessories of other musical instruments

X

Art craft

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DIMENSION (ESSnet)

Sub-Domains UNESCO

CODES - HS DESCRIPTION UNESCO ESSNET

Art Crafts Crafts

580500

Hand-woven tapestries of the type Gobelins, Flanders, Aubusson, Beauvais and the like and needle-worked tapestries

X

581010 Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs without visible ground

X

581091 Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs: Other embroidery of cotton

X

581092 Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs: Other embroidery of man-made fibres

X

581099 Embroidery in the piece, in strips or in motifs: Other embroidery of other textile materials

X

600240

Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing rubber thread

X

600290

Other knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm, containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn or rubber thread

X

600310 Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm of wool or fine animal hair

X

600320 Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm of cotton

X

600330 Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm of synthetic fibres

X

600340 Knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm of artificial fibres

X

600390 Other knitted or crocheted fabrics of a width not exceeding 30 cm

X

600410

Knitted or crocheted fabrics, of a width exceeding 30 cm containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn but not containing robber thread

X

600490

Other knitted or crocheted fabrics, of a width exceeding 30 cm containing by weight 5% or more of elastomeric yarn or robber thread

X

Books and press

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DIMENSION

(ESSnet)

Sub-Domains (UNESCO

)

CODES - HS DESCRIPTION

UNESCO FRAMEW

ORK

ESSNET REPORT

Books and

press

Books

490110

Printed reading books, brochures, leaflets and similar printed matter whether in single sheets whether or not folded

X X

490191 Dictionaries and encyclopaedias and serial instalments thereof

X X

490199 Printed books, brochures and similar printed matter

X X

490300 Children's picture, drawing or colouring books

X

Newspapers

490210

Newspapers, journals and periodicals, whether or not illustrated or containing advertising material appearing at least four times a week

X X

490290 Other newspapers, journals and periodicals

X X

Maps

490591 Maps and hydrographical or similar charts of all kinds in book form

X

490510 Maps and hydrographical or similar charts of all kinds in globes

X

490599 Other maps and hydrographical or similar charts of all kinds

X

Audio-visual and multimedia

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DIMENSION

ESSnet

Sub-DomainsUNESCO

CODES - HS DESCRIPTION UNESCO ESSNET

Audio-visual and

Multimedia

Film and video

370610

Cinematograph film, exposed and developed whether or not incorporating sound track or only consisting of sound track of a width of 35 mm or more

X

370690

Cinematographic film, exposed and developed, whether or not incorporating soundtrack or consisting only of soundtrack, width < 35 mm

X

950410 (HS2007) 950450 (HS2012)

Video games used with television receiver X ?

Recorded media

490400 Music, printed or in manuscript, whether or not bound or illustrated

X

852491 (HS2002) 852390 (HS2002) 852380 (HS2007)

Gramophone records and other media for the recording of sound or of other phenomena, whether or not recorded, incl. matrices and masters for the production of discs

X

Architecture

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DIMENSION ESSnet

Sub-Domains UNESCO

CODES - HS

DESCRIPTION UNESCO ESSNET

Architecture Architecture and design

490600

Plans and drawings for architectural, engineering, industrial, commercial, topographical or similar purposes, being originals drawn by hand; hand-written texts; photographic reproductions on sensitised paper and carbon copies of the foregoing

X X

• DIMENSIONS

• REPORTER – declaring country

PARTNER – trading country or entity

FLOW – import, export

PRODUCT – traded goods according to a given product classification

TIME – time period

INDICATOR – volume of trade in

euro or in kg or other

REGIME – specific regime (relevant for other than EU countries)

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COMEXT – trade of tangible goods

• Administrated by

Eurostat • Data collected

according to the EU regulation

• Data collected by CN and converted into HS, SITC or CP

• Monthly and yearly data • Regular updates and

revisions

DATA SOURCE

Eurostat

TRADE INDICATORS

• UNIT

• Thousands of euro

• Percentage of total national trade (only for total of cultural goods)

• Percentage of total EU-trade

• Percentage of total trade of cultural goods

• PARTNER

• Intra EU-28

• Extra EU-28

• World

• Individual countries

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Eurostat

PRODUCT

• AGGREGATES OF CULTURAL GOODS • Antiques

• Work of arts

• Musical instruments

• Crafts (embroidery and knitted fabrics)

• Photography (developed films)

• Books

• Newspapers

• Maps

• Developed cinematographic films and video games

• Recorded media (gramophones and music printed or in manuscript)

• Architecture plans

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DIMENSIONS BREAKDOWN COMMENT

GEO EU MS, CC, EFTA

EU Member states, EFTA and Candidate countries

PERIOD SINCE 2002 There is no data available prior to 2002

FLOW IMP Import EXP Export

PARTNER

WORLD All countries of the world as aggregate

EXT_EU28 Extra-EU trade as aggregate

INT_EU28 Intra-EU trade as aggregate

UNIT

THS Thousands of Euro

PC_TOT Percentage of total national trade

PC_EU28 Percentage of EU28 total PC Percentage of total cultural trade

PRODUCT_HS

ANTQ Antiques

ARTS Works of arts: paintings, engravings, sculpture etc.

IMUS Musical instruments

CRFT Crafts

PHOT Photography (developed films)

BOOK Books

NWSP Newspapers

MAPS Maps

FILM Developed cinematographic films and video games

MUSI Recorded media (gramophones and printed or manuscript music)

ARCH Architecture and design

Table 1: Intra and extra-EU trade in cultural goods by product

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Table 2: Intra and extra-EU trade in cultural goods by partner

DIMENSIONS BREAKDOWN COMMENT

GEO EU MS, CC, EFTA EU Member states, EFTA and Candidate countries

PERIOD SINCE 2002 There is no data available prior to 2002

FLOW IMP Import EXP Export

PARTNER

Individual partners All countries of the world

WORLD All countries of the world as aggregate

EXT_EU28 Extra-EU trade as aggregate

INT_EU28 Intra-EU trade as aggregate

UNIT THS Thousands of Euro

PRODUCT_HS

ANTQ Antiques

ARTS Works of arts: paintings, engravings, sculpture etc.

IMUS Musical instruments

CRFT Crafts

PHOT Photography (developed films)

BOOK Books

NWSP Newspapers

MAPS Maps

FILM Developed cinematographic films and video games

MUSI Recorded media (gramophones and printed or manuscript music)

ARCH Architecture and design

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Shares of trade of cultural goods in national exports and imports (%), 2013

Contribution of cultural goods (inlcuding CD, DVD and video games) to the total of national exports (%), 2013

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0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

1.2

1.4

1.6

1.8

2.0

EU28 BE BG CZ DK DE EE IE EL ES FR HR IT CY LV LT LU HU MT NL AT PL PT RO SI SK FI SE UK

Cultural goods - other CD, DVD and video games

Distribution of exports by group of products at EU-28 level (%), 2013

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0.04

0.4

0.5

0.6

3.0

4.0

4.7

5.8

6.1

10.4

20.9

43.6

0.0 10.0 20.0 30.0 40.0 50.0

Cinematographic films

Architecture

Photographic films

Maps

Recorded media

Musical instruments

Craft works

Newspapers

CD, DVD, video games

Antiques

Books

Work of arts

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Intra and extra EU exports of cultural goods as a %, 2013

Eurostat

DOMAIN AGGREGATE CONTENT

HERITAGE ANTIQUES Stamps and collectors' pieces

VISUAL ARTS WORKS OF ARTS Paintings, engravings, sculpture

PHOTOGRAPHY Developed films

PERFORMING ARTS MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS Musical instruments and accessories

ART CRAFTS CRAFTS Embroidery and knitted fabrics

BOOKS AND PRESS

BOOKS Books and dictionaries

NEWSPAPERS Newspapers

MAPS Maps

AUDIO VISUAL AND MULTIMEDIA FILM AND VIDEO

Developed cinematographic films and video games

RECORDED MEDIA

Gramophones, printed music or in manuscripts

ARCHITECTURE ARCHITECTURE Architecture plans and drawings 27

Pending questions

• Do you agree with the proposed list of products?

• Do you agree with the proposed list of aggregates?

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Product Proposal of aggregate

Childrens' books Books

Cinematographic exposed and developed films

Film and video

Video games

Gramophone records and other media for the recording of sound

Recorded media

Music, printed or in manuscript

Photographic films exposed and developed

Photography

CDs ?

DVDs ?

Embroidery and knitted fabrics Craft works

Maps Maps

Do you agree with a proposal of inclusion of the following products?