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UN ServiceTrade database

Data collection, processing and dissemination

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UN ServiceTrade database

a) In 2001, call for worldwide collection of trade in services statistics (UN Stat Commission);

b) In 2005, UNSD starts development of UN ServiceTrade database;

c) In 2006, UNSD starts worldwide collection of trade in services statistics;

– MoU with Eurostat– No duplication with OECD

d) In 2008, UNSD receives basic datasets from 100 countries, of which 46 with partners

– (includes 33 datasets from Eurostat)

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Countries (areas) with EBOPS by Partner dataBhutanKorea Republic ofRussian Federation SwazilandTunisiaAustralia BelarusCanada Hong Kong SAR ChinaMoldova Republic ofNew ZealandPuerto RicoSingaporeUkraine

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Countries with EBOPS only (from NSO)

KyrgyzstanMalawiMarshall IslandsPeruPhilippinesRwandaSaint Vincent and the GrenadinesSenegalTuvalu

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Countries with EBOPS only (from Central Bank)

Jamaica QatarSolomon Islands Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom

of)South Africa KazakhstanSwaziland Syrian Arab RepublicTajikistan MauritiusThailand MexicoTrinidad and Tobago MongoliaMontenegro KuwaitUganda MozambiqueUruguay NicaraguaVenezuela Pakistan

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UN ServiceTrade database

To facilitate calculations of regional and world totals for trade in services by main service categories, UNSD added IMF’s BOP service components to UN ServiceTrade for non-reporting countries.

UNSD will discuss with IMF the possibility of including BOP service data early in the most recent year and then replace these data when more detailed EBOPS data become available. This would make UN ServiceTrade more timely.

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