National Seminar on Developing a Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey Eyüp Mehmet DİNÇ 10 September 2013 Ankara - Turkey
Mar 27, 2015
National Seminar on Developing a Program for the Implementation of the 2008 SNA and
Supporting Statistics in Turkey
Eyüp Mehmet DİNÇ
10 September 2013 Ankara - Turkey
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Foreign Trade Statistics and Indices• Definition• Historical Background• Trade System• Coverage• Classifications• Data Sources• Periodicity• Valuation
• Partner Country • Confidentiality• Specific Treatments• Revision Policy• Data Processing• Dissemination• Foreign Trade Indices• Future Plans
• "exports" refers to selling goods and services by the residents of the home country to residents of other countries
• “imports" refers to buying goods and services by the residents of the home country from residents of other countries
• Foreign Trade Statistics (FTS) cover only cross border trade
• FTS covers only trading of goods
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Definition
• TurkStat is responsible for data production, publication and dissemination of external trade statistics since 1933.
• Turkey joined the Customs Union with the EU in 1996. Since then Turkish Customs laws and trade statistics have been harmonized with those of EU customs practices.
• Turkey is also member of a number of international conventions, such as the revised Kyoto Convention, the Convention on Harmonized System.
Historical Background
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
• Special Trade System (Relaxed definition)
1. Goods entered the free circulation area are included
2. Data of free zones, customs warehouses are excluded
Trade System
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
• Inclusions Normal exports and imports, Exports under outward processing regime, Imports under inward processing regime
• Exclusions Shuttle trade, Transit trade, Monetary gold, Temporary trade, Banknotes, securities, coins not in circulation and foreign currencies, Transactions under $100 (statistical threshold)
Coverage
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Commodity Classification: GTIP
Others (SITC, BEC, CPC, CPA, ISIC) Country Classification: Geonomenclature (3-digit Numerical)
Classifications
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2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
HS
CN
National Purposes (GTIP)
Single Administrative Documents (SAD) from the Ministry of Customs and Trade
Survey for crude petroleum, natural gas and electricity Survey for free shops Survey for aircraft’s stores and supplies abroad (import) Export records of the Turkish Exporter’s Union Free zones’ data from the Ministry of Economy Records for financial leasing from the Banking Regulation and
Supervision Agency Records of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation Other institutions’ records, licences etc.
Data Sources
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Periodicity• It is published monthly.Timeliness• Time of recording of export and import is
either date which goods cross border.
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Periodicity
Imports : CIF Exports : FOB Currency for Value
• US Dollar, Euro, Turkish Lira• All currencies are converted by using Central
Bank of the Republic of Turkey daily exchange rates
Valuation
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Imports: Country of Origin
• Country of Consignment• Country of Trading
Exports: Country of Final Destination
• Country of Origin• Country of Trading
Partner Country
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
• Passive confidentiality has been used since 2008
• Value, quantity, country, commodity code etc. may be concealed.
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Confidentiality
Special products (crude petroleum, natural gas, electricity)
Ships/Aircrafts Ships and Aircrafts stores and supplies Non-monetary gold Operational/Financial Leasing Goods for repair Goods for processing
Specific Treatments
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Crude PetroleumNatural GasElectricity
Specific Treatments SpecialSpecial products products
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Directorate General of Civil Aviation sends all registers to TurkStat
Records from Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency
Specific Treatments ShipsShips // AircraftsAircrafts
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Export data from Customs documents
Import: Conducting a survey for the goods bought abroad by Turkish Carriers by Central Bank (only for aircraft and it is not included in FTS)
Specific Treatments Ship‘sShip‘s//Aircraft’s stores and suppliesAircraft’s stores and supplies
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Monetary gold should be excluded from trade statistics, while non-monetary gold included
Trader may declare as monetary gold instead of non-monetary gold
System is checking VAT numbers of money authority (Central Bank)
Asking Central Bank for monetary gold
Specific Treatments MonetaryMonetary // Non-monetary goldNon-monetary gold
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
• Goods for processing are included in FTS and their processing fee’s are calculated and recorded separately.
• Goods for repair are excluded from FTS but their processing fee’s are calculated and recorded separately.
• Processing fee’s of both GfP and GfR are sent to the CBRT for BoP statistics.
Specific Treatments Goods for Processing Goods for Processing - Goods for Repair- Goods for Repair
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Foreign trade statistics are published temporarily until Y+9. Data may be revised monthly.
The revisions are revealled in the following month’s bulletin.
Only significant changes may be reflected to the precise data after Y+9
Revision Policy
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Two main programs developed in SASby TurkStat
SASVUP (For data processing)
SASDAGITIM (For data dissemination)
Data Processing
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
• Credibility checks• Flag for error types• Decompose implausible / all
transactions
Unit value per KG (UVkg)
Min(UVkg) ≤ Median of (UVkg) ≤ Max(UVkg)
Unit value per unit (UVUnit)
Min(UVUnit) ≤ Median of (UVUnit) ≤ Max(UVUnit)
KG per unit (KGUnit)
Min(KGUnit) ≤ Median of (KGUnit) ≤ Max(KGUnit)
Credibility Checks/ Detailed Table
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
• Asking to Customs
• Asking to Trader
• Experience
Corrections
Monthly data are published as News Release within 30-31 days after reference month Hard Copy & Electronic on www.turkstat.gov.tr
Teletext pages, Voice Response System, SMS (3737) Intranet database (Discoverer/SAS), Internet (database /excel tables), Foreign Trade Statistics Yearbook
(Hard Copy/CD-Rom)
Dissemination
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
History• Indices with the 1968 base year
(Quarterly)• Indices with the 1973 base year
(Quarterly),• Indices with the 1982 base year
(Monthly),• Indices with the 1989 base year
(Monthly),• Indices with the 1994 base year
(Monthly),• Indices with the 2003 base year
(Monthly),• Indices with the 2010 base year
(Monthly)
Foreign Trade Indices
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Calculated Indices
• Export unit value index ($, TL)• Import unit value index ($, TL)• Export volume index • Import volume index • Terms of trade index ($, TL)
• ISIC Rev.3, ISIC Rev.4, BEC, SITC are used• Fischer chain method is used• Issued in the fifth week following the reference
month. Disseminated by index series, news releases and web dynamic
• Foreign trade indices, calculated by the provisional trade data, are revised for previous year, with a view to reflect updated foreign trade data effect. The revisions, by months, quarters and annualls, are revealled in January bulletin.
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Foreign Trade Indices
• Data production according to General Trade System (2014)
• Usage of TARIC codes (2014)
Future Plans
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey
Thank you for your attention !!!
National Seminar on Developing A Program for the Implementation of the
2008 SNA and Supporting Statistics in Turkey 10 September 2013 / Ankara - Turkey