SWAZILAND IMTS Presentation BY: WISEMAN DLAMINI Outline Outline - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

SWAZILAND

IMTS Presentation

BY: WISEMAN DLAMINI

Outline Outline

• Scope and time of recording .

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• Commodity classifications.
• Valuation.
• Quantity Measurements.
• Partner country.
• Data compilation strategies.
• Data Quality & Metadata.

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• Dissemination.
• Summary

UNSD-SACU Workshop on IMTS 12 - 15 June, 2012. Premier Hotel, Johannesburg

Scope and time of recording Scope and time of recording

• All goods recorded at points of entry &

All goods recorded at points of entry & exit.

• Goods are recorded at the time when they
• Goods are recorded at the time when they

enter or leave Swaziland. S d l d d f th IMTS b t

• Some goods excluded from the IMTS but

recorded (e.g. goods for repairs)

• Media; Full transaction value is recorded.

UNSD-SACU Workshop on IMTS 12 - 15 June, 2012. Premier Hotel, Johannesburg

Commodity classifications

• SD adopted the HS 2012.

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• SITC rev. 4 being used.
• Other commodity classification used;

– International Standard Industrial Classification(ISIC) – Broad Economic Categories (BEC) Broad Economic Categories (BEC)

• Inconsistencies when reporting on Quantities
• FOB valuation for Exports, Imports on both

p , p CIF & FOB valuation.

• Quantity conversion factors not possible.

UNSD-SACU Workshop on IMTS 12 - 15 June, 2012. Premier Hotel, Johannesburg

Valuation

• Statistical value recorded for most goods

Statistical value recorded for most goods.

• No values for some classified goods (e.g.

Royalty) Royalty)

• FOB valuation for exports, imports is both

FOB & CIF FOB & CIF.

• Banknotes & Media; transactional value.
• CBS: Current rates of exchange.

UNSD-SACU Workshop on IMTS 12 - 15 June, 2012. Premier Hotel, Johannesburg

Quantity Measurements

• Inconsistencies when reporting on

Inconsistencies when reporting on Quantities.

• Quantity conversion factors affected by the
• Quantity conversion factors affected by the

inconsistencies.

UNSD-SACU Workshop on IMTS 12 - 15 June, 2012. Premier Hotel, Johannesburg

Partner country

• COO is key and is recorded

COO is key and is recorded.

• Few cases where COO is blanks.

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• Imports; record COO, Exports: record the

country of last known destination.

• Trade balances calculated
• STD international country/area codes used

y for identifying partner.

UNSD-SACU Workshop on IMTS 12 - 15 June, 2012. Premier Hotel, Johannesburg

Data compilation strategies

• Customs records are the primary data

Customs records are the primary data source.

• CPCs are used (additional national codes)
• CPCs are used (additional national codes)
• Non-customs records (CBS, SEC & etc).
• Integrated approach to data collection;

uncoordinated.

• Institutional arrangements; CSO & SRA

MoU.

UNSD-SACU Workshop on IMTS 12 - 15 June, 2012. Premier Hotel, Johannesburg

Data Quality & Metadata

• Still to develop Quality Assessment

Still to develop Quality Assessment Framework.

• Audit Command Language (ACL) to
• Audit Command Language (ACL) to

authenticate data. C t d t bilit

• Cross-country data comparability on-

going.

• Challenge; populating MRN as a primary

key.

• Metadata in line with IMTS

UNSD-SACU Workshop on IMTS 12 - 15 June, 2012. Premier Hotel, Johannesburg

Dissemination Dissemination

• Preliminary figures issued timetables are

Preliminary figures issued, timetables are yet to be put in place & pronounced.

• Information Confidentiality a priority
• Information Confidentiality a priority.
• Revision Policy; new entity, no forum yet

f d t for data users.

• Data users equally treated & data

disseminated without preference.

• External trade indices not produced

p currently.

UNSD-SACU Workshop on IMTS 12 - 15 June, 2012. Premier Hotel, Johannesburg

Summary Summary

• Milestone;

– Swaziland IMTS comply with ITMS recommendations

• Challenges;
• Challenges;

– Still to develop Quality Assessment Framework – Reporting on Quantities p g Q – Uncoordinated Integrated approach to data collection. Data matching with other countries; MRN as a – Data matching with other countries; MRN as a primary key – Preliminary figures available.

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