International Trade in Goods and Services
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Bibliographic details
- Session: SA 23.24
- Location: New Delhi, India
- Dates: July 24-28, 2023 (1 week)
- Delivery method: In-person Training
- Primary language: English
- Status: Deadline passed
Target audience and qualifications
- Target Audience:
- Officials whose main responsibility is compiling balance of payments, international merchandise trade statistics, and/or international trade in services statistics.
- Qualifications:
- Participants should have a degree in economics or statistics or equivalent experience.
- Participants should be familiar with the methodology of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6).
- Pre-requisites:
- Participants should be familiar with the methodology of the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6).
Course description
- Presented by the IMF's Statistics Department.
- Aims to provide a thorough understanding of concepts and practical advice on data sources and compilation techniques for international trade in goods and services statistics.
- Largely based on:
- BPM6 Compilation Guide (companion document of BPM6).
- Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 Compilers Guide (MSITS 2010 CG).
- Format:
- Series of lectures, workshops and plenary discussions on country practices.
- Emphases:
- Concepts, sources, and compilation methods associated with international trade in goods and services statistics.
- Specific aspects related to the treatment and recording in the balance of payments for services categories that present compilation challenges, including:
- manufacturing and merchanting
- insurance
- financial services
- construction
- digitalization
- Participant engagement:
- Opportunity to discuss problems encountered in compilation work.
- Insights into the analytical uses of international trade in goods and services statistics.
Course objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants should be able to:
- Apply knowledge gained in dealing with complex methodological and compilation issues related to balance of payments and International Investment Position statistics, mainly goods and services account.
- Identify potential data sources and compilation techniques to be used to improve the coverage in goods and services account of activities emerging from globalization and digitalization.
- Describe the analytical uses of goods and services statistics.