Technical Assistance Reports

Saint Lucia: Technical Assistance Report-Report on External Sector Statistics Mission

May 6, 2024

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International Monetary Fund. Statistics Dept. "Saint Lucia: Technical Assistance Report-Report on External Sector Statistics Mission", Technical Assistance Reports 2024, 036 (2024), accessed 12/16/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9798400273889.019

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Summary

A technical assistance (TA) mission on external sector statistics (ESS) was conducted to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) of Saint Lucia as part of the Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Centre (CARTAC) work program on ESS. The mission focused on addressing data compilation issues on trade in goods—especially on the import and re-export of fuel—and travel credits and assessed the revised 2022 balance of payments that was disseminated in December 2023.

Subject: Civil society organizations, Customs unions, Economic and financial statistics, Economic sectors, Exports, External sector statistics, Imports, International organization, International trade, Monetary policy

Keywords: balance of payments estimate, balance of payments statistics, balance of payments survey, Caribbean, CED data, Civil society organizations, Customs unions, exit surveys methodology, Exports, External sector statistics, external sector statistics., Imports, Saint Lucia, St. Lucia imports, validation procedure