WTO: 2007 NEWS ITEMS
Also available electronically is an updated 揟rade Profiles? which offers a quick but comprehensive look at WTO members?trade statistics and policy measures and those of countries negotiating WTO membership.
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International Trade Statistics 2007
The new edition of 揑nternational Trade
Statistics?has been restructured. It now contains chapters on
developments in world trade, merchandise trade by product and trade
in commercial services by category. A chapter on 搈etadata?
(technical notes and explanations) explains the concepts and
definitions used to compile the statistics. The comprehensive
appendix section includes tables with full time series data up to
2006.
The content of this new edition has also been expanded to meet
increasing demand for data on international trade in services. It
includes information on individual service sectors and bilateral
trade flows. The revamped presentation includes new table layouts
and highlighted messages as introductions to each of the chapters.
On the WTO website, this publication and its data are now ?or soon
will be ?available free electronically in three forms:
Charts and tables from the book in spreadsheet (MS Excel) format
Statistics in a searchable database
By the end of November 2007, as an electronic version (pdf format) of the forthcoming book. Initially this is only available in English, but shortly in French and Spanish as well.
Printed versions will be distributed in early December and can be ordered on the WTO website. The price is 50.00 CHF.
Trade Profiles 2007
These 揟rade Profiles?are about individual countries. They combine information on trade flows and trade policy measures for WTO members, observers and other selected economies. The information is retrieved from various WTO divisions and external sources and presented in a standardized format for quick reference. The indicators are divided into five categories:
Basic economic indicators ? population, gross domestic product, current account balance, etc.
Trade policy indicators ?specific WTO relevant information, including tariff binding information, import duties collected in total tax revenue, the number of dispute rulings (complainant, defendant), notifications outstanding and contingency measures in force.
Merchandise trade indicators (customs-based statistics) ?information on total trade flows broken down by broad product categories and major origins and destinations.
Commercial services indicators (balance of payments based statistics) ?trends in total trade flows and a breakdown by major components.
Industrial property indicators ? annual number of patents granted and marks registered in the name of residents and non-residents in the economy.
On the WTO website, the trade profiles are now available free electronically in two forms:
As a complete set of profiles as downloadable Excel spreadsheets
In a searchable database
Printed versions will be distributed in early
December and can be ordered
on the WTO website. The price is
30.00 CHF.
?Metadata: explanatory notes and other technical details for statistical tables (literally, a set of data that describes and gives information about other data).
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