Balance of Payments Vademecum
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EUROPEAN COMMISSION EUROSTAT Directorate C: Macro-economic statistics Unit C-5: Integrated global accounts and Balance of Payments Directorate G: Business and trade statistics Unit G-6: Trade in services; Globalisation BBAALLAANNCCEE OOFF PPAAYYMMEENNTTSS VVAADDEEMMEECCUUMM UPDATE: DECEMBER 2018 1 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT ........................................................................................................................................ 4 2. CHANGES FROM THE PREVIOUS VERSION (DECEMBER 2017) ............................................................................. 5 3. BOP, ITSS AND FDI STAFF IN EUROSTAT ..................................................................................................................... 8 4. DATA TRANSMISSION .................................................................................................................................................... .. 11 4.1 Timetable and revision policy .................................................................................................................................................... 13 4.2 Data transmission guidelines ...................................................................................................................................................... 14 4.2.1 Which data format? .............................................................................................................................................. 14 4.2.2 Where to send data? .............................................................................................................................................. 14 4.2.3 How to send data? ................................................................................................................................................ 14 4.2.4 How many data files .............................................................................................................................................. 18 4.2.5 Which DSI (Data Set Identification)? ................................................................................................................... 18 4.2.6 Uniqueness of the key ............................................................................................................................................ 18 4.2.7 Which sign convention? ....................................................................................................................................... 19 4.2.8 Which unit multiplier? .......................................................................................................................................... 19 4.2.9 What about empty cells? ....................................................................................................................................... 20 4.2.10 How to deal with confidential data? ..................................................................................................................... 20 4.2.11 Signalling single major events and significant revisions ....................................................................................... 22 4.2.12 Bilateral data added to Geo4 .................................................................................................................................. 22 4.2.13 Geographical breakdown of merchanting .............................................................................................................. 22 4.2.14 Guidelines for the Financial Account and International Investment Position items ............................................... 22 4.2.15 Guidelines for FDI items ....................................................................................................................................... 23 4.2.16 Data quality controls .............................................................................................................................................. 25 5. DATA QUESTIONNAIRES ................................................................................................................................................. 27 Questionnaire T1 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 28 Questionnaire T2.1 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 32 Questionnaire T2.2 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 46 Memorandum items to IIP ................................................................................................................................................................. 59 Questionnaire T3 ............................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Questionnaire T4.1 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 66 Questionnaire T4.2 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 68 Questionnaire T4.3 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 70 Questionnaire T5.1 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 72 Questionnaire T5.2 ............................................................................................................................................................................ 74 6. CODE LISTS RELATED TO DIMENSIONS AND ATTRIBUTES ................................................................................ 76 6.1 BOP DSD dimensions ................................................................................................................................................................ 77 6.2 BOP DSD attributes ................................................................................................................................................................... 80 6.3 FDI DSD dimensions ................................................................................................................................................................. 82 6.4 FDI DSD attributes .................................................................................................................................................................... 83 APPENDIX 1 Integrity rules for data transmission .................................................................................................................. 84 APPENDIX 2 Reference area requirements ............................................................................................................................... 91 APPENDIX 3 Levels of geographical breakdown ...................................................................................................................... 92 APPENDIX 4 Contents of country codes .................................................................................................................................... 98 APPENDIX 5 BOP, ITSS and FDI geographical zones ........................................................................................................... 101 APPENDIX 6 BOP, ITSS and FDI economic zones ................................................................................................................. 105 APPENDIX 7 List of offshore financial centres (breakdown of R12) .................................................................................... 111 APPENDIX 8 List of units of measurement ............................................................................................................................. 112 APPENDIX 9 Institutional sector breakdown levels ............................................................................................................... 113 APPENDIX 10 Economic activity levels ................................................................................................................................... 114 APPENDIX 11 List of international organisations .................................................................................................................. 116 APPENDIX 12 Examples of SDMX-EDI (GESMES/TS) and SDMX-ML messages ............................................................ 119 ANNEXES: ANNEX 1 BOP_DSD_V1.10 ANNEX 2 FDI_DSD_V1.6 ANNEX 3 BOP, IIP, ITSS AND FDI QUESTIONNAIRES 3 1. PURPOSE OF THE DOCUMENT The data published by Eurostat for Balance of Payments, International Investment Position, International Trade in Services and Foreign Direct Investment Statistics are mostly based on the data transmissions by the EU Member States and other European countries. The BOP Vademecum is the reference document for the data transmission addressed to the national compilers. Its main purpose is to specify Eurostat's needs and assist the national compilers in fulfilling them. The BOP Vademecum reflects requirements laid down