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WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION MEASURING TRADE IN SERVICES A training module produced by WTO / OMC Update includes changes in the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 November 2010 Measuring trade in services, a training module for the World Bank Following a request of the World Bank, the first version of the training module "Measuring trade in services" was produced in 2003 by the Economic Research and Statistics Division of the World Trade Organization. Following continuous developments in trade in services, balance of payments and foreign affiliates statistics, this document was revised on a regular basis. The 2010 edition takes into account the recent adoption of various statistical manuals, in particular the 2010 edition of the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services. The WTO Secretariat is very grateful to the participating agencies of the Inter-agency Task Force on Statistics of International Trade in Services who provided material and comments during the preparatory phase of the training module. For further information on this training module or on statistics of international trade in services, please contact [email protected]. © World Trade Organization 2 Measuring trade in services, a training module for the World Bank TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTORY NOTE ................................................................................................................... 5 ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................. 6 I. OVERVIEW ............................................................................................................................. 7 1. SERVICES AND TRADE IN SERVICES IN THE ECONOMY ............................................................... 7 a) Importance of services in the economy....................................................................................... 7 b) Trade in commercial services ..................................................................................................... 9 2. GATS AND MODES OF SUPPLY ................................................................................................. 10 3. THE MANUAL ON STATISTICS OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN SERVICES 2010 ........................ 10 II. STATISTICS OF TRADE IN SERVICES BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND NON-RESIDENTS OF AN ECONOMY .................................................................... 13 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 13 2. PRINCIPLES OF RECORDING ...................................................................................................... 13 a) Transactions and residence of transactors ............................................................................... 13 b) Other principles of recording ................................................................................................... 14 3. THE EXTENDED BALANCE OF PAYMENTS SERVICES CLASSIFICATION 2010 ........................... 14 a) Main principles ......................................................................................................................... 14 b) EBOPS 2010 components ......................................................................................................... 15 4. STATISTICS BY TRADING PARTNER ........................................................................................... 17 5. ALLOCATION OF BOP ITEMS TO MODES OF SUPPLY ................................................................. 17 III. FOREIGN AFFILIATES STATISTICS .............................................................................. 18 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 18 2. PRINCIPLES OF RECORDING ...................................................................................................... 18 a) Enterprises covered in FATS .................................................................................................... 18 b) The notion of control and its implication on the recording of FATS........................................ 19 3. ECONOMIC VARIABLES FOR FATS ........................................................................................... 20 4. ATTRIBUTION (CLASSIFICATION) OF FATS VARIABLES ........................................................... 20 a) Geographical breakdown ......................................................................................................... 20 b) By activity (industry) and by service products ......................................................................... 20 5. FATS AND FDI STATISTICS ...................................................................................................... 21 IV. THE PRESENCE OF NATURAL PERSONS ..................................................................... 23 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 23 2. THE PRESENCE OF NATURAL PERSONS IN GATS ...................................................................... 23 a) Natural persons covered by Mode 4 ......................................................................................... 23 b) “Temporary”: a key issue in the measurement of Mode 4 ....................................................... 24 c) Mode 4 and relations to statistical classifications ................................................................... 24 3. STATISTICS FOR MEASURING MODE 4 ...................................................................................... 24 a) Value of Mode 4 trade: included in BOP statistics on trade in services .................................. 25 b) Number of persons moving in the context of Mode 4: Tourism and migration statistics .................................................................................................................................... 26 V. DATA SOURCES, QUALITY AND DISSEMINATION PRACTICES ........................... 27 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 27 2. MAIN DATA SOURCES FOR BOP STATISTICS............................................................................. 27 a) International Transactions Reporting System .......................................................................... 27 b) Enterprise surveys .................................................................................................................... 27 © World Trade Organization 3 Measuring trade in services, a training module for the World Bank c) Using ITRS or enterprise surveys? ........................................................................................... 28 d) Other sources of information.................................................................................................... 28 3. DATA COLLECTION SYSTEMS FOR FATS .................................................................................. 29 a) Key features for the collection of FATS ................................................................................... 29 b) Examples of country practices .................................................................................................. 29 4. DATA QUALITY ......................................................................................................................... 30 a) BOP asymmetries ..................................................................................................................... 30 b) Data dissemination and metadata ............................................................................................ 30 VI. DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION BY INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ............................................................................ 32 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 32 2. BOP TRADE IN SERVICES DATA AVAILABILITY AND DISSEMINATION ...................................... 32 a) BOP/EBOPS trade in services data ......................................................................................... 32 b) International dissemination of BOP statistics .......................................................................... 33 3. COMMERCIAL PRESENCE: INFORMATION AVAILABLE .............................................................. 34 a) Availability and dissemination of FATS ................................................................................... 34 b) FDI statistics ............................................................................................................................ 35 VII. CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS .............................................................................. 37 1. INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................................... 37 2. THE PHASED APPROACH OF MSITS TO IMPLEMENTATION ....................................................... 37 3. RECENT PROGRESS AND SHORT-TERM PLANS........................................................................... 38 4. PROSPECTS FOR TRADE IN SERVICES STATISTICS .................................................................. 39 a) Areas where improvements are needed ...................................................................................