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International trade statistics, 3

Business Statistics and Registers

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Kyoto Convention

• The Kyoto Convention defines customs procedures• A customs procedure is a “treatment applied by the

customs to goods which are subject to customs control”• From the statistical point of view, those procedures can be

separated into two categories:(a) Procedures covering goods which are to be included in trade statistics;(b) Procedures covering goods which are to be excluded from those statistics.

• A number of customs procedures imply inclusion in international trade statistics

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Procedures implying inclusion

• Clearance for home use• Outright exportation• Reimportation in the same state• Customs warehouses• Temporary admission for inward processing• Temporary exportation for outward processing• Free zones• Processing of goods for home use• Customs formalities in respect of postal traffic• Urgent consignments

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Procedures implying exclusion• Temporary storage of goods • Commercial means of transport• Customs treatment of stores• Customs transit• Trans-shipment • Temporary admission subject to re-exportation in

the same state• Customs facilities applicable to travelers• Carriage of goods coastwise

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Re-importation in the same state

• Clearance for home use and outright exportation normally do not present special difficulties for statistics

• For reimportation in the same state the problem may be that instead of declaration forms customs may accept a declaration of intended return of the goods

• Goods so declared are normally regarded as procedure “temporary exportation” and should be excluded from trade statistics

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Customs warehousing

• The Kyoto Convention stipulates that national legislation specifies conditions of lodgment and contents of declaration.

• Statisticians should make arrangements with customs to obtain the customs documents or monthly reports on movement of goods.

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Temporary inward processing• The Kyoto Convention stipulates that national

legislation specifies conditions of lodgment and contents of declaration

• In some cases, the authorization granting the procedure and the declaration will be the same as for home use

• Compilers should cooperate with the customs administrations in the harmonization of those declarations

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Temporary outward processing

• The Kyoto Convention recommends that when goods are exported for outward processing, the declaration designed for outright exportation can be used

• The Convention advises that in carrying out that procedure, administrations use an “information document”

• The information document contains statistically important indicators

• Statisticians should obtain completed copies of such information documents and use them as supplementary information

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Free zones• Lodgment of documents in respect of goods brought into

(removed from) free zones are not regulated by the Kyoto Convention

• The Convention recommends only that when a document must be presented the customs shall only require a commercial document

• It is recommended that provisions are made allowing statisticians access to such documents

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Processing for home use

• Statisticians should be aware that the Kyoto Convention accepts approval prior to the lodgment of the declaration if operations are relatively

• In such a case, statisticians should make efforts to obtain the dates of actual border crossing

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Postal traffic

• The Kyoto Convention states that clearance of goods in postal traffic shall be rapid and easy

• With some exceptions, no customs declaration is required

• Statisticians should establish working arrangements with the national postal services to obtain complete information

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Urgent consignments

• The Kyoto Convention stipulates that the goods declaration may be lodged before the arrival of urgent consignments

• Moreover, a simplified goods declaration procedure is possible

• However, subsequent detailed information may be required

• Statisticians should systematically collect this information

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Inspection and examination

• Trade statisticians are normally not aware of customs inspections

• Compilers are encouraged to periodically use non-customs sources to cross-check the reliability of information

• The Kyoto Convention acknowledges the need for the customs to use reference documents

• Examples include import licenses, documentary evidence of origin, health certificates, commercial invoices and transport documents

• Compilers should make standing arrangements with the customs authorities to have access to such documents

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Periodic lodgment

• Frequent exporters or importers may be allowed to lodge a single goods declaration to cover all importations (exportations) for a certain period

• However, the company involved is required to keep proper records

• Customs keeps the right to demand documentation when goods actually cross the border

• Compilers should periodically review such documents

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Information required

• Port of import/export• Date of importation/exportation• Date of lodgment• Importer/exporter• Nature of transaction• Mode of transportation• Carrier identification• Bill of lading/airway bill

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Information required cont’d

• Consignee/consignor• Country of consignment• Customs procedure (regime)• License number • Related party transaction (i.e., one between

parent company or sister company)• Location of domestic consumer/producer• Port of loading/destination• Terms of delivery• Freight

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• Insurance• Unit value• Total value• Customs value• Type of financial

transaction• Unit of account• Statistical value

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• Number and kind of packages

• Marks• Commodity code• Commodity

description and specification

• Gross weight (kg)• Net weight (kg)



• Domestic or foreign goods• Quantity and quantity unit• Country of origin• Country of destination (also called country of

final or ultimate destination)

• Customs declarations may also contain information which can be used to analyze the structure of trade

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