Increasing the relevance of trade statistics

STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation StatisticsSTD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics

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Trade by High-Tech products

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Florian Eberth, STD/SES/TAGS; 1Florian Eberth, STD/SES/TAGS; 1stst WPTGS Meeting 22.-24.09.2008, Paris WPTGS Meeting 22.-24.09.2008, Paris

STD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation StatisticsSTD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation StatisticsSTD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation StatisticsSTD/SES/TAGS – Trade and Globalisation Statistics

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IntroductionIntroduction

• The ITCS database of the OECD is a comprehensive and detailed statistical source for merchandise trade statistics. In addition to the already available analytical extensions of the ITCS (by ICT goods and by ISIC), an extension by an extension by “high-tech-products”“high-tech-products” has been added to the Web Browser Client (WBC) of the ITCS database.

• The classification high tech by product classification high tech by product consists solely of high-technology products (products which are the most technology-intensive). The classification was drawn up by the OECD Secretariat in collaboration with Eurostat in addition to an approach by sectors.


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• Differences to the sectoral approach:– Industries may be very technology-intensive in one country and only

slightly technology-intensive in another. For products, it is inconceivable that the same product should be classified as high-tech in some countries and as medium- or low-tech in others.

– The product approach includes some products which are not as a rule in the sectoral list since they are manufactured by medium-technology sectors.

– It also makes it possible to calculate the true proportion of high technology in a given sector, in the sense that the product approach excludes all products that are not high-tech, even if they are manufactured by high-tech industries.

– Only valid for the high-technology category. For the time being medium-high-, medium-low- and low-tech products are not identified.



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• The list was at first proposed by the OECD Secretariat in 1994 and represented an important first step in this new field and served as the basis for subsequent work. It was originally based on the SITC classification.

• Since 1994 the five-digit foreign trade classification SITC Rev. 3 has been replaced by the six-digit Harmonized System classification six-digit Harmonized System classification (252 HS 6-digit codes are currently allocated as high tech products)



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• A commodity group, named “High Tech Products (HS1996)”, has been added to the “Predefined Favorites” of the Web Browser Client version (WBC) of the ITCS database (see figure 1). The WBC itself is available via OLIS.net.

Data accessData access


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• To enable data queries using this predefined commodity group, it has to be copied into the personal “favorites” of the user first (first time only, log-in with personal login/password is necessary)



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• After the group has been successfully added to the personal favourites, it can be used for each data query within the WBC by selecting this group within the commodity selection frame.



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The chart shows the exports of high-tech products of the OECD top 15 exporters of this type of goods, for 2000 and 2006. All of these countries exported more high-tech products in 2006 as they did in 2000.

The most distinct increases (within these top 15) were observed for the United Kingdom (+125% against 2000), the Netherlands (+125%) and for Switzerland (+108%).

Some resultsSome results

0 40 80 120 160

USA

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

France

Korea, Rep. of

Netherlands

Switzerland

Canada

Mexico

Italy

Belgium

Sweden

Ireland

Finland

Billions

2006

2000

Exports of High-Tech Products of OECD countriesin bn. $US, 2006 vs. 2000

+125%

+125%

+108%


0 40 80 120 160

USA

Germany

United Kingdom

Japan

France

Netherlands

Italy

Mexico

Canada

Korea, Rep. of

Spain

Switzerland

Belgium

Ireland

Australia

Billions

2006

2000

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The ranking of the top 5 importers of the OECD is exactly the same as for the top 5 exporters. All of the 15 OECD countries shown imported more high-tech products in 2006 as they did in 2000 – with one exception: Korea. Korea’s imports of high-tech products decreased by 13% against 2000.

The highest increases of high-tech imports were observed for the Netherlands (+90% against 2000), Germany (+83%) and Spain (+77%).

For seventeen OECD countries , the exports of high-tech products increased more than the respective imports in the same period, while it was the opposite case for the other thirteen countries .

Some results (2)Some results (2)

+90%

+83%

Imports of High-Tech Products of OECD countriesin bn. $US, 2006 vs. 2000

+77%


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Trade by high-tech productsTrade by high-tech products

Questions to delegates:

• How useful do delegates see this special extension by high tech goods?

• Are specific high-tech classifications (OECD’s one or any other one) used on national level, too? If yes, which one?

• Do delegates see a growing demand for high tech statistics, also in conjunction with other classifications?

Questions to delegates:

• How useful do delegates see this special extension by high tech goods?

• Are specific high-tech classifications (OECD’s one or any other one) used on national level, too? If yes, which one?

• Do delegates see a growing demand for high tech statistics, also in conjunction with other classifications?


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Thank you for your attention.

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