ADDIS ABEBA, ETHIOPIA5 – 7 OCTOBER 2011

BY E.LUKSHMUDU

SENIOR STATISTICAL OFFICERSTATISTICS MAURITIUS

DATA DISSEMINATIONPublications of Trade Statistics comprise mainly an

annual report with detailed trade data, a quarterly report and a Monthly Bulletin giving an overview of trade. These are :

The annual Digest of External Trade Statistics The quarterly Economic and Social Indicator

andThe Monthly Trade Statistics

MONTHLY TRADE STAISTICSOverview of TradeTotal exports with components of Domestic

exports, Re-exports and Ship’s Stores & Bunkers

Total ImportsBalance of visible tradeTotal exports by section for reference month,

previous & corresponding months Total Imports by section for reference month,

previous & corresponding monthsImports & Exports by main trading partners

Quarterly Trade IndicatorQuarterly publications

The quarterly report on External Trade comprises among other things:

Summary of External trade indicating quarterly and yearly :

Total exports, Domestic Exports , Re-exports and Ship’s Stores & Bunkers

Total Imports

Balance of Visible Trade

  

Quarterly Trade IndicatorImports/exports by commodity/section

Imports/exports by country

Trade with International or Regional Organisations such as ACP, SADC, COMESA etc.

  

Digest of Trade StatisticsSummary of External Trade

Annual report with detailed trade data

(SITC section, divisions and groups)

Imports/exports by country

Trade with International or Regional Organisations such as ACP, SADC, COMESA etc.

Other publications

o Annual Digest of Statisticso Mauritius in figureso Five-year series of detailed trade data by

HS/SITC and countryo Quarterly trade series including the

trade balance o All these publications are posted on the

Statistics Mauritius website.

Publications Publication Programme available on the Statistics

Mauritius website indicating the period covered and date of release of

Economic and Social Indicators.  

Monthly : 7 weeks after reference month Quarterly: 2 months after reference month Yearly : 9 months after reference year

 

Users of trade statisticsThe main users are :Government bodiesInternational and Economic OrganisationsResearchersStudentsPrivate Organisations /Investors Bank of MauritiusConsultantsEmbassies

SuccessesTimeliness

Data quality

Publications on website

Institutional arrangements

User satisfaction

Connected on line with Customs Department

METADATAMethodology for International Trade

Statistics appears in Data Quality Assessment Framework(DQAF).

It is available on Statistics Mauritius website: http//statsmauritius.gov.mu

IMPROVEMENTS

Historical Trade series by section and main commodities

Historical Trade series by Country

Trade by mode of transport (IMTS 2010)

ChallengesImplementation of E-Business Plan as

objectives of further improvement in :Data qualityTimeliness

Implementations of IMTS 2010