Trade in Services Agreement (TiSA) Negotiations: Overview ...
Trade in Services - Overview
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Trade in Services - OverviewTrade in Services - Overview
Kevin B. ArmbristerKevin B. ArmbristerAssistant StatisticianAssistant Statistician
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Major Categories of Trade in Major Categories of Trade in ServicesServices
TransportationTransportation TravelTravel Insurance ServicesInsurance Services Construction ServicesConstruction Services Royalties and Licence FeesRoyalties and Licence Fees Offshore Companies Local Offshore Companies Local
Expenses Expenses Government Government Other ServicesOther Services
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Air ArrivalsAir Arrivals• Stopover ArrivalsStopover Arrivals• Day ArrivalsDay Arrivals
Sea TravelersSea Travelers• Cruise ArrivalsCruise Arrivals• Cruise-Stopover ArrivalsCruise-Stopover Arrivals
TravelTravel
Travel DebitTravel Debit
Personal Personal Travel Travel StudentsStudentsBusiness Business TravelersTravelersMedical Medical PatientsPatients
Visitor Visitor TravelTravel Travel CreditTravel Credit
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Official Source of Travel CreditOfficial Source of Travel CreditMinistry of Tourism Ministry of Tourism
•Exit SurveyExit Survey•Hotel Performance RecordsHotel Performance Records•Survey of Industry ActivitiesSurvey of Industry Activities
Official Source of Travel DebitOfficial Source of Travel DebitExchange Control RecordsExchange Control Records
Source of DataSource of Data
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Transportation Services - Coverage in Transportation Services - Coverage in Balance of Payments of the Balance of Payments of the BahamasBahamas
Transportation by AirTransportation by Air
Transportation by SeaTransportation by Sea
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TransportationTransportation
Passenger ServicesPassenger Services
Freight and Insurance Freight and Insurance ServicesServices
Port and Handling ChargesPort and Handling Charges
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MainMain data source for Transportation: data source for Transportation:
•SurveyAirlines Companies
Domestic AirlinesAgents for Foreign Airlines
Shipping CompaniesDomestic Shipping CompaniesForeign Shipping Companies
•Exchange Control Records
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ConstructionConstructionConstruction: Coverage in the Bahamas’s Construction: Coverage in the Bahamas’s balance of paymentsbalance of payments
Resident CompaniesResident Companies Foreign Contractors working for local Foreign Contractors working for local companiescompanies
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Main data source for Construction:
Survey Direct Company Survey
Exchange Control Records
Bahamas Investment Authority
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ConstructionConstruction
DebitDebitNon-resident contractors Non-resident contractors
CreditCreditNot considered an issue since the Not considered an issue since the
early 50s/60searly 50s/60s
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Advantages and Advantages and DisadvantagesDisadvantages
of Present Systemof Present System Exchange Control Records Exchange Control Records
Ability to capture transactionsAbility to capture transactions Reported revenue from hotels and Reported revenue from hotels and
agentsagents Immigration records at point of entryImmigration records at point of entry Availability of timely dataAvailability of timely data Lack of empirical studies on available Lack of empirical studies on available
datadata
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Insurances ServicesInsurances Services Reinsurance premiumsReinsurance premiums Transportation InsuranceTransportation Insurance Non-merchandise insuranceNon-merchandise insurance
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Royalties and License Royalties and License feesfees Franchise fees Franchise fees Asset titlesAsset titles
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Government n.i.eGovernment n.i.e EmbassiesEmbassies ConsulatesConsulates Military basesMilitary bases
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Other Supporting Other Supporting AgenciesAgencies Department of StatisticsDepartment of Statistics Ministry of FinanceMinistry of Finance Ministry of Financial ServicesMinistry of Financial Services Ministry of TourismMinistry of Tourism The Department of Agriculture and The Department of Agriculture and
FisheriesFisheries Hotel Corporation of the BahamasHotel Corporation of the Bahamas
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Plans for ImprovementPlans for Improvement Review of National PresentationReview of National Presentation Validation of DataValidation of Data Empirical AnalysisEmpirical Analysis Reporting conventionsReporting conventions Greater coordination efforts between Greater coordination efforts between
agenciesagencies
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