SIMSTAT exchange of microdata on intraEU trade Eurostat

SIMSTAT exchange of micro-data on intra-EU trade Eurostat – DIME/ITDG SG 18 of Novemeber – item 14 Unit B 3: IT for statistical production Unit G 5: Goods – production and international trade

Why SIMSTAT - Principles § Creation of an additional data source by making the exchange of micro-data on intra-EU exports among Member States compulsory § Strongly simplify the reporting requirements for MS on the import side. MS may decide to what extent these data are used together with other sources in the compilation of the imports § Enhance the quality of statistical information on the export side. § In addition, this will work as an enabler for countries to reduce their surveys on the intra-EU import side

Pilot Exchange § A pilot exchange of trader-level micro-data on intra-EU exports took place during the period April 2015 – October 2015 § 20 Member States participated in the pilot exchange § During this period the participating MSs exchanged microdata for the reference period: 2013, 2014 and January – August 2015 (32 months). § Revisions of the monthly data were also exchanged

Pilot Exchange SIMSTAT HUB Sending MS Secure Area MS 1 send data Receiving MS request data PORTAL send data VALIDATION request data send data MS 2 DATABASE MS … send data SECURE NETWORK send data request data send data MSs have access only to those data which are addressed to them

Inbox Portal Inbox Hub Decryption Submit Outbox Applet Split DB Storage Data supplier Data HUB Data receiver Applet Communication Component Validation Communication Component Inbox Outbox

SIMSTAT traffic statistics

SIMSTAT processing statistics

SIMSTAT lessons learnt § Close co-operation between business people and IT staff needed for the success of the project § Distributed service desk operational and providing support to the users § Regular monitoring from Eurostat and DG TAXUD to ensure the correct operation of the infrastructure § Further improvements required for optimising the resources needed for the data exchange

SIMSTAT – Next steps § Some MSs will continue exchanging micro-data on voluntary basis after the end of the pilot § 3 new MSs requested for CCN connection § Performance of the system will be improved further, in particular: Ø Automatic transmission Ø Email notification Ø Transmission of additional data

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