TEC Jon Mortensen EU Twinning Project Globalisation Statistics

TEC Jon Mortensen EU Twinning Project: Globalisation Statistics Copenhagen, 25 August 2015

Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (TEC) Datasets are compiled by linking micro data from trade registers with business registers Aims at describing trade flows from the view point of enterprises: Question is not “what do countries trade? ” but “what kind of enterprises trade? ” (size, activity, ownership etc. ) http: //ec. europa. eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index. php/International_trade_by_enterprise_characteristics 2

TEC: project history First discussions started in late 1990 s However, more concrete objectives and methodological development during last 10 years Methodology and indicators developed by Eurostat in co-operation with the EU Member States The revised Intrastat and Extrastat Regulations include a module on TEC Mandatory compilation from reference year 2009 Currently data from 2009 - 2012 § 2005 - 2008 data collected on voluntary basis § 3

TEC: indicators Mandatory § § § Trade by activity (NACE) and enterprise size class Concentration of trade by activity Trade by partner country and activity Trade by number of partner countries and activity Trade by commodity (CPA) and activity Voluntary § § § Trade by type of trader (one-way, two way) Trade by ownership Trade by export intensity Trade by activity sectors Trade by partner countries and size-class 4

TEC: General findings Trade is concentrated among large firms CYP LVA EST NLD LUX GRC LTA SLV PRT ITA 0 -9 ESP 10 -49 CZE SVK MLT DEU DNK 50 -249 AUT 250+ BGR GBR HUN FRA POL TUR SWE ROM CAN USA FIN 0% 100% (export value by firm size class in employees) Unknown 5

TEC: Danish results Number of Danish enterprises with trade/ percentage of total 60000 20% 18% 50000 16% 14% 40000 Import 12% Export 30000 2011 2012 2013 10% 8% 20000 6% 4% 10000 2% 0% 0 2011 2012 2013 Export Import 6

TEC: Danish results – Exporters by size-class 100% 90% 80% 70% Unknown 60% 250 or more 50% 50 -249 40% 10 -49 employees 30% 0 -9 employees 20% 10% 0% Enterprises Value 7

What about Ukraine? Number of danish enterprises trading with Ukraine (2013) Exporters Total Top 5 industries Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products Manufacture of food products 779 259 112 83 44 38 Importers Total Top 5 industries Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles Manufacture of machinery and equipment n. e. c. Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE 315 111 29 27 17 16 8

Future/FRIBS Still negotiated but… § SDMX (from 2015? ) § Early publication of preliminary data to be revised later - Currently t+18 months, may become t+10 and t+16 § Voluntary tables may become mandatory § Trade in services (STEC) TEC likely to become more important/ attract more focus (from Eurostat, other DCs, OECD) … …and more demanding to compile 9

TEC: General challenges Methodological issues § Complex enterprises, demographic events analytical pitfalls Revisions § Time consuming as tables are “handmade” Confidentiality § Non-automated, time consuming, sensitive to multidimensional disaggregation Data timeliness § t+18, t+10? , t+16? , Quality? Resources § No additional burden on reporters. Producers, however… 10

How to compile TEC: Data Sources (Compilers Guide p. 47) 11

How to compile TEC: Populations (Compilers Guide p. 32) 12

How to compile TEC: Futher steps (Compilers Guide p. 48) Third step: Tables § See excel sheet Fouth step: Complete the collection template § See excel sheet Fifth step: confidentiality Sixth step: transmission to Eurostat 13

TEC: What can you do? … 14