COMPILATION AND REPORTING PRACTICES

These links provide useful methodological information on how national statistics are compiled, what they cover, how they are valued, how they are disseminated...

• National compilation and reporting practices in international merchandise
  trade statistics (UN).
    

• IMF Special Data Dissemination Standards (SDDS) on merchandise trade
  statistics
    

• IMF General Data Dissemination System (GDDS) on merchandise trade
  statistics
    

• Statistical Territories of the World for use in International Merchandise
  Trade Statistics (UN).
  > Download (pdf format; 501KB)
    

• National Practices in Compilation and Dissemination of External Trade Index Numbers: A Technical Report
  > Download (pdf format; 922KB)
    

• FAO Agricultural Bulletin Board on Data Collection, Dissemination and Quality (ABCDQ)