National Practices in Compilation and Dissemination of External Trade Index Numbers: A Technical Report
National Practices in Compilation and Dissemination of External Trade Index Numbers: A Technical Report
United Nations | ISBN 9211614732 | 2005-10-01 | PDF | 100 pages | 870 kb
This report describes national practices in compilation of external trade index numbers for 76 countries and one customs union. The report covers such topics as index numbers series produced, source of data, calculation methods, limitation of indices produced, release dates, revision policy, dissemination information, index compilation agency and contact information. The introduction provides an overview of the current practices. The detailed descriptions are contained in the main part of the report.