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TRANSITION
FROM ECONOMIC CENSUS
TO BUSINESS REGISTER
Bünyamin EMİROSMAN
TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
TurkStat
The Second International Workshop on Economic Census
6-9 July 2009
Seoul, Republic of Korea
PRIME MINISTRY REPUBLIC OF TURKEY
TURKISH STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
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Overview of the presentation
A – The Last Economic Census of Turkey
1 – Background
2 – Classification and Statistical Unit
3 – Coverage
4 – History of Economic Census
5 – Organization
6 – Field Application
7 – Data collection and data processing
B – Current Situation: After 2005
1 – New Statistical System of Turkey
2 – Coordination with Eurostat
3 – Business Register (BR)
4 – Other Registers
5 – Annual Industry and Service Statistics (AISS)
6 – Conclusion
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A – The Last Economic Census of Turkey
Background
Turkish Statistical Institute was obliged to conduct in the years
ending with three (for the reference year ending with two) of the
Decree Commanded as Law, No. 219 dated June 8, 1984 and as
stated in the Item 2, Paragraph (d) of the Decree Commanded as
Law, No. 357 dated January 27, 1989.
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A – The Last Economic Census of Turkey
Background
• The main purposes of 2002 General Census of Industry and
Business Establishments are,
• To obtain data for the shaping of the five years development plans
and programs,
• To extract the sector profiles,
• To enable the conduction of to Input – Output and National Income
studies,
• To make supra-national comparisons possible by keeping in line
with international recommendations,
• To obtain data-sets on every non-agricultural sector compliant with
the EU standards,
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Background
• Implementation of a statistical system that utilizes administrative
registers,
• Setting up of a ’’STATISTICAL BUSINESS REGISTERS SYSTEM”
in accordance with the systems used in EU,
• With the help of the register, establishing an updated and reliable
frame and sampling criteria on the basis of legal unit, enterprise and
local unit,
• Structuring of a basis for surveys, regarding statistical units that will
be conducted in intermediate years.
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A – The Last Economic Census of Turkey
Statistical Unit and Classification
Statistical Unit: Statistical Units were enterprise and local unit
(establishment).
Activity Classification: Statistical Classification of Economic
Activities in the European Community (NACE Rev.1) were used.
Regional Classification: NUTS (Nomenclature of Territorial Units
for Statistics) level I, II and III were used. TurkStat has 26 Regional
Offices in NUTS II Level since 2003.
NUTS I
NUTS II
NUTS III
12 Region
26 Region
81 Province
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A – The Last Economic Census of Turkey
Classification and Statistical Unit
Regional Offices of TurkStat in NUTS II Level
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A – The Last Economic Census of Turkey
Coverage
Geographical coverage of the census was the whole Turkey. For the first
time the localities which have population less than 2000 were also included
in this census.
Sectoral coverage: All activities included in NACE Rev.1 divisions from C
to K and from M to O are covered;
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
M
N
O
Mining and quarrying
Manufacturing industry
Electricity, gas and water
Construction and public works
Wholesale and Retail trade
Hotel, restaurant, cafe and pastry shop
Transportation, storage and communications
Financial Intermediation Activities
Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities
Education
Health and Social Work
Other Community, Social and Personal Service Activities
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A – The Last Economic Census of Turkey
History of Economic Census
In Turkey eight censuses were carried out in 1927, 1950, 1963,
1970, 1980, 1985, 1992 and 2002. In future it is not foreseen to
conduct an economic survey.
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A – The Last Economic Census of Turkey
Organization
Prime Ministry Circular 30.07.2002 No B.02.0.PPG.0.12-320-11817 on
the implementation of the General Census of Industry and Business
Establishments was sent to relevant institutions and organizations.
Following the Prime Ministry Circular;
• Province Census Committees under presidency of Province
Governors and their deputies in all provinces,
• County Census Committees under presidency of District Governors
in all counties and
• Census Bureaus in all provinces and 243 counties were founded.
Authorized staff of the relevant institutions and organizations was
commissioned in these Committees and field organization of the
Census was achieved through high collaboration.
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Organization
Cooperating / supporting institutions and organizations were:
• Ministry of Finance: Giving efficient support for the implementation of the Census by
helping with the usage of its administrative records, province and county organization
of MoF provided coordination with tax and finance offices to which taxpayers are
registered in case of a problem in fieldwork.
• Ministry of Industry and Trade: Province and county organization have been active
participants and helped with the usage of their records.
• Ministry of the Interior: Having been commissioned as the president of the Census
Committees, Province and District Governors managed to achieve success in
preparation studies before the Census, during the Census, and in transmitting the
results to the center in the aftermath of the Census. Assistance from Municipalities
was demanded on administrative records, when necessary.
• Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs: Implementation and organization of the
Census for businesses in villages with less than 2000 population and without a
municipal body have been achieved through cooperation with Province and County
Agriculture Directorates. County Agriculture Directors were trained on questionnaires
and were held responsible for the training of their staff
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Field Application
• The Census was carried out according to street-scanning method.
– In the beginning, each business in streets was enumerated by
using building tables maps and plats.
– All of establishments in the coverage of Building Tables were
enumerated by using administrative registers (MoF).
– In order to assure consistency, Tax numbers from the record of
Ministry of Finance (MoF) were matched by computers in
Province Census Bureaus with the ones in the questionnaires
filled in the local units.
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Field Application
• Questionnaires for those whose activities is not in a stationary
workplace, for instance hawkers, stallholders, individual goods and
passenger transporters, whose registered address in MoF records
appears as their home address, were filled in their home address.
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Data collection and data processing
The questionnaire contained 31 questions on identification variables,
address variables, stratification variables, relationships, ownership,
activities, economic figures etc. Filled questionnaires first collected
in census bureaus and the comparison with MoF registers were
done immediately by computer based programme. All
questionnaires sent to the Head Quarter where all were scanned
and automatically stored in database. Checks were realized and
data were evaluated.
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B – Current Situation: After 2005
New Statistical System of Turkey
• Statistics Law of Turkey entered into force in 10/11/2005 to comply
with the EU regulations and national needs,
• This law re-organized the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat).
• Official Statistics Programme and Statistical Council was established.
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New Statistical System of Turkey
The Official Statistics Programme establishes the framework for
official statistics that shall be produced on subjects required at national
and international level. Censuses and surveys are carried out within the
framework of this Programme.
Taking into account the existing resources, the burden on the
respondents and the cost-benefit analysis, the Programme covers
statistics needed to determine and monitor the situations of the country
in the fields of economy, social issues, demography, culture,
environment, science, technology and any other required areas.
The Programme is drafted by the TurkStat for a term of five years in line
with the advisory comments of the Statistical Council and submitted to
the Council of Ministers. The Programme shall be put into effect upon
the publication of the decision of the Council of Ministers in the Official
Gazette.
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New Statistical System of Turkey
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The main duty of the Statistics Council is to advise on the
development and implementation of the Programme and on the
production and use of official statistics; to determine and assess the
areas in which official statistics are needed and to provide opinions
and suggestions for future works to be carried out.
•
The President of Turkish Statistical Institute is the chair of the
Council which consists of various official institutes, organizations and
non-governmental organizations. The Law foresees that the Council
meets at least once a year.
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B – Current Situation: After 2005
New Statistical System of Turkey
• In order to be used for the production of official statistics, the
institutions and organizations are obliged to submit or open to use of
the TurkStat the records and other administrative data files.
• Institutions and organizations are obliged to establish, update and
open to the statistical use of the Presidency their national register
systems regarding their working areas in line with the standards
defined by the Presidency.
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B – Current Situation: After 2005
New Statistical System of Turkey
• There is not any statement for economic census or any other census
to conduct specific years in the Statistics Law of Turkey. If an
economic census needs to be conduct it will be evaluated in the
Statistical Council, but it is not foreseen that to conduct an
economic survey in Turkey.
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Coordination with Eurostat
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•
•
TurkStat has applied EU project named Upgrading the Statistical System of
Turkey (USST) Phase I and II since 2006.
The objective of the project is to upgrade the Statistical System of Turkey
according to EU standards on the methodology and quality of compiling and
processing statistical information and to ensure the efficient coordination by
the TurkStat.
Improvement of Business Register and Business Statistics are the main
component of the both project.
Study visits, abroad trainings, local trainings, local meeting, workshops, and
data collection grant are realized by the projects.
Project
Duration
Budget (M€)
USST Phase I
(2003-2006)
15,3
USST Phase II
(2007-2009)
5,3
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B – Current Situation: After 2005
Business Register (BR)
• Ministry of Finance records are the main administrative source.
• 2002 General Census of Industry and Business Establishments
results and MoF records were checked and matched.
• Also, the multi-unit enterprises control forms were included in 2002
Annual Industry and Service Statistics application.
• Legal units, Enterprises (under assumption of LeU=Ent), Local units
are used in Business Register.
• All activities except A,B and L are included.
• The BR data is kept historically.
• Updates are realized by MoF records and annual inquiries.
• The results of Annual Industry and Service Statistics inquiries are
also be used.
• Business Demography Statistics will be produced by BR.
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Framework of the BR
Input
Input
Ministry of Finance Records
General Census of Businesses
Input
Other sources
Input and Output
Business Register
Beside public sources
(telefon books etc)
plans to use:
- Data from union of chambers
- Data from Min. of Labour
Business surveys
Output
Tabulations
e.g. National accounts,
demography
The arrows refer to the main interfaces
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MoF Records
MB_BGERCEK
MB_BADI
Business Register
MB_BTUZEL
BR_ENT_GROUP
P8
P3
MB_BSTUZELO
RTAKLARI
MB_BSTUZELY
ONETICILERI
MB_
BLTDTOAS
P6
BR_LEGAL_UNIT
MB_
BMUKBLG
BR_LOCAL_UNIT
MB_BISCI_
SAYISI
BR_LU_ADDRESS
MB_
BSICILADRES
BR_KAU
P2
MB_
BMESLEK
KODU
BR_ADDRESS
BR_ENTERPRISE
P1
MB_BKIMLIK
P7
P5
BR_LU_EMP
BR_LKAU
P4
BR_LKAU_EMP
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Business Register (BR)
Outputs of The BR
• Used as a Sampling frame for Annual Surveys such as AISS,
PRODCOM, ICT, CIS …
• And also for STS,
• Limited data producing such as number of enterprise by activity and
provinces.
• Business Demography Statistics will be produced end of this year.
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Other registers
•
National Address Database and Address Based Population
Register System constructed in 2007 by the organization of
TurkStat with the help of Ministry Interior and other related
institutions.
•
In every year end of January the population of the Turkey declared
by TurkStat with the help of this System.
Date
Population of Turkey
31.12.2007
70.586.256
31.12.2008
71.517.100
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B – Current Situation: After 2005
Annual Survey
Purpose of Annual Industry and Service Statistics (AISS)
• To determine structure of industry and service sector which
constitutes important part of national economy and changes of the
country's social and economic structure,
• To compile data to determine structure of the sectors,
• To compile data for international comparison and to meet national
and international demand for data,
• To make available international statistical comparisons,
• To compile sector based data compatible with EU Structural
Business Statistics regulations.
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Annual Survey
Sectoral Coverage of AISS
• All activities included in NACE Rev.1.1. divisions from C to K and
from M to O are covered. To compile data to determine structure
of the sectors,
Geographical coverage:
• Regardless of the population size all province and district centers
and municipalities are covered. Gas stations and organized
industrial regions in interurban roads are covered.
• All the enterprises and their local units those are covered by sectoral
coverage.
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B – Current Situation: After 2005
Annual Survey
• Estimation dimension: The aim of AISS is to produce information
based on enterprise and local unit. For all sectors, statistics in terms
of enterprise NACE 4-digit level and in terms of local units NACE 2digit level regional estimations are produced.
• Full enumeration limits: After estimation dimensions and the
structure of the sectors are taken into consideration during the
studies of AISS, full enumeration limits are determined as follows:
§ All enterprises having 20+ employees,
§ In terms of sectors, some NACE 4 digit activities are
covered by full enumeration.
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Annual Survey
•
Sampling frame from BR and Sampling Size for AISS in year 2003-2008
Year
Frame (BR) Sampling
Full
Enumeration
Total
Sampling Size
Estimation
Level
2003
1.872.701
38.310
44.841
83.151
4 - digit
2004
2.418.979
37.548
51.961
89.509
4 - digit
2005
2.932.914
9.593
65.012
74.605
2 - digit
2006
2.978.514
38.106
63.879
101.985
4 - digit
2007
2.982.108
38.248
61.504
99.752
4 - digit
2008
3.101.506
38.165
61.815
99.980
4 - digit
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Annual Survey
Some variables compiled in AISS
• Turnover
• Production value
• Gross investment in tangible goods
• Value-added at factor cost
• Total purchases of goods and services
• Change in stocks of goods and services
• Number of persons employed
• Wages and salaries
• Social security costs
• Number of hours worked by employees
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B – Current Situation: After 2005
Annual Survey
Results of AISS 2003-2006
Basic indicators on enterprises from AISS
Number of
Turkey enterprises
Production value
Turnover (YTL)
(YTL)
Value-added at
factor cost (YTL)
Number of
persons
employed
Wages and
salaries (YTL)
2003
1 740 353
748 289 918 232
436 555 647 063
143 318 607 847
6 673 968
40 765 120 372
2004
2 002 834
1 047 056 650 467
557 320 217 178
174 004 663 245
7 541 452
52 875 372 572
2005
2 393 578
1 192 635 869 805
658 081 304 144
185 797 967 886
8 939 894
64 323 071 546
2006
2 473 841
1 383 759 222 784
791 339 863 468
210 976 441 499
9 419 476
74 326 120 897
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Conclusion
The aims of TurkStat in business statistics are;
• to finalize establishment of statistical Business Register,
• to decrease response burden and production cost,
• to use more administrative records/data instead of survey,
• to increase data quality and timeliness,
• to adapt European Statistical System.
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