The OECD-UNSD Trade
System – A Progress
Report
OECD Trade Experts Meeting – September 2007
Introduction
Presentation to cover:
• Progress on the Joint OECD/UNSD Trade System since
2006 Experts Meeting
• The COPRA processing module
• Automating Data Flows with SDMX
• Trade data in OECD.Stat
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The OECD/UNSD joint Trade System – to recap
• Common application was jointly developed for processing
OECD and UNSD Trade data.
• OECD processes member country data
• UNSD processes data received from OECD
• Data is exchanged between the organisations to
complete each organisations database content.
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The system represents a major investment from both IT
and substance in last 5 years
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The Common Processing Application (COPRA)
• Application software for managing all steps of
International Commodity Statistics processing from Data
Capture to Dissemination
• COPRA developments jointly by UNSD and OECD
• Common processing rules by OECD and UNSD permit
fully harmonized data
• Resource savings in countries and in IO’s through joint
venture
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Automating Data Flows with SDMX
• SDMX used in transfer of data between OECD and
UNSD
• OECD encourages member countries to provide data in
SDMX format
• OECD provides a basic tool for generating SDMX via an
Excel macro
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The OECD.Stat Data Warehouse
• Access to all datasets using Theme, Search and Saved
Queries
• Access to all metadata closely integrated with the data
• Bulk Extracts of data in CSV format
• Multi-Dataset queries to combine data from multiple
views
• Trade Data available includes ITCS, Monthly Trade,
Trade in Services, Trade Indicators, Balance of
Payments
• Data can be extracted as SDMX
OECD.Stat Content
500+ datasets and views covering all subjects available
within OECD Secretariat and to Member countries (via
OLISNet)
250+ limited datasets and views (“core views”) covering
most subjects available to general public via internet:
http://stats.oecd.org/wbos/default.aspx
OECD.Stat SDMX outputs
A Web Service is available to extract data in SDMX format via
a query
OECD.Stat SDMX outputs
contact us for further information:
OECDdotStat@OECD.Org
Thank you ...
Trevor.Fletcher@OECD.org
questions & answers ...