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Title: COMPILATION OF INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE STATISTICS (IMTS) IN BOTSWANA


1
COMPILATION OF INTERNATIONAL MERCHANDISE TRADE
STATISTICS (IMTS) IN BOTSWANA
  • Prepared for
  • Experts Group Meeting On the Compendium of Intra
    African Related Trade Statistics
  • 5-7 October 2011 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • By
  • Onneetse Gaosekelwe
  • Principal Statistician
  • External Trade Statistics
  • Central Statistics Office BOTSWANA

2
Outline
  • Introduction
  • Institutional arrangement
  • Experience and Practice
  • Challenges
  • Conclusion

3
Introduction
  • Purpose of the presentation
  • To share Botswanas experience in compilation of
    international Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS)
  • Specifically looking at
  • Current Institutional Arrangement
  • Experience and Practice
  • Challenges
  • Conclusion

4
Institutional Arrangement
  • Customs Excise Mandate
  • Collect duties related to trade, including
    customs and excise duties
  • Collect and capture all raw data on external
    trade transactions
  • Has to ensure that all transactions are lodged
    correctly so as to collect correct revenue
  • Passes electronic data on monthly basis for
    compilation of international merchandise trade
    statistics

5
  • Central Statistics Office
  • Only government department mandated to compile
    official statistics including IMTS
  • Ensures the necessary confidentiality in
    compilation of all statistical information
  • Adheres to UNSD guidelines on compilation of IMTS

6
  • Central Statistics Office Continued
  • Aware Customs data may not cover complete IMTS
    but currently no other sources used
  • Currently no Memorandum of Agreement with Customs
    Excise but supply of raw data running smoothly

7
  • Experience Practice
  • Uses raw data provided by Customs
  • Receives data from computerized borders not later
    than 15th of the month following the reference
    period
  • Data captured using HS 2007 at eight digits
  • Data processed using Eurotrace for Windows

8
  • Experience Practice Continued
  • UNSD guidelines in IMTS compilation followed and
    inclusions exclusions observed
  • Errors corrected working hand in hand with
    customs officials
  • Data disseminated by HS 2007, SITC BEC Rev 4
    classificasions

9
  • Experience Practice Continued
  • Dissemination through three reports
  • External Trade monthly Digest released within
    eight weeks after reference period
  • External Trade Quarterly Digest released 90 days
    after reference period
  • External Trade Annual Report released six months
    after reference period

10
  • Experience Practice Contd
  • The three reports posted on the CSO website
    (www.cso.gov.bw)
  • Data also availed to users in various formats
    according to their specific requests
  • Main users include Ministry of Trade Industry,
    Ministry of Agriculture, Division of Customs
    Excise, Bank of Botswana and international
    organizations and the public at large

11
  • Challenges
  • Staff exodus leading to few experienced staff
    being moved around quite often
  • Officers not able to stay enough time with the
    Unit to fully understand concepts definitions
    of IMTS
  • Inadequate knowledge of Eurotrace by IT staff
  • Poor quality of quantity data

12
  • Challenges Continued
  • Misclassification of commodities
  • Under reporting of values so as to pay low duties
  • Smuggling of goods to evade paying taxes

13
  • Conclusion
  • Botswana now able to compile timely comparable
    IMTS as a result of integrating with the world
    through attending regional international
    workshops
  • Transformation of CSO to semi autonomous
    organization (Statistics Botswana )will assist
    in attracting retaining skilled personnel
  • Thank you for your attention
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