INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS MOZAMBIQUE

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1 INTERNATIONAL TRADE STATISTICS ETHIOPIA, ADDIS ABABA: 12 th 16 th MAY, 2014 MOZAMBIQUE By: ADELINO NHANCALE & ABDUL ZACARIAS 1

2 Outlines of Presentation Coverage Data Sources Quantity and Quality Information Data collection Balance of Payments Constraints Successes Challenges 20/05/2014 2

3 National Institute of Statistics Is the entity responsible for collecting, processing and dissemination of the official Foreign Statistics of goods in Mozambique. 3

4 Coverage Record all goods which add to or subtract from the stock of material resources of a country by entering (import) or leaving (export) its economic territory included in the international merchandise trade statistics (IMTS).

(import) or leaving (export) its economic territory

5 Data Sources i. Main source Customs officer ii. Secondary source Electricity Enterprise import of electricity; Petroleum Company import and export of fuels; MOZAL import raw material and export aluminium; SASOL for the export of natural gas; National Institute of Cotton (export); National Distributor of Sugar (export); Bank of Mozambique. 5

import and export of fuels; MOZAL import raw material and export aluminium; SASOL for

6 Data collection Collection of the forms by Customs Agents from Clearency Agents, Data entry of the forms at Customs Office, Reception of the data base. construction of an independent data base. selection of the useful fields for the production of the statistics of foreign trade. 6

of the data base. construction of an independent data base.

7 Data collection (cont) Analysis of the consistence of the currency and exchanges rate, combination of the regime and CPC, origin and destiny countries. 7

8 Balance of Payments The Central Bank has legal authority for collecting information to produce official statistics concerning Balance of Payments; 2013 Migration from BPM5 Methodology to BPM6 and the data are compiled and published according to BPM6 since Q

Balance of Payments; 2013 Migration from BPM5 Methodology to BPM6

9 Balance of Payments INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ESTATÍSTICA And we have also started Coordinated Direct Investment Survey (CDIS) aiming to provide reliable and up-to-date information on direct investment in Mozambique and other assets and liabilities with the rest of the world. 9

provide reliable and up-to-date information on direct investment in

10 Constraints We don t produce statistics of the quantities yet, because this variable is still collected in a inconsistent way, that is, the volumes are not consistent with the values MAIN REASON: In some transactions and customs invoices submitted, -the quantities are not in the default drive. Example: instead of kg show the number of boxes/units (number of items) 10

values MAIN REASON: In some transactions and customs invoices submitted, -the quantities are

11 Quantity & Quality Statistics The internal evaluation is done based on the targets of tax collection, -what makes them collect many Customes Declarations (DU s) in short times. Participar no Censo 2007 é apoiar o desenvolvimento do País

them collect many Customes Declarations (DU s) in short

12 Quantity & Quality Statistics In Mozambique and elsewhere in the world some companies are not required by law to declare commercial transactions with outside, so to capture the information, Mozambique uses second source of information Participar no Censo 2007 é apoiar o desenvolvimento do País

with outside, so to capture the information, Mozambique uses second

13 MEGA PROJECTS Although the Mega Projects present few items, they have more than half the volume of transactions/trade in the country. Participar no Censo 2007 é apoiar o desenvolvimento do País

14 MEGA PROJECTS This information is collected trough Bank of Mozambique and it is based on quarterly corporate balance sheets then they don t provide at all details needed to meet the needs of the External Trade Statistics Participar no Censo 2007 é apoiar o desenvolvimento do País

provide at all details needed to meet the needs of the External Trade

15 Successes Increase of staff in the sector of foreign trade statistics, although it is still not enough. Automation of the routines of production process of the FTS using SPSS. 15

16 Successes (cont) Creation of a team work group constituted by Statistics Office, Central Bank, Customs officer and Ministry of Industry and Commerce, to improve the quality of the Foreign Trade Statistics. 16

17 Successes (cont) The Customs officer improved the collection information system, replacing TIMS application for a new online system JUE (one windows system) Advantages: reduces the flow of paper rapid at data processing all participants in the transaction process is online Participar no Censo 2007 é apoiar o desenvolvimento do País

Advantages: reduces the flow of paper rapid at data processing all participants in

18 Successes (cont) TIMS system was not yet fully replaced by JUE (one windows system), but it is believed that by the end of the year, it will be entirely replaced... Visão do SEN: Ser a principal referência estatística para o desenvolvimento nacional

19 Challenges The team work group on Foreign Trade Statistics has been working hard to get better quality of the data: -explain the customs agents the implication in the omission of quantity information in customs declarations 19

of the data: -explain the customs agents the implication

20 Challenges Create a questionnaire to enable the Statistics Office to collect data directly from external sources Producing External Trade indexes Create a system of receiving electronically the data from the Clearance Agents Participar no Censo 2007 é apoiar o desenvolvimento do País

indexes Create a system of receiving electronically the data from the

21 Challenge Informal cross border trade: - we made a preliminary study at the borders to evaluate the flow of the informal trade - through this study we found out what king of merchandize are mostly traded... - we have started with a pilot survey. Visão do SEN: Ser a principal referência estatística para o desenvolvimento nacional

22 Challenges The Central Bank is intending to separate the transactions of BOP in two ways: - BOP for Mega-Projects; and - BOP without Mega-Projects Visão do SEN: Ser a principal referência estatística para o desenvolvimento nacional

23 OBRIGADO A TODOS! 23

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