Part 2 Statistics on Trade in Services and Experience Reference
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Brief Introduction to Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services Statistical Standard of International Trade in Services International Experience of Statistics on Services Trade in Services
I. Brief Introduction to Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services
Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services consists of four chapters and seven annexes. The chapters include: Foundations of the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services (2010): General introduction and overview, The conceptual framework used for compiling statistics of international trade in services, services transactions Between Residents and Non-residents., and Foreign affiliates trade in services statistics.
Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Servicesestablished a basic principle onstatistics of international trade in services, that is, to follow the definition of international trade in services defined in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), and determine four modes of supply as the content of statistics on trade in services.
II. Statistical Standard of International Trade in Services
The newly revisedManual on Statistics of International Trade in Services ( MSITS 2010) is the internationally accepted statistical basis for international service import and export.
The statistics of service import and export generally cover three modes that included in General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): cross-border supply, consumption abroad and presence of natural persons.
At present, the statistics of international service trade data includes two parts, namely, cross-border service import and export statistics and Foreign Affiliates Trade in Services statistics(FATS).
