Survey Information
Survey Name:
Extra-stat, collection of non-EU Merchandise trade data
Business Area:
External Trade, External Trade and Environment.
Survey Purpose:
Collection of non-EU Merchandise trade statistics as derived from administrative data of Revenue Commissioners (via the Single Administrative Document)
Legislative Basis:
Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 of 22 May 1995 on the statistics relating to the trading of goods by the Community and its Member States with non-member countries. Commission Regulation (EC) No 1917 /2000 of 7 September 2000 laying down certain provisions for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC) No 1172/95 as regards statistics on external trade.
Periodicity:
A trader (or their agent) is liable to complete for customs purposes a Single Administrative Document (SAD) for each consignment of goods imported from/exported to non_EU countries. The information on the SAD is captured by the customs AEP (Automated Entry Processing) system and transferred on a monthly basis to VIMA (the branch of the Revenue Commissioners responsible for collecting and editing trade data). The VIMA office passes the edited data to the CSO.
Target Population:
Every transaction/consignment over EUR 254
Sampling Frame:
not applicable
Survey Size:
Number of consignments each month is approx 80,000. This includes imports and exports.
Principal Variables Collected:
Date, Company Vat Number, Trade flow (import/export), Commodity code (CN), Invoice value, Net mass and/or supplementary units, country of destination/consignment for exports/imports respectively, country of origin for imports, Statistical value, Delivery terms, Mode of transport, nature of transaction.
Principal External Users:
Eurostat, Media, Companies, Public, PQs, Other Government Departments and internally within CSO
Contact Points
Business Area Specialists:
Damian Malone
Norita Murphy
The business specialists above can be contacted by e-mail using their firstname.lastname@cso.ie
Methodology Documents
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