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FOREIGN TRADE STATISTICS

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Topics of apresentation

Sources Processing Constraints Successes Challenges Dissemination

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Sources i. Main source customs officerii. Secondary source Motraco- import Electricity

Instituto do Algodao- Export cotton

Instituto do Acucar- Export Sugar

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Sources(cont) Imopetro – import fuels;

Petromoc – Export fuels;

MOZAL – import raw material to produce and export aluminium

SASOL – export natural gas;

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Processing Reception of the data base in

Access. construction of an independent

data base. selection of fields to produce

FTS.

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Processing (cont) Analysis of consistence

between currency and exchanges rate.

combination between regime and CPC.

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Constraints: Imports to Mozambique with

origin

in Mozambique,

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Constraints(cont)  Inconsistency of the medium

price

Situations of export of goods from Mozambique to Mozambique,

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Constraints(cont)

We don’t produce statistics of quantities because are

inconsistent.

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Successes

NSO of Mozambique is starting use

programming in SPSS (Syntax) to

produce Foreign trade statistics.

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Successes(cont)

creation group of work constituted mainly by :

NSO; Central Bank Customs,to improve the quality of data

from customs.

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Challenges

The group of trade statistics is developing action with the objective of getting better data. for example the formation of the employees and agents of the Customs in data collection ;

Production of monthly statistics

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Challenges(cont) We continued to collect data of the

major importers and exporters in

Mozambique to complement data from

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Dissemination: The statistics of the foreign trade The statistics of the foreign trade

are published in:are published in: Electronic formatElectronic format paper paper CD-RCD-R E-mail E-mail Web Site Web Site ((www.ine.gov.mz).).

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FIM

MUITO OBRIGADO

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