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7th OECD International Trade Statistics Expert Meeting (ITS), Paris, 11-13 September 2006
6. Classification issues affecting trade statistics
“The OECD ICT Sector classification: a possible useful addition to the standard set of OECD trade statistics ”
STD/NAES/TASS/ITS(2006)15
Pierre MONTAGNIER
OECD
Information, Computer and Communications Policy Division
Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry
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Outline
Historical background and current ICT sector definition
Recent features for trade in ICT goods
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Historical background - definitions
ICT sector (1998, 2002, expected revision 2006)
E-commerce (2000)
Model surveys of business and household use of ICT (2001, 2002, 2005)
ICT goods (2003, expected revision 2007)
ICT services (forthcoming, fall 2006)
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Current definition for the ICT sector (1)
For manufacturing industries, the products of a candidate industry:
– Must be intended to fulfil the function of information processing and communication including transmission and display.
– Must use electronic processing to detect, measure and/or record physical phenomena or control a physical process.
For services industries, the products of a candidate industry:
– Must be intended to enable the function of information processing and communication by electronic means.
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Current definition for the ICT sector (2)
ICT goods guiding principle
ICT goods must either be intended to fulfil the function of information processing and communication by electronic means, including transmission and display,
OR
Use electronic processing to detect, measure and/or record physical phenomena, or to control a physical process
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Current definition for the ICT sector (3)
ICT goods broad categories
based on six-digit HS categories
telecommunications equipment
computer and related equipment
electronic components
audio and video equipment
other ICT goods
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Current definition for the ICT sector (4)ICT goods, based on HS 2002
Telecom equipment Computer equipm.8517 852790 8471 847330852020 852910852510 853110 Other ICT goods852520 854420 846911 9024852530 854470 847010 902620852610 847021 902710
847029 902730Electronic components 847040 902740850431 853224 847050 902750850450 853230 847310 902780850490 8533 847321 9028852330 8534 847350 9029852460 8540 852691 903010852990 8541 852692 903020853221 8542 901041 903031
901042 903039Audio and video equipm. 901049 9030408518 852320 9014 9030828519 852390 901540 903083852010 852540 901580 903110852032 852712 901811 903120852033 852713 901812 903130852039 852719 901813 903141852090 852721 901814 9031808521 852729 901819 9031908522 852731 902212 903210852311 852732 902213 903220852312 852739 902214 903289852313 8528 902219 903290
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0
200 000
400 000
600 000
800 000
1 000 000
1 200 000
1 400 000
1 600 000
1 800 000
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Communication equipment
Audio and video equipment
Other ICT related goods
IT & related equipment
Electronic components
USD millions, current prices
Recent features for trade in ICT goods (1)Composition of OECD ICT goods trade
13 %
16 %
13 %Share of merchandise trade
Source : ITCS database.
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Recent features for trade in ICT goods (2)
100
120
140
160
180
200
220
240
260
280
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Exports to OECD Exports to Non-OECD
Imports from OECD Imports from Non-OECD
Direction of OECD ICT goods trade
USD current prices
index 1996=100
Source : ITCS database.
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Recent features for trade in ICT goods (3) Current USD billions
Source : ITCS database. Data for the EU excludes intra-EU trade.
Imports of ICT goods
0
50
100
150
200
250
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
United States EU-15 China Japan
Exports of ICT goods
0
50
100
150
200
250
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
United States China EU-15 Japan
China is now the biggest exporter of
ICT goods
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Recent features for trade in ICT goods (4)
Source : ITCS database.
China’s trade balance by ICT goods categories . . .
- 80
- 60
- 40
- 20
0
20
40
60
80
Telecommunicationequipment
Computer&relatedequipment
Electroniccomponents
Audio&videoequipment
Other ICT goods
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004
Current USD billions
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Recent features for trade in ICT goods (5)
Source : ITCS database.
. . . And China’s trade balance by ICT goods categories for selected countries
-20
-10
0
10
20
30
40 Current USD billions
