External Trade by CZ-CPA

Methodology

Methodological Note on Statistical Data
on Imports and Exports by CPA 2

This publication contains external trade data broken down by CPA 2 and data on imports and exports for the purpose of and after inward and outward processing according to CPA 2.
In order to achieve a better explanatory power and comparability of data between external trade statistics, enterprise statistics and national accounts, data have been converted according to the structure of the Classification of Products by Activity (CPA) down to the two-digit level.
The source of information on external trade are data collected by customs authorities. Starting from processing of the January 2004 data, data collection and the first check are carried out by the Directorate General of Customs (DGC), whereas the Czech Statistical Office is in charge of further data processing, checks and publishing.
Data on imported and exported goods in trade with third countries are given in a Single Administrative Document (SAD). Data on goods traded between Member States of the Communities are supplied by reporting units to the customs office on the Intrastat questionnaire, with information on dispatching of goods or receipt of goods. However, the results of external trade statistics are published as a whole, i.e. imports and exports of the Czech Republic.
Imports and exports data should be regarded as preliminary ones. Data published by individual quarter will be subsequently updated.

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The following two notes apply to all tables of this publication – „External Trade by CPA, January - September 2004“:
2003 data for January to December are final, referring to 27 August 2004 closing date.
2004 data for January to June are updated, referring to 27 August 2004 closing date,
for July are preliminary, referring to 27 August 2004 closing date,
for August are preliminary, referring to 29 September 2004 closing date,
for September are preliminary, referring to 29 October 2004 closing date.

Casual differences on the last digit position arise for rounding off the absolute number.