Statistics specification : High technology foreign trade

Producer: National Board of Customs, Finland

Homepage: http://www.tulli.fi/fi/suomen_tulli/ulkomaankauppatilastot/tilastokatsaukset/hightech/index.jsp

Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): No

European Statistical System (ESS): Yes

Description

These statistics describe foreign trade in high technology products between Finland and other countries.

Data content

The statistics contain data on imports and exports of high technology products, in full, by product group and by country. The statistics also present the shares of these products in the total imports and exports during a longer time period. The statistics may also contain international comparisons between Finland and other countries.

Data collecting method

The statistics are compiled from the official foreign trade statistics of Finland, produced by the National Board of Customs. Statistics compiled e.g. by Eurostat, the OECD and the UN can be used for the international comparisons.

Applied classifications

High technology products are defined in a draft prepared by Eurostat in 2009, which hasn’t yet been finally approved. The definition is based on a version published by the OECD in 1995. The classification of goods is based on the SITC, Standard International Trade Classification, Rev. 4. Earlier the goods were classified according to the previous version of the SITC (Rev. 3). For high technology products, research and development account for at least 4 per cent of industry turnover.

High-technology aggregations based on SITC Rev. 4 (pdf)

Uppdating frequency

Annually

Completion or publication date

The annual survey on foreign trade in high technology products is released in May following the statistical year. At that point, the statistics are preliminary, because as of 2010, the final foreign trade statistics for each statistical year are released at the end of August following the statistical year.

Monthly statistical data are available in the foreign trade statistics database Uljas.

Time series

The surveys on foreign trade in high technology are available on the Finnish Customs website, under Ulkomaankauppatilastot (in Finnish). The surveys for 2001-2007 and for 2009 are available in electronic format. In 2008, no survey was compiled due to changes in classification.

Until 2009, Statistics Finland produced statistical data on foreign trade in high technology. It released preliminary data also in 2008.

Data on foreign trade in high technology are available in the statistics database Uljas maintained by the National Board of Customs, according to the newest classification (SITC Rev 4) from 2002 onward and according to the earlier classification (SITC Rev. 3) for the years 1996-2002.

Keywords

foreign trade, import, export, high technology

Contact information

National Board of Customs / Statistics Unit
Statistics Service, Tel. +358 20 690 603
E-mail: statistics[at]tulli.fi    (replace [at] in the address with @)
Internet: www.tulli.fi
Statistical database Uljas: uljas.tulli.fi

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