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Subjects > International Trade > Greece
Country: Greece Subject: Foreign Trade
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National Statistical Office of Greece to December 1992 and Eurostat from January 1993. The change to source saw Greek import growth between 1992 and 1993 revised down by 19% while export growth was revised down by 21% for the same period. For the period 1993 to 2000, import growth was revised down by 2% and export growth was revised down by 1% due to the change to source.
Related Links: http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/44/6/35647819.pdf
Key statistical concept
Trade statistics are compiled according to the system of special trade. Imports are valued c.i.f. and exports are valued f.o.b. Imports refer to imports of goods placed in free circulation and/or released for consumption on arrival or on leaving warehouses, as well as imports of goods for domestic processing and imports after processing abroad. Exports include exports of goods in the statistical territory of the country or in free circulation there, as well as exports of goods after domestic processing and exports for processing abroad.
Glossary Terms: International trade
Quality comments
Since the abolition in 1993 of customs frontiers within the European Union, intra-European Union trade are compiled using the INTRASTAT system which is linked to the administration and collection of VAT. Starting from January 1988, the data are compiled according to the Combined Nomenclature and the SITC Rev. 3 Data presented in US dollars are obtained by converting the monthly figures expressed in national currency using the monthly average exchange rate. Data prior to entry into EMU (prior to 2001) have been converted from the former national currency using the appropriate irrevocable conversion rate. The presentation facilitates comparisons within a country over time and ensures the historical evolution (i.e. growth rates) is preserved. However, pre-EMU euro are a notional unit and are not normally suitable to form area aggregates or to carry out cross-country comparisons.
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