#1UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS STATISTICS DIVISION UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR AFRICA ESA/STAT/AC.142.15 International Workshop on Country Practices in Compilation of International Merchandise Trade Statistics, 12-16 November 2007, Addis Ababa Country Presentation Statistics Madagascar Item 9: Data validation procedures#2International Workshop on Country Practices in Compilation of International Merchandise Trade Statistics, 12-16 November 2007, Addis Ababa DATA VALIDATION PROCEDURES MADAGASCAR • • • . • GENERALITY Data sources: Customs. Existence of Protocol between Customs office and the Statistics office about the statistics of foreign trade. Two version of ASYCUDA are used by Customs: ASYCUDA 2.7, ASYCUDA ++. System used for compilation: NEW EUROTRACE. Two system of validation procedures according to this situation#3. CUSTOMS PROCEDURE CODES Two types of CPC are using by Customs: the one for ASYCUDA 2.7 and the other for ASYCUDA ++. The definition of the type of the flow and the type of trade is based on the CPC. The system allows to evaluate trade with the special system and the general system. • Correspondence table is used to translate CPC to flow or to type of trade. CUSTOMS PROCEDURE CODES CPC for ASYCUDA 2.7 CPC for ASYCUDA ++ CPC Code_Flux TradeType C100 I 2 E100 E 2 CPC 4000.000 1000.000 E Code_Flux TradeType 2 2 R500 R G 3052.000 R G C401 S 4071.000 S C100 MISE A LA CONSOMMATION DIRECTE 4000.000 E100 R500 C401 EXPORTATION SOUS LE REGIME DU DROIT COMMUN REEXPORTATION EN SUITE D'ADMISSION TEMPORAIRE MISE A LA CONSOMMATION EN SUITE D'ENTREPOT 1000.000 3052.000 Mise à la consommation directe Droit commun Exportation d finitive Droit commun Ré-exportation en suite d'Admission Temporaire pour Perfectionnement 4071.000 Mise à la consommation directe en suite d'entrepôt de transformation -ER 250 Import Export Ré-export Général et Spécial Spécial G Général#4COMMODITY NOMENCLATURE Nomenclature of commodities are classified under the International Convention on Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) approved by the World Customs Organization. Others nomenclatures are used for analysis and diffusion: Utilization Group, BullImport, BullExport, SITC. Table of correspondence is made to translate data from HS to this different nomenclature. COMMODITY NOMENCLATURE GU BullImport BullExport SITC SH8 03061 300 1 0199 5105 036.11 04031000 1 0199 5199 022.31 09050000 1 0299 5208 075.21 18031000 4 0404 5405 072.31 SH8 LABEL 03061300 Crevettes congelés 04031000 Yoghourt BullImport LABEL 0199 Autres produits du règne animal 09050000 Vanille 0299 Autres produits du règne végétal 18031000 Pâte de cacao non dégraissée 0404 Cacao et chocolats GU LABEL 1 Produits alimentaires 4 Matières premières SITC LABEL 036.11 Shrimps and prawns, frozen. BullExport LABEL 5105 5199 Crevettes Autres produits du règne animal 5208 Vanille 5405 Cacao et chocolats 022.31 Yogurt, whether or not concentrated... 075.21 Vanilla 072.31 Cocoa paste not defatted (liquor)#5COUNTRY NOMENCLATURE Customs use two types of nomenclature: the first is numeric with three digits and the second alphabetic with two digits witch is recommended by United Nations. COUNTRY NOMENCLATURE#6VALUATION