The trade collapse that followed the recent financial crisis has led to a renewed interest on the measurement issues affecting international merchandise trade statistics in the new globalized economy. The international fragmentation of industrial production blurs the concept of country of origin...

The trade collapse that followed the recent financial crisis has led to a renewed interest on the measurement issues affecting international merchandise trade statistics in the new globalized economy. The international fragmentation of industrial production blurs the concept of country of origin...

This annually updated quality report provides the users with a tool for assessing the quality of the European Union foreign trade statistics. It gives a summary of the main quality indicators: timeliness, accuracy, accessibility, clarity, comparability, and coherence. The quality report is...