External Trade Statistical System

UNECA – Addis Ababa, October 2011

Comext Standalone Data Browser

Eurotrace has been substantially revised and improved.

Three separate applications that work together.

Eurotrace Data Editor

Eurotrace DBMS

Built with Microsoft Visual Basic and C++ Programming Languages Supports Data Access Objects (DAO) and Open database connectivity

Standards (OBDC)

Pentium II 450Mhz 256MB RAM Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, Me or XP Operating system

A 3 part system of Interacting programs, offering an extensive and complete range of data processing tools to meet all External Trade Statistics data processing needs.

The software is free and can be downloaded from:

http://circa.europa.eu/irc/dsis/eurotracegroup/info/data/website/index_en.htm

Mostly CUSTOMS DECLARATION

DataSources

External Trade Statistics: Implementing system with Comext/Eurotrace Package

DataRequests

EUROSTATMedComext

UNIMF

Country Tableand Publication

External Trade DatabaseDefinition

External Trade Database

RAW DATAEnterprise Indices

Estimation

Data Integration Procedure

COMEXT Stand-Alone

Browser

Derived Data

Source Dataset

ClassificationPlan

Eurotrace ActorsHow to design a Domain ?

4. Target of Data dissemination

Statistical OfficeStatistics Users

2. Provider of DataTrade Statistics data

Supplier,Customs,

Statistical Office

DataEditor

3. Validity Check and Quality Control

Data Coders,Data Controller

1. Define External Trade Statistical Database

Expert of Nomenclatures and/orTrade Information System

Eurotrace DOMAIN

Definition

Dictionary

Dictionary

Dictionary

Classification Plan

Classification PlanManaging Nomenclatures and Relations

HS

SITCBEC

Enterprise

Activity

CTY

GeoNom.

Definition

Eurotrace DOMAIN

Dictionary

Dictionary

Dictionary

Classification Plan

Dataset Source

Source Data

Source Dataset

Validation

1. Define Data StructureDefine the data set

structure using Dictionaries

2. Source Data StructureDefine the file structure to be integrated within

Eurotrace

3. Define Data Integration AlgorithmImporting data by using

the Wizard

Format: Asycuda,Eurotrace Dos,SAD …

Data Entry/CorrectionDirect Validation

Data Entry/Data Correction

1. Database Extractiona. Single Fileb. Record Locking Securityc. Extraction Criteria

2. Data Editora. Appending New Recordsb. Modify Recordsc. “Undo” functiond. Header – Detail - Footere. Validation “On The Fly”

3. Detecting Errorsa. Highlighted in redb. Type of Error occurred

5. Code List Selectora. Hierarchy selectionb. Code Validation

4. Form Designera. Customize the Customs

Declaration Formb. Hide/Mask fieldsc. Move Boxes ( from/to body

to/from header/footer part)

7. Database Updatea. File sent to administrator in order to update the DBb. Errors could be corrected one by one (No lock in process)c. Database Records Unlocked

6. Record Navigatora. Select a specific record directlyb. View data in Grid format

Dataset Management

• Data Monitoring• Historical back-up

• Error Correction Wizard• Checking of Error Type• List of valid codes (dictionary)

Definition

Eurotrace DOMAINDataset Source

Dictionary

Dictionary

Dictionary

Classification Plan

Source Data

DerivedDataset

DerivedDataset

Upgrad

eUpgrade

1. Define Algorithm for Derived Dataseta. Parameters based on Data Sourceb. Codes Filter & Correlation Tables

Derived Dataset

Upgrade

2. Simple Interface to Upgrade Derived DSa. Selecting of Period to be updatedb. Global control on Data Maintenance

Definition

Eurotrace DOMAIN

DerivedDataset

DerivedDataset

Dataset Source

Dictionary

Dictionary

Dictionary

Classification Plan

Source Data

Upgrad

eUpgrade

Dissemination/Analysis

COMEXT Stand-AloneA common Interface for Data

Dissemination

Criteria Selection and Data Browsing

Comext Plan

COMEXTStand-Alone

COMEXTStand-Alone

COMEXTStand-Alone

TYPE

.txt

.dmp

.dta

.xls

.csv

Spreadsheet format

Excel format

Eurotrace DOMAIN

Definition

DerivedDataset

DerivedDataset

Dataset Source

Dictionary

Dictionary

Dictionary

Classification Plan

Source Data

Upgrad

eUpgrade

Dissemination/Analysis

Eurotrace LocalAdministrator Black Box

orInstallation mission

Parameters

Implementation, Efficiency & Robustness

• Helps Cooperation between partner countries

• Make data compatible with EU standards

• Ensure compatibility with partner countries

• Enables easy transmission of data

• Flexibility

• Full control of statistical data

• Fully definable control parameters

• Save Time

• Reduce data validation time

• Track down and easily correct errors

• EUROTRACE is able to store codes and labels in different languages that are accessible throughout the application. Data can be displayed in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Greek, Dutch, Swedish, Danish, Finnish and Luxembourgish.

• The language of the interface is set by the user to either French or English.

Thank You