Database Specific
Database Specific Abstract AbstractThe Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (TEC) database contains international annual trade data broken down in different categories of enterprises. Its aim is to provide a solid basis for analysts who explore, in the context of globalisation, the characteristics of trade actors.
Source Source Contact person/organisation Contact person/organisation Direct source Direct sourceBibliographic citation:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Measuring Globalisation Statistics (Data downloaded: 18th-24th Nov 2015). UK Data Service. http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/oecd/glob/2015
Source Periodicity Source PeriodicityYearly
Data source(s) used Data source(s) usedTEC data are collected in co-operation with Eurostat, directly from the National Statistical Offices, through a linkage exercise between trade and business registers.
Data Characteristics Data Characteristics Date last updated Date last updated2nd February 2016
Link to Release calendar Link to Release calendarAnnually
Other data characteristics Other data characteristicsTEC by sector and size class this dataset presents number of importing/exporting enterprises and their trade value (in millions of USD) by size class, and economic activity expressed in ISIC Rev. 4
Periodicity PeriodicityAnnual
Unit of measure used Unit of measure usedMillions of US Dollars or number of enterprises in units.
Variables collected Variables collectedTEC by the Number of Partner Countries: this dataset displays the number of exporting and importing enterprises and their associated trade values by the number of partner countries of the trading enterprising. Figures comprise world totals for non-EU Member States whereas they are broken down into intra- and extra-EU trade for EU Member States. Total values for the wide economy are also displayed.
Population & Scope Population & Scope Concepts & Classifications Concepts & Classifications Classification(s) used Classification(s) used Key statistical concept Key statistical conceptThe central issue of trade by enterprise characteristics is to disaggregate trade flows according the characteristics of the enterprises engaged in cross-border transactions. The feasibility of doing so largely depends on the possibility of using or developing common identifiers between the trade register and the business register. Countries differ in their ability to perform such a linking, and matching ratios (between business and trade registers) vary across countries, and as a consequence the degree of representativeness of the results also varies across countries.
Other Aspects Other Aspects Other comments Other comments Quality comments Quality commentsEU countries break down trade data into Intra- and extra- EU zones, whereas non EU countries report their Total trade. Trade values have been aggregated for EU countries and Total (Intra-EU plus Extra-EU) trade flows are displayed, whereas Intra and Extra-EU data expressed in term of number of enterprises cannot be summed up, because of possible double-counting (same enterprise can be trader in both intra- and extra- EU trade). Data have been collected in ISIC revision 3 from 2003 up to 2007 and in ISIC revision 4 as from reference year 2008. Time series are affected by this change in classification, and thus data are displayed into two separate databases.
Recommended uses and limitations Recommended uses and limitationsThe Trade by Enterprise Characteristics (TEC) database contains international annual trade data broken down in different categories of enterprises. Its aim is to provide a solid basis for analysts who explore, in the context of globalisation, the characteristics of trade actors.
TEC data are collected in co-operation with Eurostat, directly from the National Statistical Offices, through a linkage exercise between trade and business registers.
Bibliographic citation:
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development: Measuring Globalisation Statistics (Data downloaded: 18th-24th Nov 2015). UK Data Service. http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/oecd/glob/2015
Yearly
Millions of US Dollars or number of enterprises in units.
TEC by the Number of Partner Countries: this dataset displays the number of exporting and importing enterprises and their associated trade values by the number of partner countries of the trading enterprising. Figures comprise world totals for non-EU Member States whereas they are broken down into intra- and extra-EU trade for EU Member States. Total values for the wide economy are also displayed.
Annual
2nd February 2016
Annually
TEC by sector and size class this dataset presents number of importing/exporting enterprises and their trade value (in millions of USD) by size class, and economic activity expressed in ISIC Rev. 4
The central issue of trade by enterprise characteristics is to disaggregate trade flows according the characteristics of the enterprises engaged in cross-border transactions. The feasibility of doing so largely depends on the possibility of using or developing common identifiers between the trade register and the business register. Countries differ in their ability to perform such a linking, and matching ratios (between business and trade registers) vary across countries, and as a consequence the degree of representativeness of the results also varies across countries.
EU countries break down trade data into Intra- and extra- EU zones, whereas non EU countries report their Total trade. Trade values have been aggregated for EU countries and Total (Intra-EU plus Extra-EU) trade flows are displayed, whereas Intra and Extra-EU data expressed in term of number of enterprises cannot be summed up, because of possible double-counting (same enterprise can be trader in both intra- and extra- EU trade). Data have been collected in ISIC revision 3 from 2003 up to 2007 and in ISIC revision 4 as from reference year 2008. Time series are affected by this change in classification, and thus data are displayed into two separate databases.