Working Group on the impact of Globalisation on National

Accounts (WGGNA)

Introduction by

Peter van de Ven

Statistics Netherlands

Agenda item 6

Agenda of the 1st meeting

• 14.30-15.50 Introduction• 16.15-17.30 Goods for processing

• 09.30-10.45 Goods for processing and SUT• 11.15-12.30 Merchanting• 14.30-16.00 MNEs and allocation of income• 16.30-17.30 Closing session

Terms of Reference (TOR)

• Objective: To review the main distortions in the compilation of NA and related source statistics, as caused by globalisation• Outcome: Report with recommendations and best practices

– Identify areas most affected– Proposals to improve surveying, processing and

integration of data

– Proposals to arrive at international consistency– Proposals to improve international guidelines– Proposals to create medium for exchange of

best practices

Terms of Reference (TOR), cont.

• Timetable:

– Autumn 2007: 1st meeting of LG

– April 2008: 1st meeting of WGGNA

– June 2008: Progress report to CES

– End 2008 – Beginning 2010: Two meetings of LG and WGGNA

– April 2010: Presentation of the report to NA-meeting

– June 2010: Presentation of the report to CES

Terms of Reference (TOR), cont.

• Membership of the WGGNA: Open for all members of the UNECE, Eurostat and OECD + IMF and UNCTAD

• Membership of the LG: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Netherlands, UK, USA, UNECE, Eurostat, OECD and IMF

List of issues

• Allocation of output and value added to national economies

• Specialisation of supply chains– Transactions in intellectual property– SPEs– Processing– Toll manufacturing– Merchanting – Consignment goods– Commissionaire Trading

List of issues, cont.

• Specialisation of supply chains– Re-exports and centralisation of logistics– Other centralised services

• Other issues– E-commerce– Transit trade– Remittances– Second homes– Labour migration– Common trading and currency blocks

Agenda of the 1st meeting

• 14.30-15.50 Introduction• 16.15-17.30 Goods for processing

• 09.30-10.45 Goods for processing and SUT• 11.15-12.30 Merchanting• 14.30-16.00 MNEs and allocation of income• 16.30-17.30 Closing session