Publisher's Synopsis
This publication, which is jointly produced by the OECD and Eurostat, includes statistics by detailed type of service on international trade in services for the 30 OECD countries* as well as definitions and methodological notes. The data are reported within the framework of the fifth edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual and the Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification (EBOPS), which is consistent with the balance of payments classification but is more detailed. This book includes comparable summary tables by country and by service category and zone totals for the European Union (EU15 and EU25), euro area, G7, NAFTA, OECD - Asia and Pacific, OECD - Europe and total OECD. Tables for individual OECD countries and for the EU and the euro area showing data for detailed service categories are also provided. Series are shown in US dollars and cover the period 1996-2005. *COUNTRIES COVERED: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom and United States. ALSO AVAILABLE ON CD-ROM AND ON LINE: For users who wish to extract data and build graphs and tables, OECD Statistics on International Trade in Services, Detailed tables by service category is also available on CD-ROM using the user friendly product Beyond 20/20TM for WindowsR. In addition to the series presented in the paper version, the CD-ROM also provides detailed extra-EU trade data (i.e. excluding intra-European Union trade) for European Union countries. Most data on this CD-ROM cover the period 1985-2005 with extended data also provided for 1970-2005 where available. The database is also available on line at www.SourceOECD.org
