Unit Value Indices of Export and Import of BiH Reference Metadata in Euro SDMX Metadata Structure Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina
	1. Contact
	2. Metadata update
	3. Statistical presentation
	4. Unit of measure
	5. Reference period
	6. Institutional mandate
	7. Confidentiality
	8. Release policy
	9.  Frequency of dissemination
	10. Accessibility and clarity
	11. Quality management
	12. Relevance
	13. Accuracy and reliability
	14. Timeliness and punctuality
	15. Coherence and comparability
	16. Cost and burden
	17. Data revision
	18. Statistical processing
	19. Comment
	1. Contact
	1.1. Contact organisation	AGENCY FOR STATISTICS OF BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
	1.2. Contact organisation unit	Sector for Economic Statistics - Department for International Trade Statistics
	1.3. Contact name	a) Goran Slatinšek b) Adisa Čubro
	1.4. Contact person function	a) Head of Department for International Trade Statistics b) Senior adviser for calculation of indices
	1.5. Contact mail address	Zelenih beretki 26, 71 000, Sarajevo
	1.6. Contact email address	goran.slatinsek@bhas.gov.ba adisa.cubro@bhas.gov.ba
	1.7. Contact phone number	+387 33 911 965   +387 33 911 959
	1.8. Contact fax number	+387 33 220 622
	2. Metadata update
	2.1. Metadata last certified	08/01/2026
	2.2. Metadata last posted	08/01/2026
	2.3. Metadata last update	08/01/2026
	3. Statistical presentation
	3.1. Data description	Unit Value Indices of exports and imports measure changes of average price of exporting or importing goods. BHAS produces and disseminates data on general UVI,  BiH Classification of Products by Activitiy 2010 (in line with CPA 2008) and Standard International Trade Classification (SITC rev.4)
	3.2. Classification system	• BiH Classification of Products by Activitiy 2010 (in line with CPA 2008) • Standard International Trade Classification (SITC rev.4)
	3.3. Sector coverage	BiH international trade in goods statistics cover all goods entering (imports) or leaving (exports) the statistical territories of BiH. The statistical territory of BiH corresponds to its customs territory.
	3.4. Statistical concepts and definitons	Export of goods is a flow in which goods are physically leaving the custom territory of BiH. Import of goods is a flow in which goods are physically entering the territory of BiH. Goods are all movable physical goods. Goods are primarily classified by commodity code as set out in the Customs Tariff of BiH. Customs Tariff of BiH is in line with Harmonized system and Combined Nomenclature. Eurostat's correspondence tables enable transposition of data/codes from Customs Tariff of BiH to data/codes from other classifications of products. Statistical value is a value of goods according to the FOB parity for export and CIF parity for import. Statistical value for export (FOB-Free on Board) is calculated as follows: • if a contracted place of delivery is abroad, invoice value is decreased for transport, insurance and delivery costs from the BiH borders to the place of delivery, • if a contracted place of delivery is in BiH, value from invoice is increased for transport, insurance and delivery costs from the delivery place in BiH to the BiH border. Statistical value for import (CIF – Cost, Insurance, Freight) is calculated as follows: • if a contracted place of delivery of goods is abroad, invoice value is increased for transport, insurance and delivery costs from the place of delivery to the BiH border, • if a contracted place of delivery of goods is in BiH, invoice value is decreased for transport, insurance and delivery costs from the BiH border to the delivery place in BiH. Quantity of goods represents net weight of goods in kilograms
	3.5. Statistical unit	Observation unit in BiH international trade in goods statistics is any legal and natural person which exports or imports goods i. e. lodges a sigle adminstrative document (customs declaration) to the Indirect Taxation Authority (Customs).
	3.6. Statistical population	Base for calculation of UVIs are the already produced data on international trade in goods statistics.
	3.7. Reference area	Data refer to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	3.8 Time coverage	Data on BiH international trade in goods have been produced and disseminated quaterly since 2011.
	3.9. Base period	2021.
	4. Unit of measure	Data is presented in national currency (KM/BAM) and euros (EUR).
	5. Reference period	The reference period is a quarter.
	6. Institutional mandate
	6.1. Legal acts and other agreements	• Law on Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, • Multiannual statistical programmes and annual work plans of the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, • Methodology of the BiH international trade in goods statistics, • International laws, recommendations and manuals (EU, Eurostat, IMF, UN).
	6.2. Data sharing	Directorate for Economic Planning of BiH
	7. Confidentiality
	7.1. Confidentiality-policy	Confidentiality of statistical data is regulated by law and the personnel conducting statistical surveys has the legal obligation to protect confidentiality. Law on Statistics of BiH (Off. Gazette of BiH 26/04 and 42/04 - Chapter XI - Article 23.-29.) establishes the principle of confidentiality as one of the main principles. Agency for statistics of BiH distributes statistics in line with statistical principles of the European Statistics Code of Practice and in particular with the principle of statistical confidentiality.
	7.2. Confidentiality-data treatment	Rulebooks on the protection on statistical data in the Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina define procedures for ensuring confidentiality during collection, processing and dissemination - including protocols for securing individual data being accessed, rules for defining confidential cells in output tables and procedures for the detection and prevention of subsequent disclosures as well as access to microdata for research purposes. By signing the Memorandum of Understanding with Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, data users having access to individual data are obliged to: treat individual anonymized data as confidential in accordance with the rules, regulations and procedures, ensure adequate protection of individual data in accordance with the rules, regulations and procedures, protect the transfer of microdata and destroy the media where the data are, as well as the accompanying documentation, five days after the publication of the results.
	8. Release policy
	8.1. Release calendar	At the end of December every year, BHAS announces the Release Calendar with the precise date and time of publication of the statistics for the following year.
	8.2. Release calendar access	The Calendar is available on:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/
	8.3. User access	Data are distributed to all users via official web page of the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina:
		https://bhas.gov.ba
	9.  Frequency of dissemination	Unit value indices on export and import are updated on a quaterly basis.
	10. Accessibility and clarity
	10.1. News release	• Quaterly release „Unit Value Indices of Exports and Imports“ :
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/11
		• Yearly release „Unit Value Indices of Exports and Imports“ :
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/11
	10.2. Publications	• Thematic Bulletin „BiH International Trade in Goods“:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/11
	10.3. On-line database	not available
	10.4. Micro-data access	not available
	10.5. Other	Ad-hoc requests from data users.
	10.6. Documentation on methodology	Methodological part of the press release and thematic bulletin.
	10.7. Quality documentation	„Unt value indices of export and import - Quality Report“:
		bhas.gov.ba/Content/Read/92?title=Kvalitet
	11. Quality management
	11.1. Quality assurance	Quality Management Policy as an element of the system of quality management generally is related to the following components: product quality of the process as well as other elements of the system for quality management, such as planning and controls. To assure the quality of processes and products, Agency for statistics is the implementation of the Quality management model (TQM) done using the CAF tool. The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) is a total quality management tool developed by the public sector for the public sector, inspired by the Excellence Model of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM). Process of self-assessment identifies and monitors all organization results, provides feedback on organizational capacity and results of policy and planning processes. The scoring tool for self-assessment has 9 key indicators and 28 criteria based on which it is possible to measure management level achieved and determine which are the critical points for improvements in future. It looks at the organization from different angles at the same time: the holistic approach to organization performance analysis. BHAS use „The CAF guidelines for implementation “and a 10-step implementation plan developed to help organizations use it in the most efficient and effective way. Process of self-assessment identifies and monitors all-important organizational results and provides feedback on organizational capacities and results of policy and planning processes. This model of quality monitoring requires the development of a standardized questionnaire that includes all principles in the model. Agency for statistics of BiH is committed to quality assurance in the production of official statistics based on Article 19, Paragraph (1) “Law of Statistics BIH, Official Gazette of BiH 26/04; 42/04”. In order to ensure the quality of statistics Agency developed a documented Policy and programme for quality management which is available on web site:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/data/Dokumenti/Kvalitet/QM_Politika_i_Program_BHAS.pdf
	11.2. Quality assessments	The quality of official statistics’ products (main indicators/statistics) are regularly assessed in quality reports through the calculation of quality indicators. On other hand, processes included in statistical production are assessed by specific process quality indicators in quality reports and additionally through Generic Statistical Business Process Model (GSBPM) documentation.
	12. Relevance
	12.1. User needs	Key user for this statistical domain is BiH Directorate for Economic Planning. Internally, these data are used in national accounts statistics for the production of gross domestic product.
	12.2. User satisfaction	One of the key elements in securing the quality of statistical data is monitoring the users’ satisfaction. The results of the User Satisfaction Survey are available on:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/data/Dokumenti/Kvalitet/AZK2023_BS.pdf
	12.3. Completeness	All key indicators are produced.
	13. Accuracy and reliability
	13.1. Overall accuracy	Accuracy of  data is affected by data revisions, confidentiality and controls (data validity and credibility checks). Data accuracy is at a satisfactory level. Since the basic data consist of a large number of single administrative documents (customs declarations), it is difficult to achieve the absolute accuracy of disseminated data.
	13.2. Sampling error	Not aplicable
	13.3. Non -sampling error	Data from one source (administrative source) are used as the basis for calculating the Unit Value Indices ​​of exports and imports. Already produced and verified data on international trade in goods statistics are used as the basis for the calculation. There is also a check of the unit values ​​themselves, i.e. records whose elemental index values ​​are outside the interval (0.5, 2) are excluded from further processing, i.e. interval [0.5*median, 2*median], where the median is calculated according to the areas of the KPPDBiH 2010.
	14. Timeliness and punctuality
	14.1. Timeliness	First results are disseminated 50 days after the end of reference quarter. Final results are disseminated 7 months after the end of year in the Thematic bulletin (annual data are presented).
	14.2. Punctuality	All releases are disseminated on time, in line with planned dates.
	15. Coherence and comparability
	15.1. Comparability-geographical	Not aplicable
	15.2. Comparability-over time	Data on Unit Value Indices of Exports and Imports are comparable over time.
	15.3. Coherence-cross domain	Data on coherance are not available.
	15.4. Coherence-internal	Data on Unit Value Indices of Exports and Imports are internally coherant . Aggregated data are obtained from detailed data.
	16. Cost and burden	As regards production of BiH international trade in goods statistics, BiH international trade in goods statistics by invoicing currency and unit value indices of exports and imports of BiH, two persons work full time in the Department for Internationa Trade Statistics. A support of IT department is also necessary. As regards cost and burden to data providers, administrative data are used. Source of data is the Indirect Taxation Authority (Customs) and data from single administrative documents (customs declarations) are used. Agency for Statistics of BiH does not have information on cost and burden to reporting units (companies).
	17. Data revision
	17.1. Data revision-policy	The Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina have an official revision policy document.
	17.2. Data revision-practice	Revision of  Unit Value Indices of Exports and Imports data is carried out annually if needed.
	18. Statistical processing
	18.1. Source data	The only data source for BiH international trade in goods statistics is the Indirect Taxation Authority (data from single administrative documents - customs declarations).
	18.2. Frequency of data collection	The Indirect Taxation Authority (Customs) provides the Agency for Statistics of BiH with the data monthly.
	18.3. Data collection	Administrative data source. Individual data from single administrative document (Customs declaration) are collected monthly by Indirect Taxation Authority.
	18.4. Data validation	The Indirect Taxation Authority carries out primary checks of single administrative documents (customs declarations). For example, a check whether all the necessary fields in single administrative documents (customs declarations) are filled in. Already produced and verified data on international trade in goods statistics are used as the basis for the calculation. There is also a check of the unit values ​​themselves, i.e. records whose elemental index values ​​are outside the interval (0.5, 2) are excluded from further processing, i.e. interval [0.5*median, 2*median], where the median is calculated according to the areas of the KPPDBiH 2010.
	18.5. Data compilation	BiH international trade in goods data are in current prices. For analytical purposes, it is necessary to have an indicator of movement of export and import prices over time. Therefore, the Agency for Statistics of BiH produces unit value indices of export and import (quarterly; base year 2021). These indices serve as an approximation of movement of export and import prices.
	18.6. Adjustment	No data adjustment is applied (for example, seasonal adjustment of data).
	18.7. Seasonal adjustment	No seasonal adjustment of data.
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