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	31.08.2021.
	2.2. Metadata last posted	31.08.2021.
	2.3. Metadata last update	31.08.2021.
	3. Statistical presentation
	3.1. Data description	The following main data dimensions are produced and disseminated: • general index by trade flow (export/import), • period (quarter/year), • product according to CPA 2008 sections, • product according to SITC sectors
	3.2. Classification system	• Customs Tariff of BiH (in line with Harmonized System and Combined Nomenclature) • Standard International Trade Classification (SITC rev.4) • BiH Classification of Products by Activitiy 2010 (in line with CPA 2008)
	3.3. Sector coverage	BiH Unit Value Indices cover all sectors of SITC and A, B and C section of CPA 2008.
	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. Partner country is a country of origin of goods for imports and a country of final destination of goods for exports. Country of origin of goods is a country in which the goods are produced. Country of final destination of goods is a country where goods are to be delivered. 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 of a quantity expressed in some of the supplementary units of measurement.
	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	BiH international trade in goods includes all goods which add or subtract from the stock of material resources of BiH by entering (imports) or leaving (exports) its economic territory including goods for processing. Information on the trade goods of BiH is provided by legal or natural persons i.e. Indirect Taxation Authority (Customs). Base for UVI calculation are data from Iternational trade in Goods Statistics. The following records are excluded from the process of calculation of the unit value indices of export and import: products without any information either on the net mass or value or which do not appear during some of the observation periods, records whose elementary value index is outside the interval (0.5, 2), i.e. the interval [0.5* median, 2* median], where the median is calculated according to KPPDBiH 2010 (CPA 2008) divisions, electricity - because the calculation is conducted on the net mass, not the supplementary unit.
	3.7. Reference area	Data refer to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
	3.8 Time coverage	Data on Unit Value Indices have been produced and disseminated quarterly since 2011.
	3.9. Base period	2015
	4. Unit of measure	In BiH international trade in goods statistics, value is presented in national currency (KM/BAM) and euros (EUR). Data in EUR are obtained according to the exchange rate 1EUR=1,95583KM.
	5. Reference period	The reference period is 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	BiH Directorate for Economic Planning - DEP.
	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	The document "Rules on the Protection of Statistical Data in the Agency for Statistics" lists 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 placed on:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/
	8.3. User access	BiH international trade in goods data are disseminated on website of the Agency for Statistics of BiH in an objective, professional and transparent manner in which all users are treated equitably. The principle that all users have equal access to statistical data on an impartial basis is set out in Article 8, paragraph 2, point h, and Article 19 paragraph 2 of the Law on Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Agency for Statistics of BiH implements it consistently in practice:
		https://bhas.gov.ba
	9.  Frequency of dissemination	BiH international trade in goods data are updated on a monthly basis.
	10. Accessibility and clarity
	10.1. News release	• Quartely release „Unit value indices of exports and imports of  BiH“:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/data/Publikacije/Saopstenja/2021/ETR_02_2020_Q4_1_HR.pdf
		• Yearly release „Unit value indices of exports and imports of  BiH“:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/data/Publikacije/Saopstenja/2021/ETR_02_2020_Q4_1_HR.pdf
	10.2. Publications	• Thematic Bulletin „BiH International Trade in Goods“:
		https://bhas.gov.ba/Calendar/Category/11#
	10.3. On-line database	No data available online.
	10.4. Micro-data access	No microdata available.
	10.5. Other	No other dissemination chanels. Using (consulting) meta data: no data avilable - there is no software for web hits recording.
	10.6. Documentation on methodology	Metodological part od Press Release and Thematic Bulletin.
	10.7. Quality documentation	„Unit Value Indices of export and imports of BiH - Quality Report“:
		http://bhas.gov.ba/Content/Read/92?title=Kvalitet&lang=en
	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/Content/Read/92?title=Kvalitet
	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 UVI user is BiH Directorate for Economic Planning - DEP. These data are also used by National Account department for internal purposes.
	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/AZK2020_BS.pdf
	12.3. Completeness	All key indicators, which are required by EU legislation and international standards for international trade in goods statistics, are produced. Data completeness rate for P: The data completeness rate is 100%. All key indicators are produced.
	13. Accuracy and reliability
	13.1. Overall accuracy	Accuracy of BiH international trade in goods 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	Errors often arise when trying to capture movements of goods or trade activities about which little information is available or which are inherently complex to measure, such as: goods that by their nature are difficult to classify (errors may arise in the product code allocated due to the complexity of the Customs Tariff of BiH which comprises around 10 000 product codes) or processing trade valuation (errors arise when just the processing costs i.e. added value are reported as a product value rather than the total product value).
	14. Timeliness and punctuality
	14.1. Timeliness	Timeliness of first data: T+51. First results are disseminated 51 days after the end of reference month. Timeliness of final data: jave konačnih rezultata: Final results are disseminated 7 months after the end of year in the Thematic bulletin (annual and quarterly data are presented).
	14.2. Punctuality	Punctuality of release - release for U: Punctuality rate of data is 2/(4+0) = 0,5 ili 50 %. Two Press releases were published on time, the other two were late due to problems with application. Punctuality of release - release for P: T+82,5.
	15. Coherence and comparability
	15.1. Comparability-geographical	International methodological standards are applied in procces of data production. This enables coparability of the data. Ovo omogućuje uporedivost podataka. Coefficient of comparability is not calculated.
	15.2. Comparability-over time	Comparability for U:  Unit value indices data are produced and published on quarterly basis since 2011. Duration of comparable time series for P:  Lenght of comparable quarterly time series are 10x4 = 40 (kvartali).
	15.3. Coherence-cross domain	No data available about cross domain coherence.
	15.4. Coherence-internal	No data available about internal coherence.
	16. Cost and burden	No data available of cost and burden.
	17. Data revision
	17.1. Data revision-policy	The Agency for statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina does not have an official revision policy document.
	17.2. Data revision-practice	No revisions are made, first release is final at the same time.
	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	Legal or natural person which wants to export or import goods must submit a single administrative document to the Indirect Taxation Authority (Customs). Data from single administrative documents (customs declarations) can be used for statistical purposes. These data are of high quality. They enable almost total coverage of BiH international trade in goods. The Indirect Taxation Authority provides the Agency for Statistics of BiH with the data from single administrative documents (customs declarations). These data enable the production of BiH international trade in goods statistics in line with international recommendations.
	18.4. Data validation	Indirect Taxation Authority and Agency for Statistics of BiH are performing validity and credibility controls for ITGS data. After that data are used for UVI calculation. Also, during the calculation process data with elementary indices out of interval (0,5;2) i.e. interval  [0.5*median, 2*median] are excluded, where as median is calculated accordnig to KPPDBiH 2010 sections.
	18.5. Data compilation	No procedures are performed on data used to derive new information in accordance with a given set of rules.
	18.6. Adjustment	No data adjustment is applied (for example, seasonal adjustment of data).
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