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Meeting of the Advisory Expert Group Meeting on national accounts, April 2012

Task Force on Global Production

Presentation by UNECE

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Overview

1. The process

2. Work Plan of the task force

3. Research topics

4. Members of the task force

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1. The process

June 2011: The Impact Of Globalisation on national accounts endorsed by the CES Bureau

Nov. 2011: The CES Bureau decided to establish a task force on global production

Feb. 2012: First face-to-face meeting of the task force to agree on the research topics and time plan

May 2012: Presentation of research issues and work program to the National Accounts meeting in Geneva

June 2014: Final report to be presented to the CES plenary session for endorsement

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2. Work plan of the task force

Oct. 2012: Interim report to the CES Bureau, BOPCOM, OECDWPs on NA and trade, and ISWGNA

2012/2013: Drafting of chapters of the report

Sep. 2013: Draft report to the ISWGNA and AEG

Oct. 2013: Draft report to the CES Bureau, BOPCOM, OECDWPs on NA and trade, and ISWGNA

Early 2014: Consultation with countries and organisations

June 2014: Presentation of final report to the CES for endorsement

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3. The research topics

1. Typology of global production arrangements (BEA) (1)

2. Principles of economic ownership of goods (Ireland) (1)

3. Transfers of intellectual property products (Israel) (1)

4. Multi-territory enterprises (Norway) (1)

5. Merchanting of services (Ireland) (2)

6. Quasi-transit trade (IMF) (1)

7. Recording international commodity trade (Eurostat) (1)

8. Recording of production abroad (Canada) (1)

9. Complex units (country case studies) (UNECE) (2)

10. Large and complex cases units (Ireland) (2)

11. Trade in value added (OECD) (2)

12. Price and volume measurement (Eurostat) (2)

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4. The task force

Members of the task force:

The Netherlands (chair), Canada, Finland, Ireland, Israel,Italy, Mexico, Norway, Sweden, USA, Eurostat, IMF, OECD, WTO, UNECE