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STS - Short-Term Statistics



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
	Title	STS - Short-Term Statistics
	Data source	European Commission (Eurostat) and European Central Bank calculations based on Eurostat and ACEA (the European Automobile Manufacturers Association) data
	Contact email address	Statistical Information Request form

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
	Dataset last update in SDW	2021-10-08 15:01:28
	Catalog	Download the series catalogue of the dataset STS in CSV format, i.e. full list of series and associated metadata: Excel 2013 (zipped) or the earlier Excel versions.

SCOPE
	Data presentation - Summary description	Industrial producer prices, industrial production, industrial new orders, industrial turnover and retail sales data are published by the European Commission (Eurostat). Euro area results are obtained by aggregating data for individual countries compiled by national statistical authorities. They are broken down following the classification of economic activities in the EU (NACE) and by the Main Industrial Groupings (MIGS) derived from it. Industrial producer prices reflect the ex-factory-gate prices (transportation costs are not included) of all products sold by industry excluding construction on the domestic markets of the euro area countries, excluding imports. They include indirect taxes except VAT and other deductible taxes. Industrial production reflects the volume growth of value added of the industries concerned. Industrial new orders measure the orders received during the reference period and cover industries working mainly on the basis of orders – in particular textile, pulp and paper, chemical, metal, capital goods and durable consumer goods industries. The data are calculated on the basis of current prices. Indices for turnover in industry and for the retail trade measure the turnover, including all duties and taxes with the exception of VAT, invoiced during the reference period. Retail trade turnover covers all retail trade excluding sales of motor vehicles and motorcycles, and except repairs. Unemployment rates published by the European Commission (Eurostat) and conform to International Labour Organisation (ILO) guidelines. They refer to persons actively seeking work as a share of the labour force, using harmonised criteria and definitions. Please note that since December 2020 the dataset is published under the Labour Force Survey Indicators (LFSI) naming convention. Please refer to the mapping between discontinued STS series and the LFSI codes for more information. The labour cost indices are published by the European Commission (Eurostat) and national statistical authorities and measure the changes in labour costs per hour worked in industry (including construction) and market services. A breakdown of hourly labour costs for the euro area is available by labour cost component (wages and salaries, other labour costs) and by economic activity (NACE sections). The new passenger cars data for euro area are seasonally and working day adjusted by the ECB based on data compiled by ACEA (the European Automobile Manufacturers Association). New passenger car registrations cover registrations of both private and commercial passenger cars.
	Data presentation - Detailed description	Link to the NACE Rev2 detailed structure: PDF

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
	Time period	Monthly, Quarterly
	Classification system	Data Structure Definition
	Statistical concepts and definitions	For information about the naming convention (series key dimensions and metadata), refer to the STS underlying DSD (ECB_STS1) maintained by the ECB.

MISCELLANEOUS
	Metadata last update	13/JAN/2021 10:47:09

TRD - External Trade



ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
	Title	TRD - Eurostat External Trade Statistics
	Data source	Eurostat
	Contact email address	Statistical Information Request form
	Contact organisation	European Central Bank
	Contact organisation unit	DGS/ESSA/ETS

TECHNICAL INFORMATION
	Dataset last update in SDW	2021-09-23 23:00:00
	Catalog	Download the series catalogue of the dataset TRD in CSV format, i.e. full list of series and associated metadata: Excel 2013 (zipped) or the earlier Excel versions.

SCOPE
	Data presentation - Summary description	External trade in goods statistics is compiled by Eurostat on a monthly basis following a harmonised methodology set out in European regulations (known as the Community concept; and using data collection systems based on both extra-EU and intra-EU (Intrastat) data. According to these regulations, Member States should supply detailed extra-EU trade data to Eurostat six weeks after, aggregated intra-EU data eight weeks after and detailed intra-EU data ten weeks after the end of the reporting month. Eurostat publishes total extra-euro area trade results 50-55 days after the end of the reporting month, while detailed results, broken down by partner and product, become available one month later. It should be noted that extra-euro area results are not as timely as extra-EU data, because the data for the three (four before 2001) EU Member States not participating in the Economic and Monetary Union (namely Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom) become available later. An advanced release calendar for Press releases on External Trade can be found on the Eurostat-website (Euro-indicators). The ECB databank includes series upon agreement with ECB data users. Data required for ad hoc purposes can be downloaded from Comext by the users.
	Data presentation - Detailed description	Detailed documentation on trade can be found on the ECB website

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION
	Time period	Monthly
	Frequency of data collection	Only monthly series. Quarterly and annual data can be derived from the monthly data by simple addition of the values, and by averages for indices.
	Classification system	Treatment of goods in transit Some Member States do not record any transaction for goods they consider to be transit trade. This involves imported goods, which are re-exported either immediately after their arrival or after the customs declaration has been made. In intra-EU Community statistics two transactions would be recorded: one for import and one for export.
	Statistical concepts and definitions	For information about the naming convention (series key dimensions and metadata), refer to the TRD underlying DSD (ECB_TRD1) maintained by the ECB.

STATISTICAL PROCESSING
	Adjustment	Eurostat carries out working day/seasonal adjustments of Member States series and then aggregates the results to build EMU and EU totals (indirect method). Hence it is possible that Eurostat’s seasonally adjusted series differ from Member States’ seasonally adjusted series. The seasonal adjustment is performed by using the JDEMETRA 2.0.0 software as recommended by the ESS guidelines. Eurostat reviews all the ARIMA models once a year when a new reference year becomes available. Eurostat estimates the seasonal factors (for the whole series) once a month and the models" performance is checked before the new reference monthly data are released. If deemed necessary, models can be fine-tuned or more drastically changed all over the year.

QUALITY

DISSEMINATION
	Dissemination format - publications	The monthly data are published approximately 46 days after the end of the reference month.

MISCELLANEOUS
	Metadata last update	17/JAN/2020 11:10:24

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