World exports of commercial services slowed sharply in the fourth quarter of 2011 — WTO and UNCTAD step up their cooperation in statistics on trade in services

Starting this year, statistics on international trade in services released by the WTO and UNCTAD are being produced jointly by the two organizations in an effort to improve data quality, avoid duplication and consequently provide more transparent data to users of these statistics.

World exports of commercial services Q1-Q4 2011
(percentage change, year-on-year)

  Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q3 2011 Q4 2011

World
Source: WTO/UNCTAD

Detailed data available at:

• WTO (excel format with overview of developments)

• UNCTAD (database format)

 

World trade estimates are aggregated from individual reporters’ quarterly balance-of-payments statistics taken from the IMF and Eurostat, supplemented with estimates for missing data, as well as national sources. Quarterly figures may not add up to annual figures published elsewhere in WTO or UNCTAD statistical publications or online databases. Quarterly data are released every three months.

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