The Centre organised training course on 'External Trade Statistics' at the Central Statistical Office (CSO), Kuwait on 6-8 January 2013. The course was provided by Mr. Bülent Tungul, an expert from the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat), and was attended by 15 staff members of the Central Statistical Office (CSO), Kuwait.

The training course on 'External Trade Statistics' mainly covered the following subjects:

• International definitions and recommendations on trade statistics
• Basic concepts and definitions of trade statistics
• International Merchandise Trade Statistics (IMTS) Classifications
• External trade statistics in Turkey
  • IT Tools used in trade statistics
  • Data analysis and editing
  • Specific movements
• Seasonal adjustment
• Trade by enterprise characteristics
• External trade indices
• Other trade indices

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