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question about searching within exports; Value Added

  •  03-27-2009, 9:32 AM

    question about searching within exports; Value Added

    We subscribe to UN Comtrade and I have a particular question about
    searching the database.  I have a student who is searching for "the
    percent of net exports which comes from value-added manufacturing"
    for both Columbia and Mexico.

    I see that in Data Query Basic Selection Others, one can select
    re-Export separate from Exports.  However, when I go to the
    Glossary, I see re-Export defined as "exports of foreign goods in
    the same state as previously imported."  However, when I look in the
    definition of Exports, I see three types of exports listed,
    including "(b) Domestic goods comprised of compensating products
    after inward processing," which I believe represents the portion of
    exports that the student wants to measure.

    It is there any way to break this out in a search?  Do you keep
    track of that category separately (maybe it could be retrieved in
    some other way outside of Comtrade)?  If you do not, do you know of
    any other entity that might be able to provide this type of data?

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