Webinar on Measurement of International Trade in Services:

Relevance and Experiences

Draft Agenda

Tuesday, November 29, 2022. 9:00 – 11:40 Mexico City time

(10:00 – 12:40 New York; 16:00 – 18:40 Geneva)
Virtual: Via Zoom

Organized by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico (INEGI)

Opening of the webinar

9:00
Welcoming remarks by Dr. Graciela Márquez Colín, President of INEGI

Relevance of the international trade in services in the global context

• Relevance of trading partner identification and mode of supply in international trade in

services statistics 9:10
Presenter: Barbara D’Andrea, WTO

• Statistics on international trade in services: Challenges, tools and resources 9:25

Presenter: Onno Hoffmeister, UNCTAD

• Balanced trade in services (asymmetries in international trade in services)

9:40
Presenter: Antonella Liberatore, OECD

• Update of the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services (MSITS)

9:55
Presenter: Markie Muryawan, UNSD

Questions and answers 10:10

Break 10:25

Country experiences in compiling statistics on international trade in services

• Statistics on international trade in services in Portugal

Presenter: Sérgio Branco, Bank of Portugal 10:35

• Measuring international trade in services in the United States

Presenter: Paul Farello, BEA-United States 10:50

• Results of the Annual Survey of International Trade in Services (ECIS) of Mexico

11:05
Presenters: Arturo Blancas Espejo/Araceli Martínez Gama, INEGI

Questions and answers 11:20

Closing of the webinar

11:35
Closing remarks by Dr. Graciela Márquez Colín, President of INEGI