Concording of EU trade and production data over time

Ilke Van Beveren, Andrew Bernard and Hylke Vandenbussche

No 239, Working Paper Research from National Bank of Belgium

Abstract: This paper provides concordance procedures for product-level trade and production data in the EU and examines the implications of changing product classifications on measured product adding and dropping at Belgian firms. Using the algorithms developed by Pierce and Schott (2012a, 2012b), the paper develops concordance procedures that allow researchers to trace changes in coding systems over time and to translate product-level production and trade data into a common classification that is consistent both within a single year and over time. Separate procedures are created for the eight-digit Combined Nomenclature system used to classify international trade activities at the product level within the European Union as well as for the eight-digit Prodcom categories used to classify products in European domestic production data. The paper further highlights important differences in coverage between the Prodcom and Combined Nomenclature classifications which need to be taken into account when generating combined domestic production and international trade data at the product level. The use of consistent product codes over time results in less product adding and dropping at continuing firms in the Belgian export and production data.

Keywords: Prodcom; Combined Nomenclature; Harmonized System; concordance; exports; imports (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C81 F1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 38 pages
Date: 2012-12
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Working Paper: Concording EU Trade and Production Data over Time (2012)
Working Paper: Concording EU Trade and Production Data over Time (2012)
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