Foreign Trade Statistics of Bangladesh 2006-2007
Bangladesh, 2006 - 2007
BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS
Identification
idno
BGD-BBS-FTS-2006-07-v01
Title
Foreign Trade Statistics of Bangladesh 2006-2007
Subtitle
21th issue
Country
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| Bangladesh | BGD |
Abstract
As a regular publication, Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics has been publishing the Foreign Trade Statistics since 1973-74 with a view to ensuring the coverage of foreign trade data. This publication reflects 'Key Foreign Trade Statistics' gives an idea of foreign trade at a glance and 'Key Statistical Tables' presents detail foreign trade statistics on export an import for the fiscal year 2006-07. This is the 21st issue of its series
Kind of Data
Sample survey data [ssd]
Version
Version Date
2008-04
Coverage
Geographic Coverage
National Coverage
Universe
Foreign tra1e statistics also covers the commodities imported for and exported from Export Processing Zones (EPZ). The entire exports and imports by various routes, sea, air, land and postal parc4ls, are taken into account.
Producers and sponsors
Authoring entity/Primary investigators
| Agency Name |
|---|
| BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS |
Funding Agency/Sponsor
| Name | Abbreviation |
|---|---|
| Statistics and Informatics Division | SID |
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection (YYYY/MM/DD)
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2006 | 2007 |
Mode of data collection
Other [oth]
Data Collectors
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Statistics and Informatics Division | SID | Ministry of Planning |
Data Processing
Cleaning Operations
Foreign Trade Section (FTS) belong to National Accounting Wing, BBS collects CDs containing data from NBR on monthly basis and sends these to Computer Wing of BBS for rearranging, processing, tabulating etc. After completion of the work, Computer Wing put back the data in hard copies to Foreign Trade Section which does the work of correction, compilation and editing and then, sends them back to the Computer Wing for reposting the corrected entries. The Computer Wing puts the corrected figures into computers and make out a print copy of data which are again come back to FTS in order to make the final checking. After doing the final correction and amendment, FTS put these back to the Computer Wing for printing out the final copies. Mentionable that Computer Wing carries out the work of preparing all tables given in the publication using computer programming.
After receiving the shipping bills from Mongla, entries are made in the control register and the bills are sorted out according to the date and type of trade. Then, the documents are bound in the form of a book which is termed as batch consisting of 50-60 bills. Each batch has a different Bach Control Sheet, virtually represents the summary of the batch. The batches are distributed among the coders for coding the basic required information such as commodity specification by type, quantity of each commodity according to prescribed unit, value, export destination, sector and other relevant information, checking and editing properly on the documents. On completion of coding, the value is taped from and checked with documents. Batch total is marked in the control register for subsequent matching with computer total. Batches are then sent to the Computer Wing for further processing as mentioned earlier.
Though most of the tabulations are made according to Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, selected tabulations are done on the basis of category of goods by different exporting or importing accounts.
Selected nionthly tables are published in the Monthly Statistical Bulletin and other monthly and annual publications of BBS. Foreign Trade Statistics are published on fiscal year basis, from July 1 to June 30.
After receiving the shipping bills from Mongla, entries are made in the control register and the bills are sorted out according to the date and type of trade. Then, the documents are bound in the form of a book which is termed as batch consisting of 50-60 bills. Each batch has a different Bach Control Sheet, virtually represents the summary of the batch. The batches are distributed among the coders for coding the basic required information such as commodity specification by type, quantity of each commodity according to prescribed unit, value, export destination, sector and other relevant information, checking and editing properly on the documents. On completion of coding, the value is taped from and checked with documents. Batch total is marked in the control register for subsequent matching with computer total. Batches are then sent to the Computer Wing for further processing as mentioned earlier.
Though most of the tabulations are made according to Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, selected tabulations are done on the basis of category of goods by different exporting or importing accounts.
Selected nionthly tables are published in the Monthly Statistical Bulletin and other monthly and annual publications of BBS. Foreign Trade Statistics are published on fiscal year basis, from July 1 to June 30.
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Metadata production
Document ID
DDI-BGD-BBS-FTS-2006-07-v01
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| BANGLADESH BUREAU OF STATISTICS | BBS | Statistics and Informatics Division, Ministry of Planning | Documentation of the study |
Date of Production
2019-09-01