Financial systems and development
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cases. World Bank estimates are also reported. Sec- Tables 15 <strong>and</strong> 16. Structure of merch<strong>and</strong>ise trade<br />
ondary sources <strong>and</strong> World Bank estimates are<br />
based on aggregated reports available before the The shares in these tables are derived from trade<br />
detailed reports submitted to the U.N. appear. In values in current dollars reported in the U.N. trade<br />
some cases, these permit coverage adjustments for data system <strong>and</strong> the U.N. Yearbook of International<br />
significant components of a country's foreign trade Trade Statistics, supplemented by other secondary<br />
not subject to regular customs reports. Such cases sources <strong>and</strong> World Bank estimates as explained in<br />
are identified in the country notes to the World the note to Table 14.<br />
Tables. Values in these tables are in current U.S. Merch<strong>and</strong>ise exports <strong>and</strong> imports are defined in the<br />
dollars. note to Table 14.<br />
Merch<strong>and</strong>ise exports <strong>and</strong> imports, with some excep- The categorization of exports <strong>and</strong> imports foltions,<br />
cover international movements of goods lows the SITC, series M, no. 34, revision 1. Estiacross<br />
customs borders. Exports are valued f.o.b. mates from secondary sources also usually follow<br />
(free on board) <strong>and</strong> imports, c.i.f. (cost, insurance, this definition.<br />
<strong>and</strong> freight), unless otherwise specified in the fore- In Table 16, fuels, minerals, <strong>and</strong> metals are the comgoing<br />
sources. These values are in current dollars; modities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels <strong>and</strong> lubrinote<br />
that they do not indude trade in services. cants <strong>and</strong> related materials) divisions 27 <strong>and</strong> 28<br />
The growth rates of merch<strong>and</strong>ise exports <strong>and</strong> imports (minerals <strong>and</strong> crude fertilizers, <strong>and</strong> metalliferous<br />
are incostnttrm adreclclaedfores) <strong>and</strong> division 68 (nonferrous metals). Other<br />
areincontan i lts. s <strong>and</strong> Q m primary commodities comprise SITC sections 0, 1, 2,<br />
quantum indexes of exports or i- <strong>and</strong> 4 (food <strong>and</strong> live animals, beverages <strong>and</strong> totum<br />
indexes are obtained from the export or im- bacco, inedible crude materials, oils, fats, <strong>and</strong><br />
port value index as deflated by the corresponding waxes) less divisions 27 <strong>and</strong> 28. Machinery <strong>and</strong><br />
price index. To calculate these quantum indexes,<br />
th Wol Ban use it ow'rc ndxs hc transport equipment are the commodities in SITC<br />
the World Bank uses its own price indexes, which section 7. Other manufactures represent SITC secare<br />
based on international prices for primary commodities<br />
<strong>and</strong> unit value indexes for manufactures.<br />
tion 7 thr manufactures <strong>and</strong> SIon 68c<br />
tions 5 through 9 less section 7 <strong>and</strong> division 68.<br />
These price indexes are country-specific <strong>and</strong> disag- anTextiles <strong>and</strong> clothing, representing SITC divisions 65<br />
<strong>and</strong> 84 (textiles, yarns, fabrics, <strong>and</strong> clothing), are<br />
gregated by broad commodity groups. This en- ' ' '<br />
sures consistency between data for a groupo shwasaubrou of ote mauatrs<br />
countries <strong>and</strong> those for individual countries. Such In Table 15, food commodities are those in SITC<br />
daacountriestency those individuase counthe ori. Sh sections 0, 1, <strong>and</strong> 4 <strong>and</strong> division 22 (food <strong>and</strong> live<br />
data consistency will increase as the World Bank animals beverages oils <strong>and</strong> fats, <strong>and</strong> oilseeds <strong>and</strong><br />
continues to improve its trade price indexes for an nuts less division 12 (tobacco). Fuels are the comincreasing<br />
number of countries. These growth<br />
rates can differ from those derived from national<br />
nuties ivision 3 (tob era) fuels, lubri-<br />
modities in SITC section 3 (mineral fuels, lubripractices<br />
because national price indexes may use cants <strong>and</strong> related materials). Other primary commoddifferent<br />
base years <strong>and</strong> weighting procedures ities comprise SITC section 2 (crude materials,<br />
from those used by the World Bank.<br />
excluding fuels), less division 22 (oilseeds <strong>and</strong><br />
nuts) plus divisions 12 (tobacco) <strong>and</strong> 68 (nonfer-<br />
The terms of trade, or the net barter terms of rous metals). Machinery <strong>and</strong> transport equipment are<br />
trade, measure the relative movement of export the commodities in SITC section 7. Other manufacprices<br />
against that of import prices. Calculated as tures, calculated residually from the total value of<br />
the ratio of a country's index of average export manufactured imports, represent SITC sections 5<br />
prices to its average import price index, this indica- through 9, less section 7 <strong>and</strong> division 68.<br />
tor shows changes over a base year in the level of The summary measures in Table 15 are weighted<br />
export prices as a percentage of import prices. The by total merch<strong>and</strong>ise imports of individual counterms<br />
of trade index numbers are shown for 1985 tries in current dollars; those in Table 16, by total<br />
<strong>and</strong> 1987, where 1980 = 100. The price indexes are merch<strong>and</strong>ise exports of individual countries in curfrom<br />
the source cited above for the growth rates of rent dollars. (See the note to Table 14.)<br />
exports <strong>and</strong> imports.<br />
The data is from the U.N., reported by high-<br />
income OECD countries, which are the OECD<br />
members excluding Greece, Portugal, <strong>and</strong> Turkey.<br />
The summary measures for the growth rates are<br />
calculated by aggregating the 1980 constant U.S.<br />
dollar price series for each year <strong>and</strong> then applying<br />
the least-squares growth rate procedure for the periods<br />
shown. Note again that these values do not<br />
include trade in services.<br />
Table 17. OECD imports of manufactured goods:<br />
origin <strong>and</strong> composition<br />
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