Snapshot for Estonia Foreign Trade Exports (ESTBEX)

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The data collection system of the foreign trade statistics changed due to the Estonia's accession to the European Union on 1 May 2004. As previously, data about the trade of Estonia with non-EU countries (so-called third states) are based on customs declarations (Extrastat), however, statistical surveys (Intrastat) are now used for collecting data about the trade between EU Member States. As Intrastat survey covers only enterprises, whose value of arrival or entering goods from or dispatch or outgoing goods to the EU Member States has exceeded 1 million Estonian kroons, and not all enterprises in the sample submit their reports on time, statistical methods are used to estimate the value of total trade. Estimated figures are revised upon receiving additional information. Statistics compiled by special trade system on the basis of Intrastat reports do not coincide with the data compiled by special trade system on the basis of customs declarations. Large proportion of goods, which moved in customs warehouses under the supervision of customs authorities and which were not taken into account in statistics according to the rules of the special trade system, are now in free circulation and included in statistics as customs warehouses were replaced by intermediate depots in the case of the internal EU trade. The data collection system of the foreign trade statistics changed due to the Estonia's accession to the European Union on 1 May 2004. As previously, data about the trade of Estonia with non-EU countries (so-called third states) are based on customs declarations (Extrastat), however, statistical surveys (Intrastat) are now used for collecting data about the trade between EU Member States. As Intrastat survey covers only enterprises, which report a large turnover in the trade between EU Member States, and not all enterprises in the sample submit their reports on time, statistical methods are used to estimate the value of total trade. Estimated figures are revised upon receiving additional information.