International supply of services by mode of supply and partner country (MoS)
1. Contact
Responsible agency
Unit
Contact person
Position
Email (agency)
Phone
2. Statistical presentation
Data description
Statistics on international supply of services (ISS) by modes of supply (MoS) show how and where services are supplied internationally, namely by answering the question of 'how' services are exchanged across countries and 'where' services are supplied to foreign customers.
The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), the first multilateral agreement to cover trade in services, defines trade in services as the supply of a service through any of four modes of supply, outlined in the bullet points below.
- Mode 1 - cross-border supply;
- Mode 2 - consumption abroad;
- Mode 3 - commercial presence;
- Mode 4 - presence of natural persons.
MoS data are produced by linking the existing national statistical data sources without increasing the burden to the respondents.
Statistical concepts and definitions
Statistical unit
N/A
Statistical population
Residents of Latvia who internationaly supply services by all four modes of supply.
3. Institutional mandate
Legal acts and other agreements
- Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics;
- Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1197 laying down technical specifications and arrangements pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council on European business statistics repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics. The requirements concerning the MoS domain are defined in table 38 "Statistics on international activities – International Supply of Services by Mode of Supply".
4. Accessibility and clarity
On-line database
5. Comparability
Comparability - geographical
The underlying methodological framework ensures a high degree of comparability across countries.
The data are comparable with the data of other European Union countries.
EU data on Eurostat website Section: International trade in services.
Length of comparable time series
N/A
6. Coherence
Coherence- cross domain
N/A
7. Statistical processing (data source etc.)
Source data
Personalised individual data of enterprises on the exports and imports of services by type of service, collected and processed by the Bank of Latvia.
Data collection
Data on the exports and imports of services are received from the Bank of Latvia.
Data compilation
The data are estimated mostly by microdata linking.
The data are estimated using the Eurostat-WTO model.