Services trade by modes of supply

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Description:

The table provides data on international trade in services from Balance of Payments and based on FATS (Foreign Affiliates Statistics) detailed by the four modes of supply: Mode 1: cross-border, Mode 2: in the country of the producer, Mode 3: through commercial presence abroad, Mode 4: by sending employees to the country of the consumer. The four modes are based on GATS (General Agreement on Trade in Services). Methodologically, the statistics are based on the Manual on Statistics on International Trade in Services (MSITS 2010) and on the EUROSTAT handbook on the modes of supply (European business statistics compilers guide for European statistics on international supply of services by mode of supply, 2023 edition).

Source:

OeNB, Statistics Austria.

Definitions and terms:

Modes of Supply, trade in services, Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification (EBOPS), Balance of Payments, FATS.

Legal basis:

National law: § 44 Central Bank Act; Foreign Exchange Act 2004; Federal Statistics Act 2000; FATS regulation 2022. International law: Regulation (EU) 2019/2152 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2019 on European business statistics, repealing 10 legal acts in the field of business statistics; Regulation (EU) No. 184/2005 of 12 January 2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment, ECB’s Guideline of 09 December 2011 on the statistical reporting requirements of the European Central Bank in the field of external statistics (ECB/2011/23), Balance of Payments Manual (Sixth Edition), Manual on Statistics on International Trade in Services (MSITS 2010).

Methodology:

Business services are compiled by running a direct reporting system covering economic units that exceed the applicable reporting thresholds (concentration survey). FATS is mainly compiled on existing secondary statistics (Direct Investment Statistics of the Central Bank, Structural Business Statistics and R&D-Statistics of Statistics Austria). On grounds of the primary statistics, the modes are compiled by applying international convention, small enterprise surveys and qualified estimates.

Reporting institutions:

Companies, banks, individuals, public entities.

Standards and codes:

Manual on Statistics on International Trade in Services (MSITS 2010), Balance of Payments Manual (Sixth Edition), ÖNACE 2008.