01824cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF004639 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781451927467 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Gong, Xiaoning. Improving the Estimation Methodology of Monthly Data in Direction of Trade Statistics / Xiaoning Gong. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 1994. 1 online resource (32 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The quality of the estimated data in DOTS depends on the availability and accuracy of direction of trade reports and the estimation methodology. Because of the low coverage of monthly reporting, the estimating procedure plays a role of increased importance. This study, however, reveals two deficiencies in current DOTS estimation methodology: The information on total trade in IFS is not efficiently used, and the assumed uniform 10 percent CIF/FOB factor is inappropriate. Accuracy would be improved if IFS total trade were allocated, when available, according to the shares of total trade derived from partner data; and the uniform 10 percent CIF/FOB factors were replaced by adjustment factors derived from historical data. Mode of access: Internet United States imf IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 1994/142 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/1994/142/001.1994.issue-142-en.xml IMF e-Library