Foreign trade in services
The services sector plays a major role in the global economy, as it is considered one of the fastest growing economic sectors, and the importance of this sector stems from its contribution to the basic economic development process, such as transport, transportation, media, and finding resources through technology that increases productivity, and therefore all of these sectors are vital and important sectors that are linked with plans for development and growth within the country.
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Metadata
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Reports
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Methodology
1.1
Contact organization
Dubai Statistics Center
1.2
Contact organization unit
Foreign Trade Section
1.3
Contact name
Corporate Communication & Customer Service Section
1.4
Contact person function
Customer Care
1.5
Contact mail address
P.O.Box: 121222 Dubai, UAE
1.6
Contact email address
info@dsc.gov.ae
1.7
Contact phone number
800 DSC (372)
1.8
Contact fax number
009714 4290232
2.1
Metadata last certified
08/09/2021
2.2
Metadata last posted
08/09/2021
2.3
Metadata last update
08/09/2021
3.1
Data description
The services sector plays a major role in the global economy, as it is considered one of the fastest growing economic sectors, and the importance of this sector stems from its contribution to the basic economic development process, such as transport, transportation, media, and finding resources through technology that increases productivity, and therefore all of these sectors are vital and important sectors that are linked with plans for development and growth within the country.
3.2
Classification
- Classification name: Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services
- Classification version: 2010
- Published entity: International monetary fund
3.4
Statistical concepts and definitions
Residents: Emirati and non-Emirati population who are usual residents in the Emirate of Dubai.
- Non-residents: visitors who are not residents of the country, and their duration of stay is usually short.
Service exports: the values of all services provided by individuals or companies residing in the economy of the Emirate of Dubai to non-residents.
- Service imports: the values of all services provided by individuals or non-resident companies to residents of the economy of the Emirate of Dubai.
3.6
Statistical population
Data for this project are from several sources such as administrative records of data providers, field data and field surveys
6.1
Legal acts and other agreements
Dubai Statistics Center specializes in the construction of a modern and comprehensive statistical system and shall be the only official source
for the collection, analysis and publication of Statistical information and data in the Emirate adopting harmonized methodological international standards in the
collection, analysis, and dissemination of statistical data. For more information, please see the law number (28) related to Dubai Statistics Center
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6.2
Data sharing
Arrangements or procedures for data sharing and coordination between data producing agencies.
7.1
Confidentiality - policy
Data confidentiality is governed by law number (28) for the year 2015 about Dubai Statistics Center, article number (9) Confidentiality of
Statistical Data'.
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7.2
Confidentiality - data treatment
8.1
Release calendar
Project's related reports are published in accordance with release calendar published at DSC website as per publish period approved in GDDS standard (quarterly-annually)
8.2
Release calendar access
Project's related reports are published in accordance with release calendar published at DSC website as per publish period approved in GDDS standard (quarterly-annually)
10.1
News release
The reports of the project are published according to the statistical calendar displayed on the Dubai Statistics Center website according to the periodical publishing according to the GDDS standard ِ annual-published
10.3
On-line database
Available under specific permissions to particular entities
10.4
Micro-data access
Micro-data are not available to public due to data confidentiality considerations. However, aggregated data are published to public
10.6
Documentation on methodology
The project was implemented according to GSBPM where it takes into consideration statistical quality scopes according to Statistical data quality charter for the Emirate of Dubai that is adopted by the center specially those related accuracy, objectivity and comparability, since the classifications and methodologies used make the results of this project comparable on national regional and international levels being based on international classifications and methodologies.
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12.1
User needs
- Producing figures expressing the volume of international trade in services, by calculating the international trade in services by sectors.
- An important indicator that reflects the volume of international trade in services
18.2
Frequency of data collection
18.3
Data collection
Registered data
Field survey
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