Foreign trade in services
Exports and imports of services by economic activity of economic unit Exports and imports of services by EBOPS 2010 section and type of ownership Exports and imports of services by administrative unit Exports and imports of services by EBOPS 2010 and economic activity of economic unit Exports and imports of services by type of ownership and economic activity of economic unit Exports and imports of services by EBOPS 2010 and number of persons employed | |
The Estonian Classification of Economic Activities (EMTAK 2008) based on NACE Rev. 2 The Extended Balance of Payments Services classification 2010 (EBOPS 2010) The Classification of Estonian administrative units and settlements (EHAK) | |
Economic units which have services trade transactions with the European Union (EU) countries and non-EU countries | |
The services account reflects the services sold to and purchased from non-residents by Estonian residents. Exports of services – the cost of services sold by residents of Estonia to non-residents. Imports of services – the cost of services purchased by residents of Estonia from non-residents. Balance = exports minus imports. The services sold to and purchased from non-residents are the following: - manufacturing services; - maintenance and repair services; - transport; - travel; - construction; - insurance and pension services; - financial services; - charges for the use of intellectual property; - telecommunications, computer and information services; - research and development services; professional and management consulting services; technical, trade-related and other business services; - personal, cultural, and recreational services; - government goods and services not included elsewhere. Residents are: 1. state authorities or agencies of the Republic of Estonia in the broadest sense (legislative, executive and judicial bodies or their agencies, and constitutional institutions), and local governments or their agencies; 2. Estonian diplomatic, consular or other official representations in foreign countries, and representative offices of other Estonian institutions or organisations abroad which are not engaged in any economic or commercial activity; 3. legal persons in public law and their agencies formed under the laws of the Republic of Estonia; 4. legal persons in private law registered in the Republic of Estonia, or their representative offices (including cross-border service providers); 5. companies (Societas Europaea, SE) or cooperatives (Societas Cooperativa Europaea, SCE) registered in the Republic of Estonia under the statute for a European company, or their representative offices; 6. branches of foreign legal persons registered in the Republic of Estonia; 7. Estonian citizens residing in the Republic of Estonia; 8. aliens residing in the Republic of Estonia who hold a permanent residence permit or a temporary residence permit for at least one year; 9. persons specified in clauses 7 or 8, studying or undergoing medical treatment abroad, irrespective of the duration of their studies or medical treatment; 10. persons specified in clauses 7 or 8 who are members of a ship crew, seasonal or cross-border workers abroad, irrespective of the duration of their stay abroad; 11. diplomats, military personnel, staff of consular or other official representations of the Republic of Estonia and their family members abroad who enjoy immunity and diplomatic privileges. County not specified – it is not possible to specify the county (for example, in the case of aggregated data, pension funds, tourists, private persons, or non-residents) or there is no information about the contact address of the enterprise. Economic activity not specified – it is not possible to specify the economic activity (for example, in the case of aggregated data, pension funds, tourists, private persons, or non-residents) or there is no information about the primary activity of the enterprise. Economic unit – enterprise (company, sole proprietor) or non-profit unit (non-profit association, foundation, government institution, local government institution) entered in the Commercial Register. Enterprise – an enterprise consists of one or more companies (public limited company, private limited company, limited partnership, general partnership, commercial association) or branches of foreign companies or sole proprietors. Persons employed – persons who work in an economic unit, irrespective of the length of their working week. Those absent for a longer period (on maternity leave, in conscript service, etc.) are excluded. Type of ownership – a basis for the classification of enterprises according to their capital involvement (majority of votes) in the company. Type of ownership not specified – it is not possible to specify the type of ownership (for example, in the case of aggregated data, pension funds, tourists, private persons, or non-residents) or there is no information about the type of ownership of the enterprise. | |
Economic unit | |
Residents of Estonia who sell services to or purchase services from a non-resident FRAME Not applicable | |
Estonia as a whole | |
2013–… | |
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DIRECTLY APPLICABLE LEGAL ACTS Regulation (EC) No 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 (Text with EEA relevance) OTHER LEGAL ACTS Not available OTHER AGREEMENTS Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat) |
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Data are published in the statistical database at http://andmebaas.stat.ee under the subject area “Economy / Foreign Trade / Foreign trade in services” in the following tables: VKT10: Exports and imports of services by economic activity of economic unit (quarterly) VKT12: Exports and imports of services by administrative unit (quarterly) VKT14: Exports and imports of services by service (EBOPS) and type of ownership of economic unit VKT16: Exports and imports of services by service (EBOPS) and number of persons employed in economic unit VKT18: Exports and imports of services by economic activity and number of persons employed in economic unit | |
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Balance of payments methodology (Eesti Pank (central bank of Estonia)): http://statistika.eestipank.ee/?lng=et#treeMenu/MAKSEBIL_JA_INVPOS/702 See also “Methodology and sources for compilation of the accounts of the Balance Payments” https://statistika.eestipank.ee/failid/mbo/kv_mb2_eng.html The methodological basis for the compilation of balance of payments and services trade data is the IMF Balance of Payments Manual (Version 6) http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/bop/2007/pdf/bpm6.pdf STEC (Services Trade by Enterprise Characteristics) Compilers Guide: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-manuals-and-guidelines/-/KS-GQ-16-007?inheritRedirect=true&redirect=%2Feurostat%2Fpublications%2Fmanuals-and-guidelines | |
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In compliance with requirements |
Statistics Estonia does not publish the data until they have been published by Eesti Pank (70 days after the end of the reporting period). The data on the foreign trade of services are updated at Statistics Estonia on a quarterly basis, generally 71 days after the end of the reporting period. Upon the first publication of the statistics for the 1st and 3rd quarter, the data of the previous quarter are adjusted. Long time series (data on up to five years) are adjusted upon the first publication of the statistics for the 2nd quarter (in September) and the data for the previous year are adjusted upon the first publication of the statistics for the 4th quarter (in March). | |
The data have been published at the time announced in the release calendar. |
The data are comparable with the data of other European Union countries. | |
The data are comparable over the whole time series (2013–…). Due to the elaboration of the definition of the enterprise since 2018, there may be a redistribution of indicators between economic activities (legal entities belonging to the group may be consolidated into one enterprise). | |
The data in the database of Statistics Estonia are published using the EBOPS 2010 classification, the data in the database of Eesti Pank have been published based on the detailed records of annual services statistics published by Eurostat (based on EBOPS 2010). | |
The outputs of the statistical activity are coherent. |
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The revision principles have been coordinated with Eesti Pank. Upon the first publication of the statistics for the 1st and 3rd quarter, the data of the previous quarter are adjusted. Long time series (data on up to five years) are adjusted upon the first publication of the statistics for the 2nd quarter (in September) and the data for the previous year are adjusted upon the first publication of the statistics for the 4th quarter (in March). Eesti Pank submits all the revised data for the previous periods with the data of the new quarter. |
SURVEY DATA Not used ADMINISTRATIVE DATA Data on the exports of services based on VIES declarations (form VD, cell 5) are received from the Estonian Tax and Customs Board. Personalised individual data of economic units and aggregated data of private persons on the exports and imports of services by type of service, collected and processed by the Eesti Pank (the central bank of Estonia). DATA FROM OTHER STATISTICAL ACTIVITIES Data from statistical activity 20901 “Business register for statistical purposes” are used. | |
Quarterly | |
Data on the exports and imports of services are received from the Eesti Pank (the central bank of Estonia) by e-mail. Data from Estonian Tax and Customs Board are received via an FTP-server. | |
The data are validated by the data administrator. | |
The data on services published in the database of Statistics Estonia are based on the data collected and processed by Eesti Pank. Eesti Pank uses a mixed system (surveys, cross-border payments, administrative system) to collect services data. The information is collected from enterprises on a quarterly basis. See also: Methodology and sources for the compilation of the Balance of Payments accounts (http://statistika.eestipank.ee/failid/mbo/kv_mb2_eng.html). The information is presented at current prices. The data are only for economic units registered in Estonia. The collected data are converted into statistical output. This includes calculating additional indicators. The share of enterprises not in the sample will be assessed by Eesti Pank (central bank of Estonia) with the help of data on cross-border payments and of statistical models. | |
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