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International Trade in Services International Trade in Services Data Collection in Thailand: Data Collection in Thailand:

Education and Medical Services Education and Medical Services Vilai Pinijkulviwat

Senior Analyst, Data Management DepartmentBank of Thailand

This presentation is prepared as country contribution for the APEC Capacity – Building Seminar-Workshop on the Measurement of International Trade in Services, Manila, Philippines, 1-3 October 2008

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TopicsTopics

• Thailand's statistics compilation system

• International trade in services and BOP

• Data sources

• Medical-related services

• Education-related services

• Service Account: Data Dissemination

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Thailand's statistics compilation system

Balance of Payments

Monetary Statistics

National Account National Economic

& Social Development Board

CPI &PPI Ministry of Commerce

Fiscal Statistics Ministry of Finance

National Census National Statistic Office

Bank of Thailand

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Detailed breakdown: Transportation

- Freight

- Passenger

- Others

Travel

Government service, n.i.e.

Other Services

- Communication services

- Construction services

- Royalties & license fees

- Insurance services

- Others

International trade in services and BOP

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Main data source: ITRSMain data source: ITRS

Closed system, where netting of transaction is allowed Data is captured on daily basis Timeliness : no later than 7 days after the reference

period Data submission : Transactions of commercial banks are

to be submitted electronically through the recently

launched Data Management System.

Characteristics

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Other data sourcesOther data sources

TAT : Tourism Authority of Thailand

for travel items Thai Airways International & other airlines for

passenger item Surveys on particular topics:

– Medical-related Services– Education-related Services

Medical-related services SurveyMedical-related services Survey

Scope – International patients with no permanent Thai

address– ‘Gross receipt’ before deduction of expenses for

health services– Data requested are quarterly data and the survey

is conducted annually– Only have data on receipts part

Data source– Major public and private hospitals in Thailand

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Working process– On-site visit: public & private hospitals – Questionnaire: Form 22:Survey on Health-

related services provided

to Non- residents

– Sample selection: major hospitals with foreign patients (34 hospitals)

– Preliminary results: response rate 85%

Medical-related Medical-related servicesservices Survey (cont.) Survey (cont.)

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Education-related servicesEducation-related services

Scope Receipts

– Include only standard courses at institutes of higher educations

– Very few number of non-resident students at high school level or lower

– Excluding intensive courses, professional training such as cooking, massage, etc.

Payments– All Thai students studying abroad in standard programs

(both primary/secondary education and higher education included)

– Summer programs, mini-courses, etc. are not included9

Education-related services (cont.)Education-related services (cont.)

Data sources– Receipts

The Commission on Higher Education Ministry of Education

Major universities in Thailand with enrolling foreign student

– Payments Office of the Civil Service Commission Embassies/Consulate; Education Centers Other websites

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Education-related services Education-related services (cont.)(cont.)

WeightedAverageTuition fee

WeightedAverageTuition fee

Average AccommodationExpense

Average AccommodationExpense

OtherExpenses

OtherExpenses

AverageExpenditure Per student

AverageExpenditure Per student

Number of Students in each country

Number of Students in each country

Gross receipt/payment

from each country

Gross receipt/payment

from each country

+

+

×× ==

CompilationEducational

receipt/payment

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Future plansFuture plans

Improvements to Trade in Services Data

Freight & InsuranceTelecommunications servicesInternational remittances

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Service Account: Data Dissemination

Periodicity : Data released on monthly and quarterly basis

Timeliness : Preliminary data - 1 month lag (Summary)

- 1 quarter lag (Detailed)

Presentation : Summary : Net Services

Detailed : Receipts / Payments

in accordance with BPM5 Standard

componentsInternet website : www.bot.or.th

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Thank youThank you