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          Monthly Bulletin of Foreign Trade - April 2020
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          DDI-EGY-CAPMAS-ForeignTrade-April-2020-V01
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        <AuthEnty affiliation="Ministry of Economic Development">
          CAPMAS
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        <othId role="Customs certificate for import" affiliation="Ministry of Finance">
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            Customs Authority
          </p>
        </othId>
        <othId role="Customs certificate for export" affiliation="Ministry of Trade and Industry">
          <p>
            General Organization for Export and Import Control
          </p>
        </othId>
        <othId role="Exports and imports of Crude Oil and its products" affiliation="Ministry of Petroleum">
          <p>
            Ministry of Petroleum
          </p>
        </othId>
        <othId role="Exports and imports of Electricity" affiliation="Ministry of Electricity and Energy">
          <p>
            Ministry of Electricity and Energy
          </p>
        </othId>
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        <producer abbr="capmas" role="Documentation and dissemination of the study">
          CAPMAS
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          2020-07-10
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          Nesstar Publisher
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          Version 1
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    <citation>
      <titlStmt>
        <titl>
          Monthly Bulletin of Foreign Trade - April 2020
        </titl>
        <altTitl>
          <![CDATA[April  2020]]>
        </altTitl>
        <parTitl>
          <![CDATA[Monthly Bulletin of Foreign Trade Data-April  - 2020]]>
        </parTitl>
        <IDNo>
          EGY-CAPMAS-ForeignTrade-April-2020-V01
        </IDNo>
      </titlStmt>
      <rspStmt>
        <AuthEnty>
          CAPMAS
        </AuthEnty>
        <othId role="Giving CAPMAS the Customs Certificates for imports and exports for non-petroleum data" affiliation="Ministry of Finance">
          <p>
            Customs Authority
          </p>
        </othId>
        <othId role="Giving CAPMAS non-petroleum exports data" affiliation="Ministry of Trade,Industry and Investment">
          <p>
            General Organization for Export and Import Control
          </p>
        </othId>
        <othId role="Giving CAPMAS petroleum exports and imports data" affiliation="Ministry of Petroleum">
          <p>
            Ministry of Petroleum
          </p>
        </othId>
        <othId role="Giving CAPMAS Electricity exports and imports data" affiliation="Ministry of Electricity">
          <p>
            Ministry of Electricity
          </p>
        </othId>
      </rspStmt>
      <prodStmt>
        <producer affiliation="Ministry of Finance" role="Giving CAPMAS the Customs Certificates for imports and exports for non-petroleum data">
          Customs Authority
        </producer>
        <producer affiliation="Ministry of Petroleum" role="Giving CAPMAS petroleum exports and imports data">
          Ministry of Petroleum
        </producer>
        <producer/>
        <copyright>
          CAPMAS (c)
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        <software version="4.0.9" date="2013-04-23">
          Nesstar Publisher
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      </prodStmt>
      <distStmt>
        <distrbtr abbr="capmas" affiliation="Ministry of Economic Development">
          CAPMAS
        </distrbtr>
        <contact affiliation="CAPMAS" URI="http://www.capmas.gov.eg" email=" pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg ">
          CAPMAS Head Office
        </contact>
      </distStmt>
      <serStmt>
        <serName>
          Trade statistics
        </serName>
        <serInfo>
          <![CDATA[Monthly Bulletin of Foreign Trade is issued monthly and Bulletin of Foreign Trade is issued annually]]>
        </serInfo>
      </serStmt>
      <verStmt>
        <version date="2020-06-30">
          <![CDATA[This version is for public use V2.1]]>
        </version>
      </verStmt>
    </citation>
    <stdyInfo>
      <subject>
        <topcClas vocab="HS">
          HS Foreign Trade Guide 2012,Country Guide and Directory of Ports
        </topcClas>
      </subject>
      <abstract>
        <![CDATA[CAPMAS is pleased to continue issuing"Monthly Bulletin of Foreign Trade",which issued from January 2008 according to Statistical guide for Harmonized Tariff items that consist of 10 characters and prepared according to the harmonized tariff terms issued by the Republic President Decree No.(39) for 2007 on 5 February 2007. 
        
This release includes cumulative data from January to October 2019.

Harmonized Tariff aims to:
1-Put a unified description of commodities for commercial and productive purposes.
2-Provide comparative data for international trade for Trade,Economic and International negotiations.
3-Building a new structure for commodities,either by integration or division and detailing of main chapters and items to meet Trade and International statistics requirements.
4-Developing customs tax structure in implementation of financial and economic reform plan to suit economic and social conditions.

Foreign trade statistics in CAPMAS depend on the general trading system that include customs certificates that are supplied to CAPMAS after customs clearance during the bulletin issuance month (commodity flow).
The monthly summary of foreign trade data includes:
1-Trade Balance.
2-Imports and exports according to ports.
3-The most important imports and exports (according to commodity groups and commodities).
4-Geographical distribution (according to regions and the most important countries).
5-Free zone imports and exports with local market according to commodity group.
6-Imports and exports of free zones with world countries according to commodity group - Geographical distribution
 
CAPMAS issues a series of Monthly Bulletin of foreign trade to achieve the desired objectives.]]>
      </abstract>
      <sumDscr>
        <timePrd date="2020-04-01" event="start" cycle="Monthly"/>
        <timePrd date="2020-04-30" event="end" cycle="Monthly"/>
        <collDate date="2020-05-01" event="start" cycle="Monthly"/>
        <collDate date="2020-05-30" event="end" cycle="Monthly"/>
        <nation abbr="Egy">
          A.R.E
        </nation>
        <geogCover>
          <![CDATA[Monthly bulletin of foreign trade covers all customs ports upon A.R.E according to General System.]]>
        </geogCover>
        <anlyUnit>
          Customs certificates from Customs Authority,General Authority for Export and Import Control,Ministry of Petroleum and Ministry of Electricity.
        </anlyUnit>
        <universe>
          All customs certificates for exports and imports that have been released according to General System for the research period received from all customs ports upon A.R.E.
        </universe>
        <dataKind>
          Aggregated data
        </dataKind>
      </sumDscr>
      <notes>
        <![CDATA[The scope of Annual Bulletin of Foreign Trade includes the following: 
1-Trade Balance.
2-Imports and exports according to ports.
3-The most important imports and exports (according to commodity groups).
4-Trade exchange between Egypt and all world countries according to Economic blocs.]]>
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      <dataColl>
        <timeMeth>
          Customs certificates are issued for imports from Customs Authority within a month and 10 days from the reference month date,The customs certificates of exports are to be sent from General Authority for Exports and Imports control within 10 days from the reference month.Both Ministry of Petroleum and Ministry of Electricity send their data within 20 days from the reference month.
        </timeMeth>
        <dataCollector affiliation="http://www.customs.gov.eg/">
          Customs Department
        </dataCollector>
        <dataCollector affiliation="E-mail:momran96@gmail.com">
          General Organization for Export and Import Control
        </dataCollector>
        <dataCollector>
          Ministry of Petroleum
        </dataCollector>
        <dataCollector>
          Ministry of Electricity
        </dataCollector>
        <collMode>
          Personal interview,Computer-aided
        </collMode>
        <resInstru>
          <![CDATA[Working is begun using the customs certificate according to the statistical guide for the harmonized customs tariff items consisting of (10) limits and prepared according to the harmonized tariff terms issued by Republic President Decree No.(39) of 2007 dated in 5 February 2007.]]>
        </resInstru>
        <sources/>
        <collSitu>
          <![CDATA[The statement is collected as follows:
Non-petroleum imports through Customs Authority on CD and CAPMAS website.
Non-petroleum exports through General Authority for Export and Import Control through CAPMAS website.
Petroleum exports and imports from Ministry of Petroleum as Paper documents.
Electricity exports and imports via Ministry of Electricity as Paper documents.]]>
        </collSitu>
        <cleanOps>
          <![CDATA[1-During data registration on computer,Validation program is run.
2-Errors are reviewed from Validation program.
3-Then,The irrational errors are sent to the sources to be reviewed.
4-Errors are reviewed after receiving from the sources.]]>
        </cleanOps>
      </dataColl>
      <notes>
        Data is entered according to prepared programs in Economic and Tactical Statistics Sector
      </notes>
    </method>
    <dataAccs>
      <useStmt>
        <confDec required="yes">
          The site does not publish individual data about individuals
        </confDec>
        <contact URI="www.capmas.gov.eg" email="pres_capmas@capmas.gov.eg ">
          CAPMAS
        </contact>
        <citReq>
          <![CDATA[Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics,Bulletin of Foreign Trade Data 2013 - Release 1.1 from data set available for public use.]]>
        </citReq>
        <conditions>
          It is prohibited to publish or quote without reference to the source,CAPMAS
        </conditions>
        <disclaimer>
          <![CDATA[CAPMAS provides you with this data without any warranties and without any implied liability of the results or conclusions based on those results also CAPMAS doesnot bear responsibility for any activities carried out on those results or data.]]>
        </disclaimer>
      </useStmt>
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