D. Data fields required for statistical purposes
8.23. Minimum requirements. The statistical information needs require the provision of the data fields shown in table VIII.1.
8.24. Experience of the Philippines. In 2003, the National Statistics Office of thePhilippines entered into a memorandum of agreement with the Bureau of Customs, for the latter to provide the National Statistics Office with an electronic copy of the data obtained from customs documents and generated using the electronic system. The information items contained in the extracted data files shall contain the following variables:
(a) For exports, from the Automated Export Declaration System, this will include customs control number, country of destination, commodity description, gross weight (in kilograms), quantity, preferential treatment, FOB value, insurance cost, freight cost, local port of unloading, local port of destination, importer’s TIN, feeder/direct carrier’s name, type of handling/packing, and registry number.
(b) For imports, from the Automated Cargo Operating System, this will include customs control number, country of origin, commodity description, gross weight (in kilograms), quantity, preferential treatment, value of imported raw materials, FOB value, insurance cost, freight cost, local port of loading, local port of origin, exporter’s TIN, feeder/direct carrier’s name, type of handling/packing, and registry number.
8.25. Information relevant or required for the completion of the customs declaration. The information normally required for the completion of customs declaration forms that is relevant for compilation of trade statistics (either for inclusion into statistics or for verification purposes) includes that shown in table VIII.2. It should be noted, however, that not all information items listed in the table are required in all countries.