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06 March 2024

Measuring Digital Trade in Jamaica: An inventory of data sources
Esmond McLean
UNCEBTS

The presenter would like to thank the following institutions for their support•Facilitator
Name: Esmond McLean

Current role &organisation:

Involvement inIA:

A fun fact about :me

IMF-Consultant, ESS

Director of Data Intelligence,Bank of Jamaica. Short-term
Consultant on ESS with IMF

passionate football fan!

2Outline
I. Overview of the Jamaican Economyo Selected Indicators

II. Conceptual Framework for Measuring Digital Trade
III. Description of digital trade and E-Commerce in Jamaicao Key Data Sources

IV. The way forward

Overview of the Jamaican Economy

Overview of the Jamaican Economy: Selected Indicators

Description of e-commerce and Digital trade in Jamaica
1st in the Caribbean
7th in LAC

Telecommunication industry performance

III Description of digital trade and E-Commerce in JamaicaDescription of e-commerce and Digital trade in Jamaica

TypeActivity/ Service TypeCT services providers

Mobile roaming

IT Services Providers

Software Programming, consultancy
services web hosting

Post and Communications

Mobile , Fixed phone and post delivery

Computer and Telecommunications
equipment installation and repair

Telecommunications equipment

Financial Services

Offshore Banking,InsuranceDescription of e-commerce and Digital trade in Jamaica
Formal Economy

Informal Economy

Digital trade and E-Commerce in Jamaica: Key Data Sources

Digital trade and E-Commerce in Jamaica: Key Data Sources
Digitally Ordered Trade
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

Enterprise Surveys
Household Surveys
Credit Card Data
Payment Gateway data
De Minimis Data
Customs Statistics
Private Data Sources

Digitally Intermediation
Platforms
Digitally Delivered Trade
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

ITS Surveys
ITRS Surveys
Credit Card Data
Administrative Tax Data
Household Surveys
Non-Bank Data on digitalfinancial Services

1.
2.
3.
4.

Big Data/Web Scraping
Payment Gateways
Tourism Surveys
Large companies Surveys

Digital trade and E-Commerce in Jamaica: Key Data Sources

JAMAICA : DATA INVENTORY ON DIGITAL TRADE (with sources )EXPORTS
Source Availability %i. Digitally Orderedii. Goodsiii. Services*not digitally delivered
iv. Services* digitally delivered
v. Digitally orderedvi. Not digitally orderedvii. Total Digital Trade
IMPORTS
Source Availability %i. Digitally Orderedii. Goodsiii. Services*not digitally delivered
iv. Services* digitally delivered
v. Digitally orderedvi. Not digitally ordered

CORPORATION
Source43%

GOVERNMENT
Source100%

NPISH
Source
100%

ES

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS AR

HHCCES

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS AR

HH

CC

ES/TS

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS AR

HH

CC

ES/TS

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS AR

HH

CC

ES/TS

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS AR

HH

CC

ES/TS

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS AR

HH

CC

CORPORATION
Source43%

GOVERNMENT
Source100%

NPISH
Source
100%

ES

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS AR

HS

CCES

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS ARHS

CCES

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS ARHSCCES

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS AR

HSCCES

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS AR

HSCCES

HH

CC PG

DT CS PS ARHSCCKey
ES= Enterprise Survey
HH=Household Survey
CC= Credit Card Information
PG= Payment Gateways
CS= Customs Survey
AR= Administrative Records
DT = De Minimis Trade
TS = Tourism Survey
Available
Available being worked on
Available
Not Available
Not applicableDigital trade and E-Commerce in Jamaica: DIP
JAMAICA : DATA INVENTORY ON DIGITAL TRADE (with sources ):Digital Intermediation Providers (DIP)
DIP(EXPORTS)
GOVERNMENTCORPORATION
SourceSourceSource Availability %50%
100%
i. Digitally Ordered
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
ii. Goods
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
iii. Services*not digitally delivered
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
iv. Digitally delivered services
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
v. Digitally ordered
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
vi. Not digitally ordered
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
GOVERNMENTDIP(IMPORTS)
CORPORATION
SourceSource
50%
100%
i. Digitally Ordered
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
ii. Goods
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
iii. Services*not digitally delivered
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
iv. Digitally delivered services
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
v. Digitally ordered
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG
vi. Not digitally ordered
B D / W S PG
TS LCSARB D / W S PG

NPISH
Source50%TSLCS

TS

LCS

TS

LCS

TS

LCS

TS

LCSTSLCS

NPISH
Source
50%TS

LCS

TS

LCS

TS

LCS

TSLCS

TSLCS

TSLCS

Key
BD/WS= Big Data/Web scraping
PG= Payment Gateways
TS= Tourism Survey
LCS= Large Company Survey
AR= Administrative Records

Available
Available being worked on
Not Applicable

Case Study: Popular Jamaican start-up as online Platform

Case Study
Background
Incorporated in 2019, toprovide an ecommerce
platforms to facilitate thedelivery of:
1. logistics
2. ecommerce fulfilment
services
3. cross-border onlineshopping
4. Local online shopping
5. sea freight shippingand6. brokerage services.
7. branded MasterCard.

QUESTIONS ANSWEREDAPPROACH

Is it possible todeliver a virtual(both local and int’l)shopping experience
to Jamaicans ?

Form an online
shopping company
with courier service
and merged it withprominent retailers

RESULTS
1. Local expanded line to include Grocery andStationery and a Wholesale club delivering
island wide
2. Dominate the market with about 65% of
total local online purchases with delivery
3. Represent a good source of de minimi
digital trade info. for both local and int’l.

BUSINESSINSIGHTS/IMPACT
Revoluitionizede-commerce inparticular ,the courier
service with innovative
packages and a wider
markets to choose fromfor consumers .
theOf all locally
digitally orderedpurchases

Key Questions for the Committee
1. What recommendations do you have for measuring human capitaldevelopment
2. What legislation in administrative data is most effective in capturing
de minimis trade
3. We are requesting improved guidance on the rules governing economic
vs legal ownership of intellectual property assets
4. What recommendations do you have in cloud services in particular thesource of imported services
5. What recommendations do you have in the treatment ofcryptocurrencies and crypto-assets

The Way Forward
2022• It is recommended that this body of work continues to include
country experiences and best practices in the form of case studies
This would enable the manual to go next level in assisting theglobal community’s efforts in estimating economic activity.

Thank you !
Esmond McLean,Senior Economist
Bank of Jamaica
esmond.mclean@boj.org.jm
The presenter would like to thank the following institutions for their support

Additional Slides

Credit Card Information Survey form extract
VOLUMES AND VALUES MARKET SUMMARYJANUARY 2021
JMDVOLUME
LEVEL CODE
1DESCRIPTIONDEBIT CARD TRANSACTIONS

1.1

OVER THE COUNTER WITHDRAWAL

1.2

OVER THE COUNTER TRANSFER

1.3

AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE (ABM) WITHDRAWAL

1.4

1.6

AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE (ABM) DEPOSIT
AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE (ABM) CREDIT
TRANSFER
BILL PAYMENT

1.7

POINT OF SALE

1.8

TELEPHONE

1.9

DOMESTIC E-COMMERCE (ONLINE TRANSACTIONS)

1.10

CROSS BORDER E-COMMERCE (ONLINE
TRANSACTIONS)

1.11

MOBILE TOP-UP

1.12

OTHER TRANSACTIONS

2CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS

2.1

CASH ADVANCE

2.2

OVER THE COUNTER WITHDRAWAL

2.3

OVER THE COUNTER TRANSFER

2.4

AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE (ABM) WITHDRAWAL

2.5

2.7

AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE (ABM) DEPOSIT
AUTOMATED BANKING MACHINE (ABM) CREDIT
TRANSFER
BILL PAYMENT

2.8

POINT OF SALE

2.9

TELEPHONE

2.10

DOMESTIC E-COMMERCE (ONLINE TRANSACTIONS)

2.11

CROSS BORDER E-COMMERCE (ONLINE
TRANSACTIONS)

2.12

MOBILE TOP-UP

2.13

OTHER TRANSACTIONS

1.5

2.6

ON-US

NOT ON-USUSDVALUE(JMD $)ON-USNOT ON-USVOLUMEON-US

NOT ON-US

ON-US

VALUE(USD $)NOT ON-U

Telecommunications performance

Tourism Information: Satisfaction Survey Results 2020

Index of Export Market Penetration

HH Market Concentration Index

Digital trade and E-Commerce in Jamaica: Key Sectors

Big Data :Data Scraping/Crawling
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