Contact person 1. Chef du Bureau des Statistiques et des Etudes Economiques 2. Chef de la division Echanges ext rieurs 1. Data are published both unadjusted and adjusted for seasonal factors and working days.
Statistics follow special trade methodology.
Timeliness 7-8 weeks after the end of the reference period. The data release date is included in the calendar for the four coming months, issued by I.N.S.E.E. on the 25th of each month. Identification of internal government access to data before release The offices of the Minister of Finance and of the Minister of Foreign Trade have access to the data no earlier than 30 minutes before the official release time. No ministerial commentary is attached to the release of data. Occasionally, there can be a ministerial commentary generally issued in the afternoon after the publication.