For historical reasons trade statistics until fairly recently drawn up for groups of territories or countries which subsequently achieved independence individually. This applied particularly to former French West Africa, ...

The basic document for discussion of commodity classification is "External Trade Statistics" (E/CN.14/STAT/L.17), prepared by the Statistical Office of the United Nations.

This paper focuses on Quantum Units in external trade statistics of African countries. This study of quantum units is undertaken to enable the third conference of African statisticians to make recommendations on the ...

A seminar on External Trade Statistics met in Addis Ababa from 29 November to 7 December, 1961. The seminar originated in a proposal of the Second Conference of African Statisticians, which recommended (report, paragraph ...