SIMSTAT, which stands for 'single market statistics', is a project to facilitate the exchange of micro-data (at enterprise level) on intra-EU exports of goods between European Union (EU) Member States. Its overall objective is to simplify Intrastat, the intra-EU trade data collection system, on the basis of the principle that data already collected and available within the European statistical system (ESS) should not be collected more than once. Accordingly, each intra-EU transaction reported in one Member State may serve as a data source for two Member States, both for compiling the intra-EU exports of the exporting Member State and for verifying and/or compiling the intra-EU imports of the receiving Member State.
The ultimate aim of SIMSTAT is to significantly reduce the burden on enterprises while guaranteeing that the statistical information provided is fit for purpose and of high quality.
Further information
- Regulation 638/2004 of 31 March 2004 on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States and repealing Council Regulation 3330/91
- Regulation 659/2014 of 15 May 2015 amending Regulation 638/2004 on Community statistics relating to trading of goods between Member States as regards conferring delegated and implementing powers on the Commission for the adoption of certain measures, the communication of information by the customs administration, the exchange of confidential data between Member States and the definition of statistical value