Quality report on balance of payments, international investment position, international trade in services and foreign direct investment statistics — 2021 edition - Products Statistical reports

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The purpose of this paper is to present the overview quality report on balance of payments (BOP), international investment position (IIP), international trade in services statistics (ITSS) and foreign direct investment (FDI) statistics for the year 2020, transmitted by the EU and EFTA Member States. The quality assessment has been carried out against the following quality criteria: relevance, accuracy, timeliness and punctuality, accessibility and clarity, comparability and coherence. It covers the data requirements under Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 and the methodology in the 6th edition of the IMF’s ‘Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual’ (BPM6). The quality report is updated annually.