Nordic conference on new ground breaking statistics on exports

04.11.16 | News
Nordic conference on new ground breaking statistics
New ground breaking statistics concerning exports of services and goods will be presented at the conference Positioning Nordic countries and enterprises in Global Value Chains in Copenhagen November 21st. The new statistics is a result of co-operation between the five Nordic statistical offices and the OECD.

In a rapidly changing global economy, policy makers and companies are constantly in need for better information and basis for decision-making. At the conference a novel statistical analysis will be presented providing policy and economic decision makers with new important statistics concerning production and exports of services and goods.

The new analysis from the five Nordic statistical offices led by Statistics Denmark confirms the growing importance of exports of services in the Nordics.

The new analysis from the five Nordic statistical offices led by Statistics Denmark confirms the growing importance of exports of services in the Nordics. By analysing the data at firm level new interesting findings have appeared regarding export and the role of SMEs. By interlinking different databases, the analysis provides new important information on how exports of services are developing, how size and foreign ownership influence export performance. These important types of information may increasingly form political strategies in the future.

 The report will be available on  November 21st 2016. The conference will be held the same day at Nordens hus, Ved Stranden 18, 1061 Copenhagen, from 9 am to 2 pm. The language is English.

The Nordic Council of Ministers co-funds the report and conference.