Accord on statistic information signed

Accord on statistic information signed

JAKARTA (JP): The Australian Bureau of Statistics yesterday
agreed to help modernize and expand the data system of
Indonesia's Central Bureau of Statistics (BPS) and to exchange
data which will be provided for governments and companies.

BPS's chairman, Sugito Suwito, and his Australian counterpart
William McLennan, signed the cooperation agreement, which will be
valid for five years.

"The statistical system in Australia is quite similar to our
system in Indonesia, broadly centralized, so that it is easier
for us to learn and exchange experience," Sugito said.

Under the agreement, the cooperation will cover the
development of BPS's network, the production of a common
Indonesian-Australian statistical glossary as well as the
improvement of international trade and investment statistics,
labor market data and information on social accounting matrix.

The two bureaus also agreed to provide regional data on
Indonesia's eastern provinces and the Australian Northern
Territory.

Sugito said BPS annually processes data on around 660,000
export documents and 540,000 import documents.

Demand for timely international trade statistics is increasing
and BPS hopes to meet it, he said. (kod)