External tradeThe trading of fuels between buyers and sellers in different countries raises anumber of issues for reporting statistics of imports and exports. The mostfundamental issue is to ensure that the definition of national territory (see box) isclear and applied in an identical manner to all energy commodities. If the countryhas “free trade zones”, then there should be an established policy on their inclusionor exclusion from reporting and on the effects of the decision on the internalconsistency of the commodity accounts, in particular on the national stocks andconsumption figures.
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