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Statistics - Austria

Updated 10/2010

Legal requirements

Statistical data relating to production, economic activity, performance and structure as well as the input of goods and foreign trade represent the starting basis for national accounting and economic policy decisions.

The submission requirement is dependent on legally stipulated thresholds set out in the Austrian Trade Statistics Act.

  • Austrian Trade Statistics Act Deutsch
  • Austrian Trade Statistics Regulation Deutsch

Administrative procedures

The notifications that companies have to send most frequently are as follows:

Intrastat notifications

Intrastat notifications are sent directly by the shipper or recipient of Community goods to Statistics Austria. These are then used to produce statistics about trade between the EU Member States. These statistics flow into the calculation of the gross national product (GNP).

  • Intrastat notification Deutsch

Extrastat notifications

Trade with third-party countries is recorded in the form of notifications for EU foreign trade statistics (Extrastat). Notifications are produced as part of the customs procedure and are required on submission of customs documents or electronic customs declarations.

  • Extrastat Deutsch

Balance of payments survey

The balance of payments is a systematic representation of the economic relations between a country or economic area and the rest of the world. International transactions involving international trade in services and international capital flows have to be reported.

  • Balance of payments survey Deutsch
  • International trade in services Deutsch — General information
  • International capital flows Deutsch — General information

Questionnaires for companies

Companies wishing to submit a report relating to data collection can access electronic reporting media here. This service is provided free of charge by Statistics Austria.

  • Statistics Austria questionnaires for companies Deutsch     Online government service

Resources

Useful information for people living and working in Austria is available from HELP, the Austrian government help service, or the Business Service Portal USP.

  • USP Deutsch

Check also the legislation on this topic in:

  • References

    Legal texts

    • Federal Act on statistical trade surveys (Bundesgesetz über die statistische Erhebung des Warenverkehrs (Handelsstatistisches Gesetz 1995 — HStG 1995 (NR: GP XIX RV 43 AB 110 p. 20. BR: AB 4972 p. 596.) StF: BGBl. No 173/1995) Deutsch
    • Regulation on thresholds for reporting trade statistics (Verordnung des Bundesministers für Wirtschaft und Arbeit über Schwellenwerte bei der handelsstatistischen Anmeldung (Handelsstatistikverordnung — HStatVO) StF: BGBl. II No 386/2001) Deutsch

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Further help

Statistics Austria provides information about reporting international trade in services.

  • Statistics Austria information services Deutsch

The Österreichische Nationalbank (Austrian National Bank) provides information about balance of payments reporting.