External debt
The Republic of China
External debt
| Contact person | Data Processing Section Foreign Exchange Department, Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Phone: 886-2-23571225 Fax: 886-2-23571129 E-mail: Kun_Yuan@mail.cbc.gov.tw |
| Dissemination formats | Hardcopy | |
| ( ) News release ( ) Weekly ( ) monthly ( ) quarterly bulletin ( ) Other |
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| Electronic | ||
| ( x ) On-line country bulletin board or database ( ) Diskette ( ) CD ROM ( ) Other |
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The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness |
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| Coverage characteristics |
5.1.1 Statistical presentation The ROC's total external debt can be divided into long-term (more than one year) and short-term (less than and including one year) debt depending on the term of original maturity. Each of them includes public external debt and private external debt. Most public external debt is long-term debt and raised by the government entities. The main part of private external debt is short-term debt. The principal borrowers of private external debt include authorized foreign exchange banks, OBUs, and private enterprises. The basic data are obtained from government departments, banks and private enterprises. |
| Periodicity |
4.1.1 Periodicity Quarterly |
| Timeliness |
4.1.2 Timeliness The preliminary quarterly external debt data are disseminated 50 days after the end of the reference quarter. In other words, the press release dates usually fall on the 20th of Feb., May, Aug. and Nov. |
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Access by the Public |
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| Advance dissemination of release calendar |
5.1.3 Advance release calendar The external debt statistics are released regularly according to an advance release calendar. |
| Simultaneous release to all interested parties |
5.1.4 Simultaneous release The data are available on the CBC website. |
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Integrity |
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| Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including those relating to the confidentiality of individually identifiable information |
0.1.3 Confidentiality of individual reporters' data The data from the individual banks and private enterprises are treated as confidential. 0.1.4 Ensuring statistical reporting Article 39 of Central Bank of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Act provides that the CBC shall collect and compile external debt for the purpose of supervision and management. |
| Identification of internal government access to data prior to release |
1.2.2 Internal governmental access to statistics prior to release There is no internal government access to the data before the release to the public. |
| Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases |
n.a. |
| Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology |
4.3.2 Identification of preliminary and/or revised data Data are not routinely revised. If there are revisions, the publication of "External Debt Quarterly" would note that "r." refers to revision. |
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Quality |
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| Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics |
5.2.2 Disseminated level of detail The relevant statistical data is provided to meet the needs of target users. |
| Dissemination of component detail, reconciliations with related data, and statistical frameworks that support statistical cross-checks and provide assurance of reasonableness |
4.2.3 Intersectoral and cross-domain consistency The basic data are obtained from different sectors. Some can be cross-checked to find the duplicates or omissions. |
| Notes: Summary page on observance | |
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