The Questionnaire was filled in by 1091 companies.
1. For what kind of trade flow does your company have to submit the Intrastat report?
| Arrivals |
44% |
| Dispatches |
18% |
| Both |
38% |
2. How many employees do you have?
| 1-9 |
36% |
| 10-49 |
41% |
| 50-249 |
19% |
| 250 and more |
5% |
3. Does your company fill in the Intrastat report by yourself or does it use the assistance of declarer?
| The report is filled by the company |
88% |
| The report is filled by declarer |
12% |
4. How does your company submit the Intrastat report?
| Electronically by means of the Intrastat.xls program |
45% |
| Electronically in eSTAT web environment |
20% |
| Electronically by other way |
5% |
| On the paper |
30% |
5. Are you satisfied with currently usable means of data transmission? (on a scale: 1 – not at all...5 – very pleased)
| 1 |
4% |
| 2 |
6% |
| 3 |
24% |
| 4 |
42% |
| 5 |
24% |
6. How much (in hours) is spent each month, on average, for the preparation of your Intrastat monthly report?
| up to 1 hour |
43% |
| 2-3 hours |
26% |
| 4-10 hours |
24% |
| more than 10 hours |
8% |
7. How much (in Estonian kroons) is spent each month, on average, for the preparation/transmission of your Intrastat monthly report (the price per expired working hours or amount of payment to declarer)?
| up to 100 kroons |
29% |
| 101-300 kroons |
23% |
| 301-1000 kroons |
30% |
| more than 1000 kroons |
17% |
8. Do you consider Intrastat reporting to be burdensome (on a scale: 1 – not at all...5 – very burdensome)
| 1 |
13% |
| 2 |
20% |
| 3 |
36% |
| 4 |
19% |
| 5 |
11% |
9. Is the deadline (by the 10th working day following the reporting month) sufficient for the filling and submitting the Intrastat reports?
10. Do the trade invoices and other documents include necessary data for filling the Intrastat report?
11. Which indicators are difficult to fill in the report (if necessary, mark several)?
| Country of consignment or country of destination |
1% |
| Nature of transaction |
2% |
| Commodity code |
54% |
| Country of origin |
17% |
| Net weight |
41% |
| Quantity and supplementary unit |
14% |
| Invoice value |
2% |
| Other |
4% |
12. Do you need additional training for filling in the Intrastat report?
13. In which topics do you need additional training (if necessary, mark several)?
| The general introduction of the system and reports of Intrastat |
5% |
| Questions concerning encoding the commodities (commodity codes) |
16% |
| Representation of specific transactions on Intrastat reports |
7% |
| To fill in the Intrastat report via eSTAT |
10% |
| To fill in the Intrastat report by means of the Intrastat.xls program |
5% |
| Other subject |
|
14. Are you satisfied with the instructions for filling in the reports (handbook, web site)? (on a scale: 1 – not at all...5 – very pleased)
| 1 |
3% |
| 2 |
4% |
| 3 |
32% |
| 4 |
47% |
| 5 |
14% |
15. Does your company use or has used the following foreign trade statistics information sources (if necessary, mark several)?
| The public Statistical database |
34% |
| The Eurostat foreign trade database |
13% |
| The News Releases and publications of Statistics Estonia |
7% |
| The orders for information of Statistics Estonia |
3% |
16. Would you be interested in more detailed (on 8-digit level codes) foreign trade statistics on the Statistics Estonia website?
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