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Why NOT to use trade statistics for gas trade

Many commentators intuitively turn to trade statistics to comment on the #embargo of oil and gas from ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ. With @CeciliaBellora and @PierreCotterlaz, we naturally did the same. But digging deeper we found problems. Here is why: a ๐Ÿงต
Looking at the main databases #COMTRADE, #COMEXT and #BACI, we first found that ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช did not import any natural gas from ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ in 2019. In fact, ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช does not report any bilateral information on gas imports, only a total in Comtrade and no information at all in Comext.
We compared trade data to figures from Eurostatโ€™s energy statistic, which is based on questionnaires filled by grid operators. We look at the 5 biggest gas importers (๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ). Of our 5 countries 4 do not report imports from ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ. The problem exists for many countries in ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡บ
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