The goods and services we buy are composed of inputs from various countries
around the world. However, the flows of goods and services within these global
production chains are not always reflected in conventional measures of
international trade.
The joint OECD – WTO Trade in Value-Added (TiVA) initiative
addresses this issue by considering the value added by each country in the
production of goods and services that are consumed worldwide. TiVA
indicators are designed to better inform policy makers by providing new insights
into the commercial relations between nations.
