The merchandised trade statistics or the external trade statistics are published on quarterly basis. The publication contains imports and exports by Section, imports and exports by trading partners, and non-traditional exports. The source of the data is the Somali Customer Authority.
The Macroeconomics and Financial Statistics Directorate will be managed by a Director, who is responsible for the fulfillment of all the tasks assigned to its Directorate on time and at the desired level of quality. In order to achieve these results, the Directorate will develop collaboration relationships with all the other Directorates and sub-divisions of SNBS, along with the regional offices of SNBS, as needed.
The Macroeconomics and Financial Statistics Directorate also maintains collaboration relationships with relevant Ministries, national or local organizations and institutions for obtaining but also delivering statistical information, as required. These relationships are graphically presented in the following diagram.