Article 15 Compilation of statistics on trade by business characteristics

trade flow;

statistical value;

partner country;

goods code, according to the section or two-digit level as defined in the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 451/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f3;

number of enterprises;

activity carried out by the enterprise according to the section or two-digit level of the statistical classification of economic activity (NACE) as laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f4;

size class, measured in terms of number of employees according to the definitions of characteristics for structural business statistics as laid down in Annex I to Commission Regulation (EC) No 250/2009^f5.

matching rates between trade and business registers;

trade by activity and enterprise size class;

share of largest enterprises in terms of value of trade by activity;

trade by partner country and activity;

trade by number of partner countries and activity;

trade by goods and activity.