Base Page Information

Base Page Information
Country		EGYPT
Data category		External Debt Statistics

Contact person		Mr. Ahmed Moustafa Mohamed El Lozy Mr. Moustafa Fat’hy El Sayed Ahmed
Organization		Central Bank of Egypt Loans and External Debt Department
Phone Number		(202) 5568842 - 010 5684732 (202) 8500789 - 010 5165705
Fax Number		(202) 5901776
E-mail		Loan&external@cbe.org.eg

Dissemination formats:
Hardcopy			News release
			Weekly	Monthly	quarterly bulletin X
			Other

Electronic	X		On-line country bulletin board or database
			Diskette	CD ROM	Other
Summary Methodology Access to Egypt’s Statistics

The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness

Coverage characteristics

Data are disseminated in millions of US dollars on the total gross outstanding external debt.

The data disseminated show:
(1) A breakdown of total debt by sector into General Government, Monetary Authorities, Banks, and Other Sectors.
(2) A breakdown of total debt by original maturity into Short-Term Debt and Long-Term Debt (defined as debt with a maturity of more than one year).
(3) A breakdown of total debt by instrument into Money Market Instruments, Loans, Trade Credit, Currency and Deposits, and Other Debt Liabilities.

The data are based on the methodology set out in the Fifth Edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual.

Periodicity

Quarterly

Timeliness

Within three months after the end of the reference quarter.

Access by the Public

Advance dissemination of
release calendar

An advance release calendar giving one-quarter-ahead notice of the approximate release date and then a week-ahead notification of the precise release date is disseminated on the Internet on the IMF's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board at……..

Simultaneous release to all
interested parties

Data are initially released to the public via the CBE’s website: (http://www.cbe.org.eg). A notice to this effect is published in the CBE's monthly Statistical Bulletin. These data are also disseminated in the said Bulletin, the quarterly Economic Review, and the Annual Report. These documents are available freely by the CBE, either by subscription or distribution.

Integrity

Dissemination of terms and
conditions under which
official statistics are
produced, including ...
confidentiality of individual
responses

The data are collected by the CBE in accordance with the Central Bank and Banking System Law (No. 88, 2003) issued in June 2003 and includes a section that provides confidentiality to both banks and their clients.
The Central Bank and Banking System Law (No. 88, 2003) is available in Arabic, and a copy can be downloaded from the CBE website at: (http://www.cbe.org.eg)

Data are published by the CBE as a public service.

Identification of internal
government access to data
before release

There is no internal government access to data prior to release.

Identification of ministerial
commentary on the occasion of
statistical releases

There is no ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases.

Provision of information
about revision and advance
notice of major changes in
methodology

The data are preliminary figures when first released and are subject to revision. The final data will be released on the next quarter.
Changes in methodology are noted at the time of dissemination on the Central Bank of Egypt website: (http://www.cbe.org.eg).

Quality

Dissemination of
documentation on methodology
and sources used in preparing
statistics

The data are compiled in accordance with the Fifth Edition of the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual.

No documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing the external debt statistics is published at present. However, such information can be provided by the contact person above on request.

(See also summary methodology)

Dissemination of ... that
support statistical cross-
checks and provide assurance
of reasonableness

Central Bank of Egypt publishes statistics covering position of the external debt, in the monthly Statistical Bulletin, the quarterly Economic Review, and the Annual Report.

Summary Methodology Page
Data category		External Debt Statistics
National descriptor		CBE - Loans and External Debt Department.

Contact person		Mr. Ahmed Moustafa Mohamed El lozy Mr. Moustafa Fathy El Sayed Ahmed
Organization		Central Bank of Egypt Loans and External Debt Department
Phone Number		(202)5568842-0105684732 (202)8500789-0105165705
Fax Number		(202) 5901776
Internet Address		loan&external@cbe.org.eg

I.	Analytical framework, concepts, definitions, and classifications (including reference to applicable guidelines)
	External debt data are compiled according to Fifth Edition of the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual. Data are classified by: sector; original maturity, and instrument.
II.	Scope of the data (coverage of, e.g., institutional units, transactions and stock, commodities, industries, and geographic areas)
	Data are presented by sector into government, monetary authority, banking sector and other sectors. Data are presented on aggregate or at national level.
III.	Accounting conventions (e.g. time of recording, valuation methods)
	Recording is made on the same day, and in the same currency of transaction. Aggregate value of transactions in the same currency effected during the month is converted into US$, using the end of month exchange rates.
IV.	Nature of the basic data (e.g., administrative records, surveys censuses, combinations of these)
	Administrative records.
V.	Compilation practices (e.g., weighting schemes, imputation methods, balancing/cross-checking techniques)
	Compilation of data is according to the Fifth Edition of the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual.
VI.	Other aspects (e.g., seasonal adjustment, disclosure avoidance, base years, reference years, transformations from fiscal to calendar years)
	Both fiscal and calendar years are available.

The Data: Coverage, Periodicity, and Timeliness
Coverage characteristics	Data are disseminated in millions of US dollars on the total gross outstanding external debt. The data disseminated show: (1) A breakdown of total debt by sector into General Government, Monetary Authorities, Banks, and Other Sectors. (2) A breakdown of total debt by original maturity into Short-Term Debt and Long-Term Debt (defined as debt with a maturity of more than one year). (3) A breakdown of total debt by instrument into Money Market Instruments, Loans, Trade Credit, Currency and Deposits, and Other Debt Liabilities. The data are based on the methodology set out in the Fifth Edition of the IMF's Balance of Payments Manual.
Periodicity	Quarterly
Timeliness	Within three months after the end of the reference quarter.
Access by the Public
Advance dissemination of release calendar	An advance release calendar giving one-quarter-ahead notice of the approximate release date and then a week-ahead notification of the precise release date is disseminated on the Internet on the IMF's Dissemination Standards Bulletin Board at……..
Simultaneous release to all interested parties	Data are initially released to the public via the CBE’s website: (http://www.cbe.org.eg). A notice to this effect is published in the CBE's monthly Statistical Bulletin. These data are also disseminated in the said Bulletin, the quarterly Economic Review, and the Annual Report. These documents are available freely by the CBE, either by subscription or distribution.
Integrity
Dissemination of terms and conditions under which official statistics are produced, including ... confidentiality of individual responses	The data are collected by the CBE in accordance with *the Central Bank and Banking System Law (No. 88, 2003)* issued in June 2003 and includes a section that provides confidentiality to both banks and their clients. *The Central Bank and Banking System Law (No. 88, 2003)* is available in Arabic, and a copy can be downloaded from the CBE website at: (http://www.cbe.org.eg) Data are published by the CBE as a public service.
Identification of internal government access to data before release	There is no internal government access to data prior to release.
Identification of ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases	There is no ministerial commentary on the occasion of statistical releases.
Provision of information about revision and advance notice of major changes in methodology	The data are preliminary figures when first released and are subject to revision. The final data will be released on the next quarter. Changes in methodology are noted at the time of dissemination on the Central Bank of Egypt website: (http://www.cbe.org.eg).
Quality
Dissemination of documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing statistics	The data are compiled in accordance with the Fifth Edition of the IMF’s Balance of Payments Manual. No documentation on methodology and sources used in preparing the external debt statistics is published at present. However, such information can be provided by the contact person above on request. (See also summary methodology)
Dissemination of ... that support statistical cross- checks and provide assurance of reasonableness	Central Bank of Egypt publishes statistics covering position of the external debt, in the monthly Statistical Bulletin, the quarterly Economic Review, and the Annual Report.