我国改革开放的日益深入， 社会主义市场经济的不断完善，政府职能的逐步转变，对我国的统计工作提出了新的要求，贸易统计方法制度的改革也势在必行。从广义上说，贸易包括商品贸易和服务贸易，两者虽有共性，但也各有特点。本文所说的都是商品贸易，服务贸易统计问题不在此论 The deepening of China’s reform and opening up, the continuous improvement of the socialist market economy and the gradual transformation of government functions have set new demands on the statistical work in our country. The reform of the system of trade statistics methods is also imperative. Broadly speaking, trade, including trade in goods and services, although common between the two, but also have their own characteristics. What we are talking about is commodity trade, and the issue of statistics on trade in services is not discussed here