Why NOT to use trade statistics for gas trade Many commentators intuitively turn to trade statistics to comment on the #embargo of oil and gas from 🇷🇺. With Cecilia Bellora and Pierre Cotterlaz, we naturally did the same. But digging deeper we found problems. Here is why: a 🧵

🚨New CEPII WP🚨 Why Origin Matters in Trade Data Pierre Cotterlaz We start from a simple question: What is the share of China in French imports? Easy answer? Surprisingly not. Depends (A LOT) on data: 5.5% or 9.5%? Same for other EU countries 👇 cepii.fr/PDF_PUB/wp/202…