| Table Name | Argentina |
| 1.0 Contact Information | |
| 1.1 Name | Pedro Ignacio Lines |
| 1.2 Designation (Job Title) | National Director of International Accounts |
| 1.3 Organization | INDEC |
| 1.4 Mailing Address | Hipolito Yrigoyen 250, 8vo piso Of. 801, (C1086AAB), C.A.B.A. |
| 1.5 Country | Argentina |
| 1.6 Email | plines@indec.mecon.gov.ar |
| 1.7 Telephone | +54-11-4349-5656 |
| 2.0 Concepts, Definitions and Scope | |
| 2.1 Statistical frameworks for the compilation of external debt data | 2003 External Debt Statistics Guide/5th Edition of Balance of Payments Manual (BPM5) |
| 2.2 Consistency with the external debt liabilities of the International Investment Position (IIP) | Yes |
| 2.3 Additional Information on Concepts, Definitions and Scope | The main source data for compiling the external debt are surveys and administrative records. EDS are published on quarterly basis and they are broken down by sectors (general government, monetary authorities, banking sector and other sectors), as well as by instruments and by maturity (short term/long term). |
| 3.0 Sector Classification/Coverage | |
| 3.1 Data coverage for General Government | Fully covered |
| 3.2 Data coverage for Central Bank | Fully covered |
| 3.3 Data coverage for Deposit-taking corporations, except the Central Bank | Fully covered |
| 3.4 Data coverage for Other Sectors | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.5 Data coverage for Other financial corporations | Unknown |
| 3.6 Data coverage for Nonfinancial corporations | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.7 Data coverage for Households and nonprofit institutions serving households (NPISHs) | Partly covered, with some gaps |
| 3.8 Data coverage for Direct Investment: Intercompany lending | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 3.9 External debt statistics presented into Public and Publicly Guar. Private Sector and Private Sector Not Publicly Guar. Debt | No |
| 3.10 External debt include both foreign currency and domestic currency denominated debt instruments held by nonresidents | Yes |
| 3.11 Additional comments and explanations on Sector Classification/Coverage | Households and nonprofit institutions serving households (NPISHs) are partly covered with some gaps due to insignificant level of indebtedness. |
| 4.0 Debt Instrument Classification/Coverage | |
| 4.1 Data coverage for Currency and deposits | Fully covered |
| 4.2 Data coverage for Debt Securities | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.3 Data coverage for Loans | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.4 Data coverage for Trade credit and advances | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.5 Data coverage for Other debt liabilities | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.6 Data coverage for Special drawing rights (allocations) | Not covered - But added by World Bank conversion to 2013 EDS Guide/BPM6 |
| 4.7 Data coverage for Debt liabilities of direct investment enterprises to direct investors | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.8 Data coverage for Debt liabilities of direct investors to direct investment enterprises | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.9 Data coverage for Debt liabilities to fellow enterprises | Broadly covered (non-coverage insignificant) |
| 4.10 Arrears (including interest that accrues on arrears) reported in the same debt instrument | No - They follow BPM5, therefore presented in one line. |
| 4.11 Arrears separately identified in the memorandum items | No |
| 4.12 Classification of maturity for short-term/long-term debt instruments | Remaining maturity |
| 4.13 Additional comments and explanations on Debt Instrument Classification/Coverage | SDR allocations are included starting from 2003Q3. |
| 5.0 Valuation and Basis of Recording | |
| 5.1 Main valuation method for debt securities (in main table) | Nominal Value |
| 5.2 Main valuation method for debt securities (in memorandum items) | Nominal Value |
| 5.3 Other methods and weights used for valuation of debt securities | None |
| 5.4 Basis for compiling external debt statistics | Accrual Basis |
| 5.5 Inclusion of accrued interest costs that are not paid | Partially - Unrecognized debt is not included (holdouts) |
| 6.0 Data sources/Compiling Organizations | |
| 6.1 Main data source(s) for the external debt statistics | (i) Balance sheet of economic entities; (ii) Surveys to enterprises and to local governments; (iii) Debt administration management information system (SIGADE). |
| 6.2 Link(s) to national website where the external debt statistics are being disseminated | http://www.indec.gov.ar/nivel4_default.asp?id_tema_1=3&id_tema_2=35&id_tema_3=45 |
| 6.3 Link(s) to relevant metadata that currently exists and is consistent with your external debt statistics | http://www.indec.gov.ar/ftp/cuadros/economia/balance_payments_methodology.pdf http://dsbb.imf.org/Pages/SDDS/DQAFBase.aspx?ctycode=ARG&catcode=EXD00 |
| 6.4 Primary agency responsible for compiling external debt statistics | Statistical Office -INDEC |
| 6.5 Primary agency responsibile for disseminating external debt statistics | Statistical Office -INDEC |
| 7.0 Periodicity and Timeliness | |
| 7.1 Frequency of external debt statistics compilation | Quarterly |
| 7.2 Frequency of external debt statistics dissemination | Quarterly |
| 7.3 Timeliness of the publication of the external debt statistics | Within the first three months after the end of the reference period. |
| 7.4 Additional comments on Periodicity and Timeliness | None |
| 8.0 Revision Policy | |
| 8.1 Data revision policy | Regular schedule -the data are preliminary when first released. Revision when applicable |
| 9.0 Unit of Measure | |
| 9.1 Unit of Measure | Data are in USD. |
| 10.0 Reference Period | |
| 10.1 Reference Period | 1. Quarterly external debt data are available starting from 2003Q3. 2. Data converted through generic conversion from BPM5 to BPM6 format by the World Bank from 2003Q3 onwards. 3. As per 2013 EDS Guide/BPM6 methodology, data includes SDR allocations sourced from IMF (the creditor) from 2003Q3 to 2014Q4, and reported by country starting 2015Q1 onwards. |
| 11.0 Table Reporting | |
| 11.1 Table 1 - Gross External Debt Position: by Sector (Prescribed component) | Yes |
| 11.2 Table 2 - Gross External Debt Position: Foreign Currency and Domestic Currency Denominated Debt (Encouraged component) | Yes |
| 11.3 Table 3 - Debt-Service Payment Schedule for Outstanding External Debt as of End-Period: by Sector (Encouraged component) | Yes |
| 11.4 Table 4-Gross External Debt Position:Principal and Interest Payments Due in 1 Yr or less -by Sector (Encouraged component) | No |
| 11.5 Table 1.1 - Gross External Debt Position: Debt Securities - Reconciliation of Nominal and Market Value | No |
| 11.6 Table 1.2 - Gross External Debt Position: Other Sectors | No |
| 11.7 Table 1.3 - Gross External Debt Position: Public Sector Debt and Publicly-Guaranteed Private Sector Debt | No |
| 11.8 Table 1.4 - Gross External Debt Position: Arrears by Sector | Yes |
| 11.9 Table 1.5 - Net External Debt Position: by Sector | No |
| 11.10 Table 1.6 - Gross External Debt Position: Reconciliation of Positions and Flows | No |
| 11.11 Table 2.1 - Gross External Foreign Currency and Foreign-Currency-Linked Debt Position | Yes |
| 11.12 Table 3.1 - Gross External Debt Position: Short-Term Remaining Maturity - by Sector | No |
| 11.13 Table 3.2 - Debt-Service Payment Schedule for Outstanding External Debt as of End-Period: by Sector and Instrument | No |
| 12.0 Metadata Update | |
| 12.1 Metadata last updated | 12/14/2016 |