About
An institutional reference point for the global date sector
The Council exists so that governments, researchers, investors and traders can work from one harmonised, transparently sourced statistical picture.
Mandate
Collect, harmonise and publish authoritative statistics on the production, trade, consumption and economics of dates.
Coverage
Reporting members span the principal producing and importing regions, with annual series maintained from 2018 onwards.
Assurance
Every national return passes validation, secretariat review and formal approval before it reaches the public platform.
Governance
A secretariat coordinates the reporting cycle; designated national bodies remain the owners of their submitted data.
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Reporting countries
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Regions
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Core indicators
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Reporting years
Methodology
How a figure becomes an official statistic
The Council data model follows a single chain: Category → Indicator → Country → Year → Value → Unit → Source → Status.
- 01
Submission
Member country uploads the annual return with source documentation.
- 02
Validation
Automatic checks on units, coverage and continuity against prior years.
- 03
Review
Secretariat reviewers accept, query or reject each record.
- 04
Approval
Approved records are locked and versioned.
- 05
Publication
Published records feed the public statistics platform and datasets.
Data sources
- National statistical authorities and agriculture ministries of member countries.
- Customs and trade directorates for export, import and unit-value series.
- Council field surveys for producer and market price monitoring.
- Partner research institutions for yield, water and varietal studies.
Revisions and disclaimers
- Provisional estimates are flagged and replaced once final national figures are approved.
- Series are revised backwards when a member country restates prior-year submissions.
- All figures on this platform are sample data presented for demonstration purposes.