Intrastat new EU regulation ((EU) 2019/2152)

The purpose of the microdata exchange is to simplify the production of trade in goods statistics. An export transaction reported in one member state could be used as a data source in another member state for compiling their national import statistics. Eventually, this new data source could reduce Member States' own collection of import data. 

The reason export data is exchanged is because it is considered to be of higher quality than import data. Usually the exporter (which in many cases is also the producer) has better knowledge of what data is to be reported.

New data elements to be reported to Intrastat