Definition: Nature of transaction

Category: External trade

Different characteristics (purchase/sale, work under contract, etc.) which are deemed to be useful in distinguishing one transaction from another. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/product?code=KS-GQ-15-010&mode=view Eurostat, "National requirements for the Intrastat system", Luxembourg, 2015European Union, Regulation (EC) No 638/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on Community statistics relating to the trading of goods between Member States and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 3330/91