Before the publication of the Trade in Services Manual, the conventional statistical meaning of international trade in services was that described in the IMF Balance of Payments Manual, Fifth edition (BPM5), which defines international trade in services as being between residents and non-residents of an economy. This also corresponds very closely to the concept of trade in services in the “rest of the world” account of the 1993 System of National Accounts. Many services are non-transportable; i.e. they require the physical proximity of supplier and customer, To reflect this type of trade, the Manual extends the definition of international trade in services to include the value of services provided through foreign affiliates established abroad, described here as Foreign Affiliates Trade in Services (FATS). Services are also supplied by individuals located abroad, either as service suppliers themselves or employed by service suppliers including those in the host country. A large part of this type of trade in services is covered by the BPM5 and FATS frameworks.