Transcript ISIC rev 4

ISIC Revision 4: Top-top Structure
for reporting data by activity:
What are national accounting needs in
revision of ISIC (and CPC)?
William Cave
OECD Statistics Directorate
OECD National Accounts WP
October 2004
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ISIC rev 4: A Top-top Structure?
What are OECD needs?
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Eurostat proposal for an aggregation structure of
revised ISIC and NACE
for reporting of national accounts data by activity
need for new high-level data reporting structure for
OECD national accounts community
need to revise A6/A17/A31/A60 agggregations
What are SNA needs for revision of the Central
Product Classification (CPC)?
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What is ISIC?
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International Standard Industrial Classification of All
Economic Activities (ISIC)
One of UN family of international reference statistical
classifications
The official activity classification of SNA
Original ISIC 1948
Rev 1 1958, Rev 2 1968, Rev 3 1989
Minor Revision 3.1 2002, Revision 4 planned for
2007
To be standard classification of productive economic
activities
To classify economic entities (units) according to
activity they carry OECD
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What is CPC?
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CPC developed in 1980s and 90s principally to provide the
first internationally agreed product list for goods and
services.
For goods less detailed than trade products in Harmonised
System
Used indirectly to help build economic statistics on output,
prices and trade
Currently on CPC version 1.1 agreed in 2002
Plan to revise CPC for 2007
Proposals sought by UNSD for 10 October
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Design principles & priorities for ISIC rev 4
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Improve international comparability
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Relevance
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convergence of regional classifications
E.g. NAICS/NACE/JSIC/ANZSIC
engage more countries and regions in ISIC design
target for international comparability at least at 2 digit level
Information sector, internet Telecoms
OECD ICT definition
environmental services
new technologies
growing business service sector
health services
Agriculture
Continuity
Level of detail for an international classification?
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ISIC 3 and ISIC 4 top-level
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ISIC 3 has 17 tabulation categories (sections)
ISIC 4 proposes 21 sections
ISIC 3 has 60 two digit divisions
ISIC 4 proposes 87 two digit divisions
UNSC agreed that target level for
international comparability is (at least) two
digit level
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ISIC rev 3 Structure
ISIC Rev 3
Tabulation Categories
A
Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry
B
Fishing
C
Mining and quarrying
D
Manufacturing
E
Electricity, Gas and Water Supply
F
Construction
Services:
G
Wholesale and Retail Trade
H
Hotels and Restaurants
I
Transport, Storage and Communication
J
Financial Intermediation
K
Real Estate, Renting and Business Activities
L
Public Administration and Defence
M
Education
N
Health and Social Work
O
Other Community, Social and Personal Services
P
Private Households with Employed Persons
Q
Extra-territorial Organisations
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Divisions Groups
01-02
05
10-14
15-37
40-41
45
Class
50-52
55
60-64
65-67
70-74
75
80
85
90-93
95
99
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ISIC Rev 4 Draft
ISIC Rev 4 Draft May 2004
Tabulation Categories
Divisions Groups
Class
A
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing
01-03
B
Mining and quarrying
05-09
C
Manufacturing
10-33
D
Electricity, Gas, Steam and Air Conditioning Supply
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E
Water supply, sewerage, waste management and
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remediation
F
Construction
39-41
G
Wholesale and Retail Trade
42-44
H
Transport and Storage
45-50
J
Accommodation and food service activities
51-52
K
Information and communication
53-57
L
Financial and insurance activities
59-61
M
Real estate, rental and leasing activities
62-63
N
Professional, scientific and technical activities 64-70
O
Administrative and support service activities 71-75
P
Education
76
Q
Human Health and Social Work
77-79
R
Arts, entertainment and recreation
80-83
S
Óther service activities
84-86
T
Public Administration and Defence
87
U
Activities of households as employers plus undifferentiated
88-89
household activities
V
Extra-territorial Organisations
90
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21 categories
87 divisions
What’s new?
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New groupings
– Information and communication sector
– water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation
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More tabulation categories for services
– professional technical, and business services
– administrative and support services
– real estate, rental and leasing services
– art, entertainment and recreation
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More divisions ( to increase international comparability)
– for new groupings and growing services
– in manufacturing and construction
– all the above
– human health services
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The ISIC revision mechanism and process
 The revision is ultimately controlled by UN
Statistics Commission = (Heads of National
Statistics Offices)
 Directed by UN Expert Group on Economic and
Social Classifications = (experts from about 30
countries and international organisations)
 Work done by Technical Sub-group of Expert
Group = (8-10 countries plus international orgns)
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ISIC Revision Process
approximate timetable
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Worldwide consultation closes November 2004
TSG meet Spring 2005
Revised draft goes to UN Expert Group June 2005
Final draft goes to UNSC December 2005 for
approval
Prepare full publication
Publish early 2007
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Regional Classifications?
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NAICS minor revision 2007
NACE plans to revise in 2007 - derived from ISIC
ANZSIC 06- related to NAICS
JSIC introduced IC sector in 2002 converged with
ISIC and NAICS but constrained by ministries– expect convergence to continue after next revision
Others? China, India, Mercosur, Russia
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What are OECD’s current set of ISIC 3
NA data aggregations?
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A6
A17 = ISIC rev 3 Sections
A31 = ISIC rev 3 Sections + 15 manufacturing
sub-sections
A60 = ISIC two digit divisions
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Top-top structure for ISIC
Eurostat proposal
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National accounts needs fewer than 21
categories for reporting summary data by
activity
Eurostat propose:
– A6 becomes A9
– A60 becomes A65 (not A87)
Suggests a reordering of ISIC with Public
Administration moving up
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A6==>>A9?
Proposed Top-top A9
breakdown
The A6 structure for ISIC rev 3
AB
1. Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing
CDE
2. Industry including energy
F
3. Construction
GHI
4. Distributive trades, hotels and
transport
JK
L to P
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B, C, D and E
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5. Financial, real estate and
business services
6. Other services.
2. Industry, including energy
& waste management
new ISIC rev
4 sections
4. Trade, transport,
accommodation & food
services
G, H and J*
5. Information and
communication
K
6. Financial and insurance
L
7. Real estate, rental and
business activities
M, N and O
8. Public admin, education
and health
T**, P and Q
9. Other
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Questions for delegates
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Are Top-top A9 proposals suitable for data
reporting in OECD & internationally?
Are A65 proposals useful for OECD reporting?
Should OECD or UN be proposing a set of
data reporting aggregations?
(A9/A21/A35/A87)? By when?
Should CPC revision address supply-use
needs?
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Thank you for your attention
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