Title: ISIC Revision 4: Top-top Structure for reporting data by activity: What are national accounting needs in revision of ISIC (and CPC)?
1ISIC 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
2ISIC rev 4 A Top-top Structure? What are OECD
needs?
- 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)?
3What is ISIC?
- 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 out
4What is CPC?
- 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
5Design principles priorities for ISIC rev 4
- Improve international comparability
- 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 - Relevance
- 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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6ISIC 3 and ISIC 4 top-level
- 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
7ISIC rev 3 Structure
8ISIC Rev 4 Draft
9Whats new?
- New groupings
- Information and communication sector
- water supply, sewerage, waste management and
remediation - More tabulation categories for services
- professional technical, and business services
- administrative and support services
- real estate, rental and leasing services
- art, entertainment and recreation
- More divisions ( to increase international
comparability) - for new groupings and growing services
- in manufacturing and construction
- all the above
- human health services
10The 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)
11ISIC Revision Processapproximate timetable
- 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
12Regional Classifications?
- 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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13What are OECDs current set of ISIC 3 NA data
aggregations?
- A6
- A17 ISIC rev 3 Sections
- A31 ISIC rev 3 Sections 15 manufacturing
sub-sections - A60 ISIC two digit divisions
14Top-top structure for ISICEurostat proposal
- 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
15A6gtgtA9?
The A6 structure for ISIC rev 3 The A6 structure for ISIC rev 3 Proposed Top-top A9 breakdown new ISIC rev 4 sections
AB 1. Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing 1. Agriculture, hunting, forestry and fishing A
CDE 2. Industry including energy 2. Industry, including energy waste management B, C, D and E
F 3. Construction 3. Construction F
GHI 4. Distributive trades, hotels and transport 4. Trade, transport, accommodation food services G, H and J
JK 5. Financial, real estate and business services 5. Information and communication K
JK 5. Financial, real estate and business services 6. Financial and insurance L
JK 5. Financial, real estate and business services 7. Real estate, rental and business activities M, N and O
L to P 6. Other services. 8. Public admin, education and health T, P and Q
L to P 6. Other services. 9. Other services activities R, S and U
16Questions for delegates
- 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?
17Thank you for your attention