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United Nations Statistics Division

List of Industrial Products. United Nations Statistics Division. History. UN list of industrial products was developed in the framework of 1973 world programme on Industrial Statistics Scope of world programme organization and conduct of industrial inquiries

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United Nations Statistics Division

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  1. List of Industrial Products United Nations Statistics Division

  2. History • UN list of industrial products was developed in the framework of 1973 world programme on Industrial Statistics • Scope of world programme • organization and conduct of industrial inquiries • Definition of indicators to be compiled

  3. History • World programme made provisions on: • collection of information according to uniform procedures • compilation of this information in a uniform manner • The aim of the world programme was: • to guide and coordinate national activity in industrial census-taking • broaden the scope and improve the comparability of industrial statistics

  4. Purpose • The UN List of industrial products served as: • A guide in reporting and collecting data on major industrial products for all countries and areas • A tool to observe and compare industrial production on a worldwide basis • The list represents • a pure form of product statistics • physical quantity production data * * - up to 2003

  5. Criteria • Only a selective list of products, not comprehensive • Target size: 600 products • Main criteria for inclusion were: • current or prospective importance of the commodity in the international economy • balance within the industrial sector • importance of the commodity within the group to which it belongs

  6. Need for revision • Changes in the economic structure, new products • The content of 1973 list has become out of date • has to be complemented with new products • not necessarily completely altered • Changes in underlying classifications

  7. Revision goals • Reflect products representative of today’s industries • Update of supporting methodology • Applicable for calculation of price indices • Based on current classifications

  8. Classification • List is based on CPC • Since physical quantity units have to comparable and meaningful, CPC subclasses are often too broad • Common choice: subdividing CPC • Coding system = “CPC code” + id • E.g. “15020-1” • Detail is chosen to also correspond to existing HS and Prodcom categories • Data for Prodcom not always available (e.g. confidentiality problems)

  9. Data collection • UNSD collects physical data and value data on annual production of commodities • Major publication: Industrial Commodity Statistics Yearbook • annual publication, contains data for the latest 10 years • Other publications: • United Nations Statistics Yearbook • Monthly Bulletin of Statistics

  10. Data collection • Since 2004: • Data on physical quantity • Data on value of production • Data refer to “production sold” • Data conversion from Prodcom problematic

  11. Data replies (commodities)

  12. Data collection • Can the response rate be improved? • Who collects the data? • In what format/detail is it available?

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