Defining agro-industry

58 Pages·2015·1.41 MB·English

defining agro-industry
a statistical classification
perspective
Valentina Ramaschiello – ESS
FAO-UNIDO Expert Group Meeting on Agro-Industry Measurement (AIM)
FAO, Rome, 24-25 November 2015
overview
• international statistical classifications:
an introduction
• how statistical classifications can help
us defininig agro-industry
• ISIC
• CPC
• HS
international statistical classifications
“international languages”*
for communicating in statistics (UNSD)
essential mechanisms for the harmonization and coordination of
data compilation worldwide
• provide a framework for the collection and analysis of data and for
the presentation and comparison of official statistics at
international level
• can be used to standardize statistical information, aggregate and
disaggregate data sets in a meaningful way
• enable the comparison of national data and indicators with those
of other countries at global level, thus
• facilitating the inclusion of countries in global statistical activities
and benchmarking of performance
• support policy & decision-making
* UNSD
UNSD core features & principles
statistical classifications must be:
• based on a consistent conceptual basis (sound concepts &
principles)
• up-to-date, relevant, and adequate to meet users’ needs
• robust enough to last for a period of time
• organized in a flat or hierarchic structure in which categories
are mutually exclusive and exhaustive and definitions are
clear and unambiguous
• comparable over time, between collections and to other
related standard classifications (national or international)
• supported by instructions, manuals, coding indexes,
handbooks and trainings to facilitate users
international governance mechanism
Expert Group on International Statistical Classifications
• “central coordination body for the current and future
work on classifications that are the responsibility of the
UN Statistics Division, and for the coordination and
review of other classifications that are the
responsibility of other international organizations and
that have been proposed for adoption by the Statistical
Commission”
• led by UN Statistics Division
• Members: IOs, ROs, countries
• regularly reports to the UNSC
• meets every two years (next meeting in 2017)
• technical sub-groups may meet more often or be in
contact by emails, conference calls etc.
International Family of Statistical Classifications
A group of international classifications that:
• fulfils the basic principles and essential criteria of
international statistical classifications
• have been reviewed and approved by the UNSC or a
similar competent body
• play a role as standard classifications in individual or
multiple statistical domains (e.g. economics, labour,
health, education, the environment etc.)
The EG is consulted for their maintenance and review.
some relevant schemes in the Family
Economic activities
 International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities
Rev.4 (ISIC)
Products (goods & services)
 Central Product Classification Ver.2.1 (CPC)
Products (trade)
 Harmonized System 2012 (HS)
Standard International Trade Classification Rev.4 (SITC)
Broad Economic Activities
Extended Balance of Payments Services classification (EBOPS)
Expenditures
Classification of Individual Consumption According to Purpose (COICOP)
ACTIVITIES
ISIC
• Definition of agro-industry has been on the
agenda of the EG in the past in the framework
of ISIC revision
– No common position for standard definition was
reached
ISIC
When and who
• developed and adopted in 1948 by the UNSC
• its custodian is the UNSD
Versions
• Currently in use: Rev.4 (2008)
Purpose and applications
• ISIC is applied in various domains: statistical, economic and
administrative (e.g. tax collection, business licences)
• Censuses and surveys of industry and economic activities
• SNA