User Support Network Group PRODCOM Production of Manufactured Goods 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

User Support Network Group Content What is PRODCOM? PRODCOM List Who provides data? Who uses the data? Confidentiality treatment? Dissemination tools Typical user support requests 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

User Support Network Group What is PRODCOM? PRODCOM is a system for the collection and dissemination of statistics on the production of manufactured goods. It is based on a product classification called the PRODCOM List. The legal bases are Council Regulation 3924/91 and Commission Regulation 912/2004, plus an annual Commission Regulation on the List 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

User Support Network Group PRODCOM List About 3900 headings relating to manufactured products 8-digit code (ex: 32.50.42.50 – Sunglasses) Digits 1-4 refer to the NACE class in which the producing enterprise is normally classified, and digits 1-6 are the corresponding CPA code Each heading normally corresponds to one or more Combined Nomenclature codes In the example chosen Nace 32.50 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies CPA 32.50.42 Spectacles, gogles and the like, corrective, protective or other 32.50.41 contact lenses 32.50.43frames for mounting spectables. 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

User Support Network Group Type of Production Production sold (S) is the production carried out at some time and which has been sold (invoiced) during the reference period; Total production (T) is the actual production which has been carried out during the reference period, irrespective of whether sold, put into stock or used for further processing. 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

User Support Network Group Data suppliers EU 27 + Norway (1995) Iceland (1997) Croatia (2001) Turkey (2005) - Luxembourg Cyprus Malta 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

User Support Network Group Data users Eurostat e.g. Food Safety Statistics, Environmental Statistics Other DGs (ENTR, TRADE, COMP, MARKT...) National administrations (National accounts, Short Term Statistics, …) Trade Associations Other (research institutions, students, media, enterprises) 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

User Support Network Group Confidentiality Determined by the country Number of enterprises (if <3, 4, 5) Dominance of 1 or 2 (more than 80% of market) No micro data sent to Eurostat EU 27 rounded values when necessary Dominance percentage can vary per country 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

User Support Network Group Dissemination Statistics explained article Data Explorer / Easy Comext / Excel tables Talk about Nace Rev 1.1 and Nace Rev 2 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

Typical support requests Classification confusion between Nace Rev 1.1 and Nace Rev 2 Confirmation of values appearing "strange" for end users Where are specific products classified? CN NACE/CPA User made aggregate does not match 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

Let's see a concrete example …. From Data Explorer 08111136 Marble and travertine merely cut into rectangular or square blocks or slabs Pay attention to flags :C, :E, CE, EU27-EU02(R) … and the exported data to the spreadsheet. But also available in other tool Comext DVD / Excel tables / Comext Easy Database 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group

User Support Network Group Where to find more Documentation Statistics Explained article Meta Datafile User guide List and correspondance table in RAMON Functional mailbox ESTAT-PRODCOM@ec.europa.eu 27-28 February 2013 User Support Network Group