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PRODCOM
Production of Manufactured Goods
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Content
What is PRODCOM?
PRODCOM List
Who provides data?
Who uses the data?
Confidentiality treatment?
Dissemination tools
Typical user support requests
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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
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PRODCOM List
About 3900 headings relating to manufactured products
8-digit code (ex: – 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 Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
CPA Spectacles, gogles and the like, corrective, protective or other
contact lenses
frames for mounting spectables.
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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.
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Data suppliers
EU 27 +
Norway (1995)
Iceland (1997)
Croatia (2001)
Turkey (2005) -
Luxembourg
Cyprus
Malta
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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)
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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
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Dissemination
Statistics explained article
Data Explorer / Easy Comext / Excel tables
Talk about Nace Rev 1.1 and Nace Rev 2
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10. 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
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11. Let's see a concrete example ….
From Data Explorer
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
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Where to find more
Documentation
Statistics Explained article
Meta Datafile
User guide
List and correspondance table in RAMON
Functional mailbox
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