1. ECONOMIC AND ACTIVITY CLASSIFICATIONS
Title of course
PRODCOM
Marie-Madeleine Fuger (INSEE -France-)
Gheorghe Constantinescu (INSSE -Romania-)

2. PRODCOM Legal basis Coverage
PRODCOM – PRODuction COMmunautaire” (Community production)
PRODCOM is the title of the EU industrial production statistics.
Legal basis
Council Regulation (EEC) No 3924/91 of 19 December 1991 on the establishment
of a Community survey of industrial production - (PRODCOM Regulation).
Coverage
• Till the year 2004, PRODCOM covered the industrial products of activities
from Mining and Quarrying, Manufacturing and Electricity, gas and
water supply ( NACE sections C, D and E);
• Since the year 2005 the products from divisions¹ 10 and 11 of section¹ C
and the products from section¹ E were erased from the PRODCOM List.
1 – Sections and divisions from NACE Rev.1.1

3. PRODCOM Purpose of PRODCOM
PRODCOM is a survey designed to collect data and produce statistics
regarding the industrial production.
The PRODCOM List is the main tool for the PRODCOM survey.
The industrial production has to be recorded according to the product headings
of the PRODCOM List during the reference period.
The theoretical aim of PRODCOM is to achieve 100 % coverage of each product, in other words, to report the full amount of production of each product.

4. PRODCOM Survey characteristics Entrerprises to be surveyed
According to the PRODCOM Regulation, the physical volume and the value of
production are normally recorded for the products in the PRODCOM list.
Entrerprises to be surveyed
The PRODCOM Regulation stipulates that:
the reporting country must recod at least 90% of the value and volume of production carried out by enterprises on its territory;
only enterprises with more than 20 employees should be surveyed;
However the regulation stipulates that the national survey methods should
ensure 90% coverage across the whole 4-digit NACE class is achieved.
the survey includes all producers, regardless of the nature of the enterprises (principal enterprises, contract processors or enterprises working under any other arrangement).

5. PRODCOM Organisation of the list Heading characteristics
The list is divided into „Classes” corresponding to the NACE classes.
Within the individual classes, the PRODCOM headings are grouped according to
the corresponding CPA headings.
Heading characteristics
PRODCOM codes
The column called „PRODCOM” contains the PRODCOM codes of the products to be recorded. Each heading is identified by an eight-digit code:
XX.XX.YY.ZZ
The first four digits of the code (XX.XX) correspond to the NACE class;
The first six digits (XX.XX.YY) are CPA subcategory;
The last two digits (ZZ) show the classification of a heading within this CPA
heading.

6. PRODCOM
Heading types
The heading type is given in Column „P” of PRODCOM List.
There are four types of PRODCOM heading designated S,T,V and I, indicating
what should be reported:
S = Production sold should be reported by value and volume for type S
headings. In some cases no volume unit is defined for a heading.
In these cases only the value should be reported.
T = Total production should be reported by volume for type T headings.
In addition, the sold production by value and volume should be
reported.
V = Total production should be reported by volume for type V headings.
Sold production is not required.
I = Type I headings are industrial services. The reported value should be
the fee paid. No volume data should be reported.

7. PRODCOM External trade nomenclature references Additional remarks
- Each heading of the PRODCOM list is, with a few exceptions, defined by one or more
headings of Combined Nomenclature (CN). The Corresponding CN headings are listed
in the column „External trade nomenclature reference for year HS/CN)”.
Note
Because the „Description” does not always cover the entire content of the
PRODCOM heading, a correct and complete interpretation of the PRODCOM
headings is provided by the „General rules for the interpretation of the
Combined Nomenclature”.
Additional remarks
- The columns „PRODCOM” and „Reference to notes” contain various marks (letters or
other symbols) which provide information about the statistical treatment of the
heading;
- Considering the PRODCOM target is limited to the “physical production”, the coverage
of all PRODCOM headings, under a given CPA code, does not fit with the whole
content of that CPA code;
CPA also includes « industrial services » not covered by PRODCOM.

8. PRODROM – The Romanian version of PRODCOM
PRODROM List – a list of industrial products for statistical Surveys on Industrial Production
PRODROM List – respects the stipulations of CEE Regulation 3924/1991 regarding PRODCOM system.
PRODROM List was build between years 1998 to 2000 into a PHARE Program with the direct support offered to us by French experts from SESSI (Ministry of Industry).
The implementation of the PRODROM List in the romanian statistical system represented the last stage in the harmonisation process of the romanian economic classifications with the European ones.

9. PRODCOM Structure and codification system of PRODROM
▪ The PRODROM List is organized after the CANE structure - the link between
PRODROM and CANE is shown in the PRODROM code where the first four digits
represent the CANE class;
▪ The PRODROM headings were established by detailing elementary sub-classes
of CPSA¹;
▪ To each heading of PRODROM List there is attached one or more measurement
units;
▪ Each heading of PRODROM List, representing a physical product, is linked with
one or more TVIR² codes.
1 - Classification of products and services associated to activities – CPSA. (Romanian version of CPA)
2 - Custom Import Tariff of Romania – TVIR (Romanian version of CN)

10. PRODCOM     x x x x x x y y z
The products are coded in the PRODROM list with nine digit codes.
   
x x x x x x y y z
PRODCOM code |_ {  PRODROM = PRODCOM { ≠0  breakdown of PRODCOM
The PRODROM List is in use since the year 2000 and is updated yearly according to the changes made in the PRODCOM list.

11. PRODCOM
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