1. ECONOMIC CLASSIFICATIONS Advanced course Day 1 – second morning session International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic classifications
Marie-Madeleine Fuger
INSEE – France
Gheorghe Constantinescu
INSSE -Romania
Bucarest, 12–15 November 2013

2. Economic classifications
International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
Economic classifications
Categories of economic classifications
Activity classifications
- definition of an activity
- used to produce business statistics
- generally cover all economic activities of SNA
- used to classify economic units
Product classifications
- product = output of an economic activity
- goods and services
- used to produce statistics of prices, quantities, etc

3. Economic classifications
International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
Economic classifications
▪ Activities and products - ISIC, NACE, CPC, CPA and national versions
▪ Trade - HS, SITC, CN and national versions
▪ Production - PRODCOM and national versions
▪ Others: by purpose (COICOP, COFOG, COPNI, COPP), tourism (SICTA¹),
environmental (CEPA²), wastes (EWC-Stat³), etc.
¹ - Standard International Classification of Tourism Activities
² - Classification of Environmental Protection Activities
³ - European Wastes Classification for Statistics

4. History of the international system development
International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
History of the international system development
Starting point: UN Statistical Commission meeting in 1972 – revision of the custom classifications
►For custom needs
►For foreign trade statistics
SINAP* project, 1976 – to harmonize the economic classifications:
►Revision and harmonization of the UN and EU activity classifications
►Relating the classifications of economic activities to the corresponding product
classifications
►Harmonization between production classifications and foreign trade classifications
►Development of a central product classifications (missing)
►Integration of HS as a provider of “elementary bricks” (“building blocks”)
* Système Intégré de Nomenclatures d’Activités et de Produits - Integrated system of activity and product classifications

5. History of the international system development Important dates
International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
History of the international system development
Important dates
International level
1983: HS
1986: SICT Rev.3
1989: ISIC Rev.3
1991: CPC (provisional)
1998: CPC Version 1.0
2002: ISIC Rev.3.1
2002: CPC Version 1.1
2006: HS 2007
2006: SITC Rev.4
ISIC Rev.4
2007: CPC Version 2

6. History of the international system development
International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
History of the international system development
European level
1970: NACE 70
1990: NACE Rev.1
1993: CPA
1996: CPA 1996
2002: NACE Rev.1.1
2002: CPA 2002
2006: NACE Rev.2 [Regulation (EC) No. 1893/2006, December, 19th]
2008: CPA 2008 [Regulation (EC) No. 451/2008, April, 23rd]

7. Characteristics of the international system 1. Harmonization
International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
Characteristics of the international system
1.  Harmonization
- harmonization between classifications of the same type
- harmonization between classifications of different types
- international harmonization
 the international network
2. Integration
- relations “origin-output” between activity and product
classifications
- system of “elementary bricks”  HS father of the new
system
- conceptual relations with other international classifications
3. Centralized structure of the system

8. Characteristics of the international system
International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
Characteristics of the international system
Connectivity - other international classifications linked to the integrated system
Classification of education – ISCED
Classification of occupations – ISCO
Classifications by purposes – COICOP, COFOG
Classifications of Research and Development – NABS
Classifications of Tourism – SICTA, TPC
etc., etc.

9. International family of economic and social classifications
International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
International family of economic and social classifications
Types of classifications in the family
- Reference classification: the core of the system
• Central classifications: ISIC, CPC;
- Derived classification: using the structure of a reference
classification
• E.g. regional, national classifications using ISIC: NACE;
- Linked classification: having a clear correspondence table
with a reference classification
• E.g. North American and Australian classifications:
NAICS, ANZSIC;

10. International family of economic and social classifications
International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
International family of economic and social classifications
Current family
- Economic activities
- Products
- Purpose classifications
- Occupation and Education
- Social and Health
- Country and Area
- Other

11. Relationship between economic classifications: the international network
Activities
Products
Foreign trade
World
ISIC rev. 4
CPC vers. 2 HS
COICOP
SITC rev. 3
COFOG
COPNI EU
NACE rev. 2
CPA 2008 CN
COICOP-HICP
COICOP-HBS
PRODCOM
CPV vers. 2
National
(Ro)
CANE rev. 2
CPSA 2008
TVIR
PRODROM

12. International system of linked economic classifications and family of international economic and social classifications
Thank you!