1. THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA Economic and Social Classifications- Case of Uganda Mrs. Imelda Atai Musana Head, Business & Industry

2. Coding systems Used at UBOS ISIC Revision 3 CPA HSC SITC COICOP ISCO

3. Coding of Activities At the Bureau, economic activities are coded by ISIC Revision 3. The four-digit ISIC is used to fully identify activities of a business. However during dissemination some codes are combined in line with the confidentiality issues. We have not yet migrated to ISIC Rev 4

4. ISIC Rev 3 Some activities are not fully defined in ISIC Rev 3 nor Rev4 Some unique codes have been adapted for these activities and may be adapted in ISIC Rev4 DivisionClass (Activity Code) Description Manufacture of Food Products Beverages 1530 (1076)Coffee Processing -do-1534 (1077)Tea Processing -do-1545 (1078)Jaggery Manufacture of Textiles 1710 (1310)Cotton Ginning Furniture Manufacturing 3695 (3101)Manufacture of Foam Products

5. 5 Coding of Products During the initiation of the PPI, the products were coded according to CPC, but were not used for processing Now products have bn coded according to Central Product Code by Activity (CPA) which is a derived coding system (go back to CPC). The main reason was that with the CPA it was possible to deduce which industry group a particular product fell in as shown in the example below.

6. Example of CPC and CPA Codes for Selected ProductsExample of CPC and CPA Codes for Selected Products

7. 7 HSC & SITC The HSC and the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) are used to code the Trade data There are many products coded as OTHER NEC In some cases there are two codes meaning the same thing e.g. –Electricity coded under services (27.16); and production (98.01) which code should be adapted? –The new HSC (rev 4) codes do not correlate with the new SITC s.

8. COICOP classification “Classification of Individual Consumption by Purpose”. Is used in the national accounts for classifying final individual consumption. For instance the Restaurants and Hotels” Division while legitimate in ISIC has been abolished in COICOP, but included with food and travel. In African countries, over 50% of expenditure goes on food, yet in the current version of COICOP, only one out of 47 Groups is devoted to food.

9. 9 Issues for Discussion Why are we adopting the CPC instead of the CPA? Currently the revised ISIC4 had been circulated are we expected to adopt this? What is the relationship between ISIC Rev 3 and ISIC Rev 4? Shouldn’t we think of designing an African coding system for products? Questions have been answered.

10. Conclusion The need now to properly code products arose as a result of the current development of a new computer system for compiling Producer Price Indices. This system is still being developed though it is in advanced stages, challenge will be to change the system!

11. Conclusion I look forward to a clear way forward from this workshop Under the National Development Plan it will be appropriate to introduce and adapt the new codes. This will ease the use of use of Admin data obtained from institutions like –Bank of Uganda (BOU) –Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) –Ministry of Finance (MoFP&ED) –Other Government Departments/Ministries

12. Challenges To convince all stakeholders to adapt the new codes. For the codes to be easily taken up I propose UNSD could formally write to NSOs and regional bodies urging them to do so. UNSD could also lobby other organizations like IMF, ECA to put a case forward for ease of adaptation.

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