2. Economic Analysis and Statistics Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry Beirut, 7-10 June 2005 Martin Schaaper OECD METHODOLOGIES: ICT SECTOR CORE INDICATORS

3. ICT sector basic core indicators ICT-1Proportion of total workforce involved in the ICT sector ICT-2Value added in the ICT sector (as a percentage of total value added) ICT-3ICT goods imports as percentage of total imports ICT-4ICT goods exports as percentage of total exports

4. The ICT sector principles For manufacturing industries, the products of a candidate industry: l Must be intended to fulfil the function of information processing and communication including transmission and display. l Must use electronic processing to detect, measure and/or record physical phenomena or control a physical process. r For services industries, the products of a candidate industry: l Must be intended to enable the function of information processing and communication by electronic means.

5. ICT sector manufacturing activities 3000Office, accounting and computing machinery 3130Insulated wire cable 3210Electronic valves and tubes and other electronic components 3220Television and radio transmitters and apparatus for line telephony and line telegraphy 3230Television and radio receivers, sound or video recording or reproducing apparatus and associated goods 3312Instruments and appliances for measuring, checking, testing, navigating and other purposes except industrial process equipment 3313Industrial process equipment

6. ICT sector service activities 5151Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software 5152Wholesale of electronic and telecommunications parts and equipment 6420Telecommunications 7123Renting of office machinery and equipment (including computers) 72Computer related activities

7. ICT contribution to economic activity, still small but growing Share of ICT value added in business sector value added 2000 1995 0 5 10 15 20 IRL (99) FIN USA SWE UK NDL OECD 25 JAPAN NOR CAN (98) EU 14 DNK FRA ESP ITA DEU (99) GRE (99) % KOR (99) NZL HUN (99) BEL CZE PRT (99) AUT AUS MEX SVK

8. ICT goods guiding principle r ICT goods must either be intended to fulfil the function of information processing and communication by electronic means, including transmission and display, or r Use electronic processing to detect, measure and/or record physical phenomena, or to control a physical process

9. ICT goods broad categories r Based on six-digit HS categories l telecommunications equipment l computer and related equipment l electronic components l audio and video equipment l other ICT goods

10. ICT goods, based on HS 2002

11. Top exporters of ICT goods Millions of USD and as a % of total trade Source: UN COMTRADE database

12. Trade in ICT goods in Arab states In millions of USD Source: UN COMTRADE database

13. Trade in ICT goods in Arab states As a % of total trade Source: UN COMTRADE database These are core indicators ICT-3 and ICT-4

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