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Workshop on International Classifications Republic of Belarus 19-21 March 2013, Kishinev, Moldova Activity and product classifications currently used in the Republic of Belarus • National Classification of Economic Activities on the basis of NACE 1.1 – NACE Rev. 2 will soon be implemented • National Classification of products based on the CPA 2002 – Working towards changing to CPA 2008 • Nomenclature of foreign economic activity of the Customs Union on the basis of HS 2007 • Other applicable classifications: national classification of activities based on ISCO-88, COICOP, COFOG, national classification of occupations and qualifications based on ISCED 1997 Ongoing revisions • From NACE 1.1 → to NACE Rev. 2, • From CPA 2002 → to CPA 2008 State of implementation • Developed, National Classification of Economic Activities on the basis of NACE Rev. 2 and the national classification of products based on CPA 2008 • National Classification of Economic Activities based on NACE Rev. 2 has been implemented in SBS • NACE Rev. 2 will be implemented in business register based on the results of the structural survey conducted in March 2013 Specific issues encountered with the activity classifications • An interdepartmental working group was working to solve – Difficulties in adapting NACE and CPA to take into account national circumstances, existing product standards and laws of the Republic – The need to harmonize the classification with the government • Lack or late receipt of methodological materials in Russian • There are questions concerning the methodology of compiling statistics for certain sets of activities (e.g. services, tourism) Specific issues encountered with the activity classifications • Practical guidance needed on recalculating by using coefficients and on the surveys needed for calculating the coefficients – Previous conversion was based on micro-data • Difficulties in coding enterprises in business register, when micro-data is missing for two earlier classifications • Difficulties in determining the value added for the individual stages of a vertically integrated process Specific issues encountered with the activity classifications • How to treat activities or products not covered in the classification? • Advise needed on classifying the following activities: – services on refinement; mixing of finished products; services on printing images on a photo printer on any surface (finished goods, flowers, etc.); maintenance of communication cable in a building; rental of scaffolding in the implementation of installation; activities of outpatient medical organizations, nursing houses • Problematic issues with the following products: – felt boots; pellets from straw, waste crops; pizza; clothing and other second hand items – Why these products are classified as manufacturing products in CPA 2008? Specific issues encountered with the product classifications • Questions due to certain discrepancies at 4 digit level of products in CPA 2008 and groups of economic activities in NACE rev.2 – for example, if mushrooms are grown they belong to agriculture, if collected they are part of forestry • Difficulties with the methodology for treating certain sets of products – for example, audio-visual services, investment, intermediate and consumer goods Issues related to time series • For the current classification, data have been recalculated on the basis of micro-data for 6 - 10 years backwards (depending on the area of statistics) • Now reviewing the approach for data recalculation (including the number of years of recalculation) • Planning a revision based on coefficients calculated on the basis of survey data • For the current classification, dual coding was used in business register, based on surveys • Now we are planning to use dual coding, based partly on surveys, and partly on the basis of coefficients Suggestions for future revisions • Full consistency between the product classification and the classification of activities would be helpful – In cases where this is not possible, notes to explain the differences are needed • Review the possibility to converge classification of products with the classification of goods of foreign economic activity