Concepts and definitions
- Commodity
A commodity refers to a tangible or an intangible instrument by which human needs can be satisfied directly (consumption commodity) or indirectly (output commodity). Tangible commodities include both products and materials and supplies. Services are intangible commodities.
- Data supplier unit
In the inquiry on production the data supplier units are enterprises or their establishments where the principal activity is industry (B Mining and quarrying or C Manufacturing). Therefore establishments of non-manufacturing enterprises engaged in industrial activities are included in the inquiry.
The establishments were selected to the inquiry so that the EU's representativeness criterion required by the PRODCOM regulation would be fulfilled, i.e. at least 90 per cent of the value of production in each economic activity should be included in the statistics. Therefore data on production are mainly collected from establishments with at least ten employees. In addition, in some economic activities the inquiry contains establishments of smaller enterprises to satisfy the EU's representativeness criterion. The frame of the inquiry, the targeted enterprises and the sample are described in more detail in the quality description of the statistics under 2. Methodological description of statistical survey.
Data on materials and supplies are inquired from all establishments of enterprises with at least 20 employees.
- Measurement unit
Units used for measuring volumes vary according to commodity heading. In the output data section, the volume of each commodity heading is inquired by using one or two measurement units, while in the materials and supplies data section volume is measured by one unit.
- Production nomenclature
Since 1997, the classification of commodity headings referred to in the statistics on manufacturing commodities has been based on the PRODCOM classification of industrial production of the European Union updated annually. The PRODCOM classification contains 8-digit product headings. It does not include all product groups, for which reason it is supplemented with additional national headings. Some of the PRODCOM headings are also divided into national subheadings. The national product heading codes comprise 10 digits. The first four digits of the codes correspond to the code of the standard industrial classification of the European Communities (NACE Rev. 2) and thus to the first four digits of Statistics Finland's industrial classification TOL 2008. The first six digits of the code correspond to the Classification of Products by Activity (CPA) of the European Communities.
- Purchased materials and supplies
Purchased materials and supplies refer to raw materials, semi-finished products, additional materials and supplies purchased from outside the enterprise for production in the calendar year.
- Sold output
In the statistics on manufacturing commodities, sold output refers to the output manufactured by an enterprise or its establishment and sold outside the enterprise during the calendar year irrespective of the date of production.
Sold output also includes sale from stock. The value or quantity of sold output does not include selling of such goods that have been sold as such, without further processing, to other enterprises (merchandise).
- Total production
In the statistics on manufacturing commodities, total output refers to the output manufactured by the enterprise or its establishment during the calendar year which the inquiry concerns. It comprises sold output and output intended to be sold, as well as output that either is being, will be or has been reprocessed by the enterprise.
Data on total output for a calendar year are only inquired in addition to data on sold output in the case of separately defined commodities. Only the volume and not the value of total production is usually reported.
- Total use
In the statistics on manufacturing commodities, total consumption of materials and supplies includes raw materials, semi-finished products, additives and supplies purchased for production purposes from outside the enterprise in the calendar year as well as goods manufactured to be further processed within the enterprise. Total consumption per calendar year is inquired only for separately defined materials and supplies.
Official Statistics of Finland (OSF):
Industrial output [e-publication].
Helsinki: Statistics Finland [referred: 28.5.2012].
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