CPC-provisionalcentralproductclassification

ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/77DEPARTMENTOFINTERNATIONALECONOMICANDSOCIALAFFAIRSSTATISTICALOFFICEOFTHEUNITEDNATIONSSTATISTICALPAPERSSeriesMNo.77PROVISIONALCENTRALPRODUCTCLASSIFICATIONUNITEDNATIONSNewYork,19911CONTENTSParagraphsPagePREFACE.....................................................................................3PartOneANINTRODUCTIONTOTHEPROVISIONALCENTRALPRODUCTCLASSIFICATIONI.HISTORICALBACKGROUND................................1-96II.UNDERLYINGPRINCIPLESOFTHECLASSIFICATION..........10-367A.Purposeandnatureoftheclassification.........10-147B.TheHarmonizedCommodityDescriptionandCodingSystem(HS)......................................15-208C.PrinciplesusedinconstructingCPC..............21-278D.GoodsandservicesinCPC........................28-299E.RelationshiptoSNA..............................30-3210F.Codingsystemoftheclassification..............33-3610III.APPLICATIONOFTHECLASSIFICATION....................37-4211A.Generalremarks..................................3711B.Useofdifferentlevelsoftheclassification....3811C.UsingCPCinestablishingrelatednationalclassifications..................................39-4211IV.RELATIONSHIPOFCPCTOOTHERCLASSIFICATIONS.........43-5312A.Generalremarks..................................43-4412B.RelationshipofCPCtoISIC......................4512C.RelationshipofCPCtoHSandSITC...............46-4712D.RelationshipofCPCtootherclassificationsofgoodsandservices...............................48-5312V.INTERPRETATIONOFTHECPCSYSTEM.....................54-5913A.Indexestotheclassification....................54-5513B.Explanatorynotes................................56-5713C.Rulesofinterpretation..........................58-5914VI.RELATEDTOPICS.......................................60-6115A.AnnexestoCPC...................................6015B.Correlationtables...............................6116PartTwoSTRUCTUREOFTHEPROVISIONALCENTRALPRODUCTCLASSIFICATIONI.BROADSTRUCTURE:SECTIONS,DIVISIONSANDNUMBEROFSUBDIVISIONS.....................................................182II.DETAILEDSTRUCTURE:SECTIONS,DIVISIONS,GROUPS,CLASSESANDSUBCLASSES...........................................22Annexes.CATEGORIESFORSPECIALPURPOSESI.ENERGYRELATEDPRODUCTS..........................................22II.TOURISMRELATEDSERVICES.........................................22III.CATEGORIESINBALANCEOFPAYMENTSOFINCOMEANDTRANSFERS........22PartThreeEXPLANATORYNOTESFORTHESERVICESLISTEDINCPC5.Constructionworkandconstructions;land........................246.Tradeservices;hotelandrestaurantservices....................347.Transport,storageandcommunicationsservices...................488.Businessservices;agricultural,miningandmanufacturingservices599.Community,socialandpersonalservices..........................83PartFourCORRESPONDENCETABLESBETWEENISIC,REV.3,ANDCPC1.ISIC,REV.3,TOCPC..............................................1012.CPCTOISIC,REV.3...............................................1053PREFACEThenewlydevelopedprovisionalCentralProductClassification(CPC)constitutesacompleteproductclassificationcoveringgoodsandservices.IndevelopingCPC,themainintentionwastoprovideageneralframeworkforinternationalcomparisonofdatafromvarioustypesofstatisticsthatpresentdatabykindsofproduct.Therefore,oneofthemaincharacteristicsofCPCasageneral-purposeclassificationisthatitprovideslessdetailthantheotherspecificclassificationsystemsinareasorforapplicationsforwhichsuchsystemsareavailable.ThefinaldraftoftheprovisionalCentralProductClassificationwasconsideredandapprovedbytheStatisticalCommissionatitstwenty-fifthsessioninFebruary1989./1/InapprovingthefinaldraftoftheprovisionalCPC,theStatisticalCommissionrecommendedtotheEconomicandSocialCouncilthattheCounciladoptthefollowingresolution,whichtheCouncil,thenadoptedon22/May/1989,asitsresolution1989/3.ItisreproducedbelowinitspartsrelevanttoCPC.TheEconomicandSocialCouncil,Recallingresolution4/(XV)adoptedbytheStatisticalCommissionatitsfifteenthsession,in1968,Considering:...(g)TheproposednewCentralProductClassification,asdescribedinthereportoftheSecretary-General,tobeknownastheprovisionalCentralProductClassification,1.RecommendsthatMemberStates:...(b)MakeuseoftheprovisionalCentralProductClassificationinordertogainexperienceinobtaininginternationalcomparabilityfordataclassifiedaccordingtogoodsandservices;2.RequeststheSecretary-General:...(b)ToprepareapublicationontheprovisionalCentralProductClassification,togetherwiththeexplanatorynotesfortheservicespartoftheClassification,basedontheprovisionaltextbeforetheStatisticalCommissionatitstwenty-fifthsessionandinthelightoftheconclusionsoftheCommission;(c)Topublishandcirculate/...theprovisionalCentralProductClassificationandtobring[it]totheattentionofStatesMembersoftheUnitedNationsormembersofthespecializedagenciesforadoption.CPCisaclassificationthatisintendedtoplayacentralroleinrelatingdifferenttypesofinternationaleconomicclassificationsandtoserveavarietyofpurposes.Indeed,ithasalreadybecomeanimportanttoolinthedecade-longprogrammeonharmonizationofinternationaleconomicclassifications.Ot