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suppressed (that is, not separately shown) to preserve the
confidentiality of data for individual companies. This
will most often happen at the most detailed level of the
classification, or in
the case of smaller countries, or
where the data are cross-classified by country or area.
(b) By product
4.44. As a longer-term goal, countries are encouraged
to work toward disaggregating by product some or all of
the variables––which include sales (turnover), output,
exports and imports––that lend themselves to this basis
of attribution. Product-based
statistics are free of
problems of interpretation related to secondary activities,
are consistent with the basis on which GATS
commitments are made, and are consistent with the basis
of classification used for
trade between residents and
non-residents.
4.45. To the extent possible, the breakdown should be
on a basis compatible with EBOPS for services and
according to the Harmonized System for trade in goods,
to facilitate comparisons with resident/non-resident
trade
classified on this basis. If this level of specificity cannot
be achieved, countries may wish to disaggregate sales in
each industry as between sales of goods and sales of
services as a first step toward a product basis (see paras.
4.52 and 4.53 below on the sales variable for a
discussion of this option).
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