International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) PDF Download

Author: United Nations. Statistical Division
Publisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN: 9789211614565
Category : Commercial products
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Book Description
Wide use has been made of ISIC both nationally and internationally in classifying data according to kind of economic activity in the fields of economic statistics, population, production, employment, national income and others. A number of countries have utilized ISIC as the basis for developing their national industrial classification. A substantial comparability has been attained by ensuring that categories of detailed levels of national classifications fitted into only one category of ISIC. Unlike previous revisions, this third revision of ISIC required harmonization with other activity classifications and with classifications of goods and services. Although the general structure of the classification was not changed significantly, a greater level of detail was introduced especially in the part dealing with service activities