They are either broad line distributors, dealing with a wide range of products, or product specialized wholesalers.

The Commodity Procurement Section has been organized along the lines of commodity clusters whereby the staff resources in each cluster manage each transaction from start to finish.

In that regard, the Classification of Products by Activities (CPA), the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS), the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC), the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS Harmonized System), the Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification (EBOPS) and the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities have been considered for substantial parts of the revision process.

The worldwide consultation for the Central Product Classification (using questionnaires) was initially combined with the ISIC revision, in which the first two questionnaires covered both ISIC and CPC issues.

Revise the activity (European Classification, Rev.1.1) and product classifications (Classification of Products by Activity) in accordance with changes in the International Standard Industry Classification of All Economic Activities and the Central Product Classification

Developing countries seek access to global distribution channels for their goods and services as a means for their effective integration into the global economy.

Store retail services can be classified according to size, business format, and product mix or specialization.

Most domestic distributors of branded products, such as cars, clothing and cosmetics, are commission agents of foreign distributors or manufacturers.

The consultative process for the revision of the Central Product Classification was based on the same principles and mechanism as the revision of the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities.

Both databases will continue to treat the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System (HS) as a primary commodity classification for data collection and data processing purposes.

Distribution services can be classified according to their position in the distribution chain, their business format, and also the products they supply.

14. The distribution of reported posts by economic activity was as follows 37.9 per cent in the goods producing sectors and 62.1 per cent in the service sectors.

In relation to certain categories of goods, for example capital goods, distribution services do not necessarily play an important role.

Agriculture in the Central Product Classification, the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities and the International Standard Classification of Occupations

Nevertheless, a large proportion of international trade in meat is in quot commodity quot products where price is the overwhelming determinant for purchasing decisions of importers.

Since the CPC has been revised at shorter intervals than the ISIC, it was expected that the revision of the CPC would be much less extensive than the revision of the ISIC.

This joint presentation of ISIC and CPC issues should also foster the combined use of the ISIC and the CPC for statistical purposes.

The main recipient of Guam exports is Japan. Major export commodities are fish and crustaceans, mineral fuels, oils and waxes, tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes and automobiles.

They offered the opportunity to provide updated information on CPC changes to countries and to seek feedback from countries on their experiences with the CPC or other product classifications.

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Moreover, the consultations provided the opportunity to determine their expectations of this CPC revision.

It also ensured the inclusion of necessary details for implementation in the CPC. Compared with CPC Version 1.1, about 200 new items have been added to CPC Version 2 in the areas of agriculture, forestry, fisheries and food.

In February of that year, UNMIH management circulated a list to requisitioners setting out purchases made in the previous six months, grouped by commodity.

SMEs often account for a large number of firms in distribution services, which at the same time provide employment opportunities for people with a low level of skills, as well as for women.

It included questions on the purpose and scope of the CPC, as well as different options for the CPC aggregation structure.

While the CPC bases its goods part on definitions of the Harmonized System, there is no such link or equivalent level of definition for the UNSPSC.

Such clusters have some success in such countries as Brazil, but they have not developed sufficiently in many other commodity dependent countries.

The new organizational structure for procurement was commodity based, with the Commodity Procurement Section being organized into various clusters, each being responsible for an identifiable range of commodities.

A simple comparison of the CPC and UNSPSC structures indicates that this type of relationship between the two classifications does not exist.

(c) Noted that the deadlines in the revision processes of the International Standard Industrial Classification and the Central Product Classification (CPC) were highly important for the revision processes of other classifications and urged that efforts be undertaken to also keep the revision of the Central Product Classification on schedule

Questions on the scope of the CPC, in particular a better understanding of the boundary between the product classification and an asset classification, have been resolved in cooperation with experts on National Accounts.

After the completion of testing in September 1997, the cataloguing and codification of line items will be centrally controlled by the Field Administration and Logistics Division apos s commodity managers.

The Commission is requested to review the draft and approve that structure as the recommended international product classification standard.

Status of the revision process of the Central Product Classification

Such a review should be undertaken for economic classifications including the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities, the Central Product Classification, the Standard International Trade Classification, the Classification by Broad Economic Categories and the classifications of expenditure according to purpose.

Table 2 shows the 10 most dynamic commodities (at the SITC three digit level) ranked by average annual export growth in the period 1985 2002.

Research done for the North American Product Classification System (NAPCS) was an important input as was the worldwide consultation in 2005.

Final draft of the Central Product Classification, Version 2

b Data not available by type of product.

The correspondence table between the Central Product Classification and the Extended Balance of Payments Statistics will be revised in line with the revisions and clarifications arising from the revision of the System of National Accounts, the Balance of Payments Manual and the Central Product Classification revision.

The planned user's guide for the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities will address Central Product Classification issues as well. This will be achieved through the discussion of classification principles and their interpretation and application in both classifications, recognizing that the CPC describes the outputs of the economic activities described in the ISIC.

The classification of crops, classification of livestock and classification of machinery and equipment recommended in the World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2010 are now fully compatible with the ISIC and the CPC.

UN Provisional Central Product Classification, 1991.

In view of the excessive power of retailers, the investments of product suppliers could be undermined, particularly if the latter do not have any alternative avenues for the distribution of their products.

It recommends SITC, Rev.4, for use in the analysis of international merchandise trade by interested countries and international organizations.