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

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Similar to the link between the ISIC and NACE, particular attention has been paid to maintain a strong correlation between the Central Product Classification and the Classification of Products by Activities at the most detailed level, although their aggregation structures differ.

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.

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Derived classifications may be prepared either by adopting the reference classification structure and categories and then possibly providing additional detail beyond that provided by the reference classification, or they may be prepared through the rearrangement or aggregation of items from one or more reference classifications.

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.

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Status of the revision process of the Central Product Classification

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.

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

Final draft of the Central Product Classification, Version 2

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

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.

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

(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

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

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.

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.

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

Part II of the List, compiled by the United Nations Secretariat, presents commercial information, including data on trade names and manufacturers, relating to a large proportion of the products included in part I of the List.

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.

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.

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These increases are further detailed by appropriation line and location in summary table I by organizational unit and in summary table II by major expenditure category. The cost increase is attributable to the following factors

Similarly, the activities for furthering the implementation of the Central Product Classification will be combined with the implementation efforts for the International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities United Nations Statistics Division workshops will focus on the combined use of the ISIC and the CPC, as described above.

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.

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.

Most of the proposals had been reviewed in other forums, such as the Voorburg Group on Service Statistics, before being incorporated in the CPC draft and reviewed by countries in the full CPC context.

The Technical Subgroup supported the revision of the SITC in general and the improvement of the links between the CPC and the SITC to the extent possible, in particular.

Recent additions include descriptions of the methodology to aggregate from basic headings to the GDP and of the ways in which the regions will be linked at the basic heading level.

The GATS covers distribution services, defining them primarily as distribution of goods.

Review of the link between the Central Product Classification and the United Nations Standard Product and Services Code

The classification adopted in the GATS follows the UN CPC approach and identifies distribution services according to the type of service delivered, which corresponds to their position in the distribution chain.

For example, in commodity dependent and resource strapped Lesotho, remittance receipts represented about 27 per cent of GDP in 2001.

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 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.

Furthermore, most African countries continue to rely on a single commodity for more than three quarters of their total exports.