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.

Table 3 shows data for the different product groups.

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

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

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

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.

Product lines

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.

Persistence of peak tariffs on sensitive products such as textiles, leather, footwear, fish and fish products

Wire drawn products and seamless pipes are also part of the long steel products group.

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

Now, the third system is product service systems.

It's very similar to what you do when you design your product.

(e) Does the Commission agree with the findings of the Expert Group not to pursue further a link between the United Nations Standard Products and Service Code and the Central Product Classification?

There are also several special laws that regulate such areas as fish products, milk, meat and poultry.

However, considering the UNSPSC detail as a list of products rather than as a structured classification, it seems more appropriate to compare it to the CPC index, which now covers more than 42,000 items, compared to 18,000 in the UNSPSC.

His delegation called for urgent measures to combat synthetic drugs, which, unlike traditional drugs, could be produced anywhere.

And it came up with 6,000 different species of products.

Gradually, its concepts and definitions became outdated as compared with the Harmonized System and the Central Product Classification.

The NTB data incorporated in TRAINS indicate the existence of categories of NTBs classified according to the UNCTAD Coding System of Trade Control Measures (TCMCS) for particular products or groups of products.

If assurances are not given that the imported fish or fishery products have been processed under conditions that are equivalent to those required of domestic processors, the products will be denied entry.

After this reform, the products that implement the industrial product production licenses administration will be reduced from last year s 38 categories to the current 24 categories.

6270 Quotas for sensitive product categories

Economic delimitation, determining whether there are similar products or services offered by competitors which can be purchased on the same terms as the product or service in question.

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.

While it was possible to find similar products among regions, it was necessary to harmonize the terminology defining the products.

Depending on the product and other overall market conditions, the distribution channel can involve different types and numbers of participants.

Successful meat processing companies strive for further improvements in product range and quality in the light of specific needs of each market.

To improve the competitiveness of, and to encourage research and development on the problems of, natural products competing with synthetics and substitutes, and to consider the harmonization, where appropriate, of the production of synthetics and substitutes in developed countries with the supply of natural products produced in developing countries

The work could be linked to the implementation and use of the CPC.

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

6370 Prohibition for sensitive product categories

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.

If such a category was too small for the Harmonized System, it was typically combined with the further processed forms of those products.

Final draft of the Central Product Classification, Version 2

5270 Prior surveillance for sensitive product categories

6170 Prior authorization for sensitive product categories

b Data not available by type of product.

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.

Given the varying degrees of industrialization and levels of income across developing countries, the scope for producing similar but differentiated products seems limited.

Improvised systems can be cumbersome, unreliable, relatively difficult to use and also more expensive than industrially produced equivalents.

In addition, the categories at the detailed level of the UNSPSC for services are often not identifiable in terms of the CPC owing to ambiguity in language or for other reasons.

These products are of the same quality.

Indicators that would inform on the different types of products available include a census of products offered (e.g. letters of credit, forward exchange contracts, pre or post shipment finance), types of insurance products available (export credit insurance), government export credit guarantees, etc.