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WORLD TRADE S/CSC/W/6/Add.12
27March 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-1252)
Original: English Committee onSpecific Commitments
DETAILED ANALYSIS OFTHE MODIFICATIONS BROUGHT
ABOUT BYTHE REVISION OFTHE CENTRAL
PRODUCT CLASSIFICATION
Note bytheSecretariat
Addendum
AGRICULTURAL, MINING AND MANUFACTURING SERVICES
1. Paragraph 5ofthereport ofthemeeting oftheCommittee onSpecific Commitments heldon
10October 1996, states that"...theSecretariat should takeupcontact withtheVoorburg Group with
aviewtoinforming theCommittee inthenearfuture ofanyproposed changes totheCPCwhich could
beofinterest intheCommittee 'sdeliberations ".
2. Thestatistical committee oftheUnited Nations adopted atits10-14 February 1997 Session
thedraftCPCRev.1 proposed bytheVoorburg group. Adefinitive version ofRev.1 hasnowbeen
finalizedandwillsoonbedistributedtoMembers.ThisdocumentwillallowMemberstoconsultdirectly
theconcordances tables andthedefinitions mentioned inthepresent noteandtocompare them with
theCPC provisional structure anddefinitions iftheyfeelituseful todoso.Thisiswhy, contrary
tothepreceding sectoral studies ontourism, energy, transport, distribution andconstruction, the
concordance tables andthedefinitions havenotbeenannexed tothepresent note.
3. Thepurpose ofthepresent noteistoanalyse indetail themodifications brought bytheCPC
rev.1 asregards Agricultural, Mining andManufacturing services, which arepartsoftheotherbusiness
services sub-sector inthebusiness services sector asdefined intheGNSClassification.1Itwillproceed
through acomparison ofthecomplete structures ofbothclassifications asputinconcordance bythe
CPCdrafters andaswellthrough acomparison oftheirdescriptive parts. Itwillfollow theorder of
theconcordance tablebetween theprovisional CPC andtheCPC version 1.Theprovisional CPC
willbereferred toas"prov",CPC rev.1 as"rev",CPC provisional items as"pXXXX", andCPC
rev.1 items as"rXXXX".
4. Inthepresent note,ithasbeenthought moreappropriate toretain thetechnical terms putforward
intheprovisional CPC'spreface, andusedbytheVoorburg Group when communicating withthe
Secretariat, instead ofthose --referring tothenumbering ofthedigits --previously usedintheseries
ofnotes already issued bytheSecretariat astothetourism, distribution, construction, energy and
transport sectors. Thecoding system oftheCPCisdescribed asfollows inparagraph 33ofprovCPC
preface: "Thecoding system ofCPCishierarchical andpurely decimal. Theclassification consists
ofsections (identified bythefirstdigit), divisions (identified bythefirstandsecond digit), groups
(identified bythefirstthreedigits), classes (identified bythefirstfourdigits) andsubclasses (identified
1Seedocument MTN.GNS/W/120. Theother components oftheother business services sector have been
examined indocument S/CSC/W/11.S/CSC/W/6/Add.12
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byallfivedigits, taketogether). Thecodes forthesection range from0through 9andeachsection
maybedivided intoninedivisions. Atthethirddigitofthecodeeachdivision may,inturn,bedivided
intoninegroups which would thenbefurther divided intonineclasses andthenintoninesubclasses. ".
Paragraph 35ofprovCPCpreface adds: "Where agiven levelofclassification isnotfurther subdivided,
a"0"isusedintheposition forthenextmore detailed level."Thefollowing chart summarizes the
correspondence between these twolanguages.
One-digit item Section
Two-digits item Division
Three-digits item Group
Four-digits item Class
Five-digits item Subclass
5. Theabbreviation "n.e.c."means "notelsewhere classified". Thesignification oftheasterisks
intheconcordance tableisthefollowing:
xxx*: Theitemiswider thanitscorrespondent intheother version ofCPC. Thismeans
thatitcorresponds toseveral items intheother version ofCPCandhasconsequently
awider scope according totherelated explanatory notes. Asterisks always appear
intheright-hand column ofconcordance tables.
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****2 Theseries ofasterisks before thelastdigitaimsatavoiding therepetition ofthefour
previous digits when asetofitems having thesame prefix isreferred.
6. Division p88"Agricultural, mining andmanufacturing services" hasbeensplitintotwonew
revdivisions, division r86"Production services, onafeeorcontract basis" ,anddivision r87*
"Maintenance andrepair services" .Asageneral matter, theVoorburg Group hasindicated tothe
Secretariat thattherehasbeennochange incoverage orcontent ofclass: thenewdivision corresponds
infulltotheoldone.
7. Atthethirddigitlevel, itappears thatonlyonegroup hasbeentransferred under division r87,
namely group p886"Repair services incidental tometal products, machinery andequipment" ,allothers
being transferred under division r86. Itshould benoted that:
- Group p881"Services incidental toagriculture, hunting andforestry" andgroup p882
"Servicesincidentaltofishing"havebeenmergedintoanewgroupr861*"Agricultural,
hunting, forestry andfishing services" ;
- Group p883"Services incidental tomining" hasbeenmerged withgroup p887"Services
incidental toenergy distribution" ,bothnowcorresponding togroup r862* "Mining
services, andelectricity, gasandwater distribution services through mains onafee
orcontract basis" ;S/CSC/W/6/Add.12
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- Group p884"Services incidental tomanufacturing, except tothemanufacture ofmetal
products, machinery andequipment" hasbeendisaggregated intotwonewrevgroups,
groupr863"Manufacture services, except ofmetal products, machinery andequipment"
andgroup r869"Other manufacture services" ;
- Group p885"Services incidental tothemanufacture ofmetal products, machinery and
equipment" hasbeensplitintotwonewgroups, group r864"Manufacturing services
ofmetal products, machinery andequipment" andgroup r865"installation services
(other thanconstruction)".
8. Atthefour-digit andatthefive-digit levels, modifications brought ingeneral bytheCPCrev.1
arethefollowing2:
- Inalltitles, the"services incidental to..."pattern isreplaced bythe"...services "
pattern, except forgroup p887 "Services incidental toenergy distribution", which
correspondstogroupr862*3"Miningservices,andelectricity,gasandwaterdistribution
services through mains onafeeorcontract basis" .
- Foursubclasses --instead ofonlyonesubclass (p88700* "Services incidental toenergy
distribution" )under corresponding class p8870 --arenowattached toclass r8622
"Services incidental toelectricity, gasandwater supply" :namely, subclass r86221
"Electricity transmission anddistribution services (onafeeorcontract basis" ,subclass
r86222 "Gasdistribution services through mains (onafeeorcontract basis)" ,subclass
r86223 "Water distribution services through mains (onafeeorcontract basis)" and
subclass r86224 "Steam andhotwater distribution services through mains (onafee
orcontract basis)" .
- Inalltitles, the"manufacture of..."pattern isreplaced bythe"manufacturing services
of..."pattern, except when themanufacturing services aredesignated byaspecific
verb(such as"forging, pressing, stamping androllforming "insubclass r86421), and
exceptfornewrevcorrespondingsubclasseswhichdonotinvolvemanufacturingprocess
(e.g.subclass r86520 "Installation services offabricated metal products, except
machineryandequipment",whichcorrespondstoclassp8852"Manufactureoffabricated
metal products, except machinery andequipment, onafeeorcontract basis" ).
- Inalltitles, theexpression "onafeeorcontract basis" isdeleted, except inthefollowing
revclasses andsubclasses where itisnewly introduced orreintroduced: classr8691
"Publishing,onafeeorcontractbasis"andrelatedsingle-subclassr86910,classr8692*
"printing andreproduction services ofrecorded media, onafeeorcontract basis"
andrelated single-subclass r86920, andclassr8693 "Recycling services, onafeeor
contractbasis"andrelatedsubclassesr86931"Metalwasteandscraprecyclingservices,
onafeeorcontract basis" andr86932 "Non-metal waste andscrap recycling services,
onafeeorcontract basis" ;thisalsoconcerns thewhole range ofitems under group
r862"Mining services, andelectricity, gasandwater distribution services through
mains onafeeorcontract basis" .
2Except themodifications indicated, explanatory notes incorresponding subclasses remain identical.
3Theasterisk isduetothefactthatthisnewgroup includes classes andsubclasses related toother partof
prov. Infact,totheextent thatp887 classes andsubclasses areinvolved, there isastrict correspondence with
thenewrelated classes andsubclasses.S/CSC/W/6/Add.12
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9. Astogroup p881, thesolemodification brought atthefour-digit andatthefive-digit levels
bytheCPCrev1isthedisaggregation ofsubclass p88120 "Services incidental toanimal husbandry"
intotwonewsubclasses,subclassr86121"Farmanimalhusbandryservices"andsubclassr86129"Other
animal husbandry services" .
10. Astogroup p884, modification brought atthefour-digit andatthefive-digit levels bytheCPC
rev1arethefollowing:
- Atthefive-digit level, subclass p88442 "Publishing andprinting, onafeeorcontract
basis" hasbeensplitintothree newsubclasses, namely subclass r86910 "Publishing,
onafeeorcontract basis" ,subclass r86921 "Printing services andservices related
toprinting, onafeeorcontract basis" andsubclass r86922 "Reproduction services
ofrecorded media, onafeeorcontract basis". Asaconsequence, class p8844
"Manufacture ofpaper andpaper products; Publishing andprinting, onafeeor
contract basis" hasbeendisaggregated intothree newclasses: class r8634 "Paper
andpaper product manufacturing services" ,under which isplaced subclass r86340
"Paper andpaper product manufacturing services" (corresponding tothefirstsubclass
under classp8844, i.e.subclass p88441 "Manufacture ofpaper andpaper products,
onafeeorcontract basis" ),andclassr8691 "Publishing, onafeeorcontract basis"
andclassr8692* "Printing andreproduction services ofrecorded media, onafeeor
contract basis" ,which areeachplaced above thetwonewly created subclasses.
- Class p8849 "Manufacture offurniture; Manufacture ofother articles n.e.c.;
Recycling, onafeeorcontract basis" hasbeensplitintotwonewclasses, classr8639
"Other manufacturing services, except ofmetal products, machinery andequipment"
andclassr8693 "recycling services, onafeeorcontract basis" .Atthesubclass level,
subclass p88491 "Manufacture offurniture onafeeorcontract basis" andsubclass
p88492 "Manufacture ofother articles n.e.c.,onafeeorcontract basis" havebeen
merged intosingle-subclass r86390 "Other manufacturing services, except ofmetal
products, machinery andequipment" ,which isplaced under classr8693, andsubclass
p88493 "Recycling onafeeorcontract basis" hasbeendisaggregated intotwonew
subclasses, subclass r86931 "Metal waste andscrap recycling services, onafeeor
contract basis" andsubclass r86932 "Non-metal waste andscrap recycling services,
onafeeorcontract basis" ,which areplaced under classr8693.
11. Since group p885 "Services incidental tothemanufacture ofmetal products, machinery and
equipment" hasbeensplitintotwonewgroups, group r864"Manufacturing services ofmetal products,
machinery andequipment" andgroup r865"installation services (other thanconstruction)" ,itappears
thateach prov class hasbeen shared between group r864 andgroup r865, except class p8851
"Manufacture orbasic metals onafeeorcontract basis" ,onlyrelated toclassr8641 "Basic metal
manufacturing services" ,andclassp8858 "Manufacture ofmotor vehicles, trailers andsemi-trailers,
onafeeorcontract basis" ,which onlyconcords withclassr8643* "Transport equipment manufacturing
services" .
12. Ontheonehand, thecomplete structure ofgroup p885* corresponds tothestructure ofnew
group r865, except forthecaseofclass r8651 "Installation services ofturnkey project" which has
beenlinked toprovCPCp8673* "Integrated engineering services" ,thesubclasses ofprovCPCunder
classp8673* being linked accordingly tothesubclasses under CPC rev.1 classr8651.
13. Astothewording oftitles, the"installation services of..."pattern hasbeensubstituted to
the"manufacture of...,onafeeoracontract basis"pattern, with, inthecaseofclassp8854* and
single-subclassp88540*,deletionincorrespondingclassr8654andsingle-subclassr86540of"accounting"S/CSC/W/6/Add.12
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machinery inthelistofthetypes ofmachinery already covered (office andcomputing machinery),
and,inthecaseofclass p8857* andsingle-subclass p88570, deletion incorresponding classr8657
andsingle-subclass r86570 ofthemention ofwatches andclocks andaddition oftheadjective
"professional" tothelistofadjectives defining thetypeofinstruments installed ("medical, precision
andoptical").
14. Ontheother hand, thedisaggregation ofp885 classes hasalsopartly produced anewsingle-
subclass r8644* "Machinery andequipment, except transport equipment, manufacturing services" ,
based ontheaggregation ofthefollowing classes (andnoneoftheothers): classp8853* "Manufacture
ofmachinery andequipment n.e.c.,onafeeorcontract basis" ,classp8854* "Manufacture ofoffice
accounting andcomputing machinery, onafeeorcontract basis" ,class p8855* "Manufacture of
electrical machinery andapparatus n.e.c.,onafeeorcontract basis" ,classp8856* "Manufacture
ofradio, television andcommunication equipment andapparatus, onafeeorcontract basis" ,and
class p8857* "Manufacture ofmedical precision andoptical instruments, watches andclocks, ona
feeorcontract basis" .Finally, theaggregation ofclassp8858 "Manufacture ofmotor vehicles, trailers
andsemi-trailers, onafeeorcontract basis" andofclass p8859 "Manufacture ofother transport
equipment, onafeeorcontract basis" hasproduced thenewclass r8643 "Transport equipment
manufacturing services" .
15. Subclass p88510 "Manufacture ofbasic metals onafeeorcontract basis" hasbeendivided
intotwonewsubclasses, subclass r86411 "Metal casting services" andr86419 "Other basic metal
manufacturing services" .
16. Class p8852 "Manufacture offabricated metal products, except machinery andequipment, on
afeeorcontract basis" ,which hasnolower level, hasbeendivided intotwonewclasses --namely,
classr8642 "Fabricated metal product, except machinery equipment, manufacturing services andmetal
working service" andclassr8652 "Installation services offabricated metal products, except machinery
andequipment" --,andintofivesubclasses:
- subclass r86421 "metal forging, pressing, stamping androllforming services" ,subclass
r86422 "Metal treatment andcoating services" ,subclass r86423 "General mechanical
engineering services" ,andSubclass r86429 "Other fabricated metal product
manufacturing services andmetal working services", which alloffourdepend from
classr8642,
- andsubclassr86520"Installationservicesoffabricatedmetalproducts,exceptmachinery
andequipment" ,which depends from classr8652.
17. Subclass p88530 "Manufacture ofmachinery andequipment n.e.c., onafeeorcontract basis"
corresponds tosubclass r86449 "Other machinery andequipment manufacturing services" andsubclass
r86530 "Installation ofmachinery andequipment n.e.c." .
18. Subclass p88540 "Manufacture ofoffice, accounting andcomputing machinery, onafeeor
contract basis" concords withr86441 "Office, accounting andcomputing machinery manufacturing
services" andr86540 "Installation services ofoffice andcomputing machinery" .
19. Subclass p88550 "Manufacture ofelectrical machinery andapparatus n.e.c, onafeeorcontract
basis" corresponds tosubclass r86442 "Electrical machinery andapparatus manufacturing services"
andsubclass r86550 "Installation services ofelectrical machinery andapparatus n.e.c." .
20. Subclassp88560"Manufactureofradio,televisionandcommunicationequipmentandapparatus,
onafeeorcontract basis" isconnected tosubclass r88443 "Radio, television andcommunicationS/CSC/W/6/Add.12
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equipment, manufacturing services" andsubclass r86560 "installation services ofradio, television and
communications equipment andapparatus" .
21. Subclassp88570"Manufactureofmedicalprecisionandopticalinstruments,watchesandclocks,
onafeeorcontract basis" relates tosubclass r86444 "medical precision andoptical instruments, watch
andclock manufacturing services" andsubclass r86570 "Installation services ofprofessional medical,
precision andoptical instruments" .
22. Subclass p88580 "Manufacture ofmotor vehicles, trailers andsemi-trailers, onafeeorcontract
basis" corresponds withsubclass r86431 "Motor vehicles, trailer andsemi-trailer manufacturing
services" .
23. Finally, subclass p88590 "Manufacture ofother transport equipment" concords withsubclass
r86439 "Other transport equipment manufacturing services" andsubclass r86590 "Installation services
ofother goods n.e.c." .
24. Other modifications brought top885 atthefour-digit andatthefive-digit levels bytheCPC
rev1arethefollowing:
- Subclass p88510 "Manufacture ofbasic metals onafeeorcontract basis" hasbeen
divided intotwonewsubclasses, subclass r86411 "Metal casting services" andr86419
"Other basic metal manufacturing services" .
- Class p8852 "Manufacture offabricated metal products, except machinery and
equipment, onafeeorcontract basis" ,which hasnolower level, hasbeendivided
intotwonewclasses--namely,classr8642"Fabricatedmetalproduct,exceptmachinery
equipment, manufacturing services andmetal working service" andclass r8652
"Installation services offabricated metal products, except machinery andequipment" -
-,andintofivesubclasses: subclass r86421 "metal forging, pressing, stamping and
rollformingservices",subclassr86422"Metaltreatmentandcoatingservices",subclass
r86423 "General mechanical engineering services" ,which allofthree depend from
classr8642, andsubclass r86520 "Installation services offabricated metal products,
except machinery andequipment" ,which depends from classr8652.
25. Groupp886"Repairservicesincidentaltometalproducts,machineryandequipment"corresponds
togroupr871"Maintenanceandrepairservicesoffabricatedmetalproducts,machineryandequipment".
Thefollowing modifications should benoted:
- Onevery sub-items, theexpression "repair services" have been replaced bythe
expression "maintenance andrepair services", and"metal products" arenowreferred
as"fabricated metal products".
- Thestructure ofgroup r871atthefour-digit levelissimpler thaninp886, insofar
asnewclass r8715* "Maintenance andrepair services ofother machinery and
equipment" corresponds totheaggregation offourp886 classes, namely classp8862
"Repair services ofmachinery andequipment n.e.c.,onafeeorcontract basis" ,
classp8864 "Repair services ofelectrical machinery andapparatus n.e.c.,onafee
orcontract basis" ,classp8865 "Repair services ofradio, television andcommunication
equipmentandapparatus,onafeeorcontractbasis",andclassp8866*"Repairservices
ofmedical, precision andoptical instruments, watches andclocks, onafeeorcontract
basis" ,andinsofarasnewclassr8714* "Maintenance andrepair services oftransport
machinery andequipment" results from themerger oforiginal classp8867 "RepairS/CSC/W/6/Add.12
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services n.e.c.ofmotor vehicles, trailers andsemi-trailers, onafeeorcontract basis"
andclassp8868 "Repair andmaintenance services ofother transport equipment, on
afeeorcontract basis" .4
- Class p8863 "Repair services n.e.c.ofoffice, accounting andcomputing machinery,
onafeeorcontract basis" hasbeensplitintoclassp8712 "Maintenance andrepair
services ofoffice andaccounting machinery" andclassp8713 "Computer hardware
servicing, repair andmaintenance" .Asaresult, single-subclass p88630 hasbeen
disaggregated intotwonewsubclass r87120 andr87130.
- Class p8866 "Repair services ofmedical, precision andoptical instruments, watches
andclocks, onafeeorcontract basis" hasbeensplitintotwonewrevclasses, namely
class r8715* "Maintenance andrepair services ofother machinery andequipment"
andclassr8722* "Watches, clocks andjewellery repair services" .Asaresult, atthe
five-digitlevel,single-subclassp88660"Repairservicesofmedical,precisionandoptical
instruments, watches andclocks, onafeeorcontract basis" corresponds totwonew
subclasses: subclass r87154 "Repair services ofmedical, precision andoptical
instruments" andsubclass r87220 "Watches, clocks andjewellery repair services" .
26. Astogroup p887, itonlyappears thatsingle-subclass p88700 "Services incidental toenergy
distribution" hasbeensplitintotwonewsubclasses: subclass r86221 "Services incidental toelectricity
andgassupply" andsubclass r86222 "Services incidental towater supply" .Theclassp8870 "Services
incidental toenergy distribution" corresponds tothenewclassr8622 "Services incidental toelectricity,
gasandwater supply" (formore information onnewdevelopments, seedocument S/CSC/W/6/Add.1
onenergy).
27. Finally, itisimportant tobearinmind thatdivision p88hasnoexplanatory notes, except
verylimited andgeneral onesatthethree-digit level. Since thenewfeatures ofcorresponding rev
divisions include theattachment ofexplanatory notes atthefive-digit level, acomparison itembyitem
similar totheonewhich hasbeenproposed forother divisions isimpossible toprovide.
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4Bothnewclassr8715*"Maintenanceandrepairservicesofothermachineryandequipment"andclassr8714*
"Maintenance andrepair services oftransport machinery andequipment" aggregate alsoclasses orpartsofclasses
originated from other provdivisions (p61, p63andp75). Inthisrespect, asterisks aremaintained insofaras
these other related subclasses arenotcited inthepresent paper.