In general, the transactions involve a willing buyer and seller on an agreed price. An enterprise is an organisation which produces and sells goods and services with the objective of making profits. It may comprise one or more establishments. A statistical unit used for gathering information on economic activities in the production of the most homogenous group of goods and services in a single location. Prices of manufactured goods valued at the factory which exclude trade and transport margins .
External transactions account .
See Balance of payments . The value of goods valued at the customs frontier of the exporting country including export duties and the cost of loading the goods onto the carrier unless the latter cost is borne by the carrier. All international freight and insurance beyond that point is excluded from the value of goods and reclassified in shipment. A term used in the valuation of GDP, to measure what it costs to produce the output of the nation in terms of payments to the factors of production used, namely, compensation of employees, and gross operating surplus. See Market prices.