CPC Ver.2 Review and Harmonization with

Food and Agriculture Statistics in FAO

Meeting of the Expert Group onInternational Economic and Social Classifications (New York, 18-20 May 2011)

Mandate: Food security – to defeat Hunger

FAO data collection: • Food security, nutrition, early warning• Supply and Utilization Account/ Food Balance Sheets• Production and trade of agriculture commodities• Land use, land cover, water resource, land right • Food safety, biodiversity, crop and animal diseases

International coordination for statistical classification• Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics• Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Forest Sector Statistics• Member of UN Water

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

Mandate: Food security – to defeat Hunger

FAO data collection: • Food security, nutrition, early warning• Supply and Utilization Account/ Food Balance Sheets• Production and trade of agriculture commodities• Land use, land cover, water resource, land right • Food safety, biodiversity, crop and animal diseases

International coordination for statistical classification• Coordinating Working Party on Fishery Statistics• Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Forest Sector Statistics• Member of UN Water

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)

ForestryFAOSTAT Forestry Commodity List• 80 commodities• Based on HS• Harmonized with CPC at aggregate level• Used for collecting data on production and trade by FAO, Eurostat, UNECE and ITTO (Inter-Secretariat Working Group on Forest Sector Statistics)

ProblemCPC is not sufficiently detailed

Proposal to the EGMTo increase detail following HS (e.g. sawnwood, particle board and oriented strand board, fibreboard, veneer sheets, wood charcoal, wood pellets)

Agricultural Inputs(Fertilizers)

FAOSTAT Agricultural Inputs List• 130 among fertilizers, pesticides and machinery• Based on HS

Detailed data on fertilizers are crucial to estimate:• Country potential productivity and its effect on food consumption and security• Greenhouse gas emission and agriculture contribution to climate change

ProblemCPC is not sufficiently detailed

Proposal to the EGMTo increase detail according to the structure used by HS for fertilizers

Agricultural sector in CPC

550 items

260 items

ResultFAO intends to implement CPC as reference classification

for agricultural production

CPC Ver.1.1 CPC Ver.2

items related to agriculture

Faostat Commodity List683 items, of which 220 in the production questionnaire

Problems with CPC• Not sufficiently detailed• Use of different classification criteria

Proposal to the EGM• To endorse the adoption in FAO of CPC expanded as international standard for agricultural production• To review few items’ structure (e.g. eggs, flour and oils) to better meet the needs of agricultural production statistics

Agricultural Production(Crops, Livestock ad Derived Products)

FisheryFAO (CWP) set of classifications used in Fishery and Aquaculture Production and Commodity statistics• Species Taxonomic codes – env. 11,500 species items • ISSCAAP (Aquatic Animal and Plan) Group – 50 groups, 9 divisions • ISSCFC (Fishery Commodities) – env. 1,200 items:

-- linked with SITC, HS, and ISSCAAP CPC Fishery related items: 15 primary and 32 processed commodities

Problem – as reference aggregationNo separation between aquaculture and capture fishery at primary product levelSeparation of live fish and fresh or chilled is not practicalImbalance in biological aggregation level

Proposal to the EGMTo consider substantial modification including structure:

-Separation of Division 04 into two-Additional biological details (e.g. Annex 4/Doc #15)

ForestryTo increase detail following HS (e.g. sawnwood, particle board and oriented strand board, fibreboard, veneer sheets, wood charcoal, wood pellets)Agriculture InputsTo increase detail according to the structure used by HS for fertilizersAgriculture Production• To endorse the adoption in FAO of CPC expanded as international standard for agricultural production• To review few items’ structure (e.g. eggs, flour and oils) to better meet the needs of agricultural production statistics

FisheryTo consider substantial modification including structure:

- Separation of Division 04 into two- Additional biological details (e.g. Annex 4/Doc #15)

Summary – Proposal to the EGM