BEC aims to analyse international trade statistics by large economic classes of goods and services, based on the main outputs of corresponding industries, to facilitate broad analyses of trade and production. Furthermore, it can be used to identify SNA end-use dimensions (intermediate consumption, gross fixed capital formation, final consumption). BEC, Revision 5, has more levels than the previous revisions and provides better guidance on end-use categories for analytical purposes. The main changes are that: -It provides a new top level of broad economic categories, based on the main outputs of corresponding industries, to facilitate broad analyses of trade and production. -It adds services and therefore refers to products rather than goods. -It identifies SNA end-use as a separate dimension. -It adds a new variable (the specification dimension) to differentiate intermediate inputs that are generic, i.e. consumed across a wide range of industries, from those that are specified, i.e. typically consumed only in one specific industry.
Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Motivation to revise BEC -- Chapter 3. The structure of BEC Rev.5 -- Chapter 4. The compilation of BEC -- Chapter 5. Relationship to other classifications -- Annex 1. Structure of the BEC Rev.5.

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