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2.2 Details agreed by all countries
The session began with a report from the ASEAN Secretariat, outlining positive feedback from
AHSOM with regard to the pilot study resulting from the third session of EAMS and NSIC
development in CLM as part of the ERIA Capacity Building Project.
(1) Approval of EAMIC Ver.1.0
The main aim of the session was to obtain approval from all member countries with regard to the
draft version of an official EAMIC classification, compiled primarily by the countries involved in
the pilot study (pilot study countries).
During the session, the EAMS Secretariat provided a summary of the pilot study carried out last year
and described the process of completing the draft version. Acting on behalf of the pilot study
countries, Ms. Jirawan Boonperm, Deputy Secretary General of the Thai National Statistical Office,
then spoke about the process and significance of compiling a common industrial classification across
all ASEAN+3 countries and thanked METI for its support in compiling the EAMIC and ECMAT.
This was followed by individual reports from pilot study countries Indonesia, the Philippines and
Thailand, outlining issues faced whilst converting manufacturing data from their respective national
classifications to four-digit level EAMIC. Vietnam, which is also a pilot study country and is the
only member country to have already compiled a national classification compliant with ISIC Rev. 4
VSIC2007), then gave a report on the experience of producing an EAMIC conversion table.