Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation Programme12.2.4 Import and Export on goods and servicesImports and exports are deflated using unit-value indices. They are presented asfollows:63Table.12.2:Indices used to deflate Import and ExportIn Million LEKVolumeIndexPriceIndex UVI Description Data SourceImport- Goods XUnit ValueIndexINSTAT- Services X CPI INSTATExport- Goods XUnit ValueIndexINSTAT- Services X CPI INSTATCHAPTER 13: METHODS FOR OTHER PARTS OF THE SYSTEM13.1 GDP by production approachThe measurement of value added at constant prices by industry is an important partof national economic accounting. Information on value added at constant prices byindustry is necessary to research on national economic growth and changes ofindustrial structure.The value added at constant prices is defined as the difference between output (atbasic prices) and intermediate consumption (at purchasers' prices) at constant prices.Since a single indicator method was used for value added at constant prices,according to Eurostat’s ”Handbook On Price and Volume Measures in NationalAccounts”, the method that can be used for the estimation of prices and volumes isthe method B.Making the differences between Output and Intermediate Consumption for eachbranch, we have now estimated the Value Added by branches, with the prices of theprevious year:VAD p-1 i ,t= OUT p-1 i ,t- IC p-1 i ,tAfter the process of calculation of each branch of National Accounts, we cansummarize the value of Output, Intermediate Consumption and Value Added,estimated at prices of previous year:151/236