Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation Programmethe above resources (BS or SBS). The survey does not cover all enterprises of theBR, so indirect methods are used for the evaluation of their indicators.For the part of business register not covered by surveys, some indicators based onadministrative data sources are estimated, such as file of VAT by the taxadministration (this file provides only data on turnover). Indicators like the numberof enterprises and the number of employees are calculated on the basis of BR. Otherindicators are estimated through imputation.Imputation of indicator’s production is calculated by multiplying the turnover of theVAT with the ratio estimated by the production and turnover of enterprises fromtable BS and SBS (enterprises with the same legal status and in the same economicactivity). That gives an estimate of the production of enterprises that are in the VATfile.Imputation of those indicators is realized as follows:Pr oduction _ BS & SBS _ iPr oduction _ VAT _ i Turnover _ VAT _ i *Turnover _ BS & SBS _ iInterm_Consump_BS & SBS _ iInterm_Consump_VAT _ i Production_VAT _ i Production_BS & SBS_iGross _ Value _ Added _ VAT _ i Pr oduction _ VAT _ i Interm _ Consump _ VAT _ ii Large;Medium;SmallThe following table represents indicators of enterprises from VAT for the branch ofconstruction.15Table 3.8: Indicators estimated with data from VAT 3 file in the year 2006.In Million LEKIndicators Nr of Nr of Turnover Production Intermediate GrossEnterp EmployeesConsumption ValueStrata riseAddedLarge 1 59 8,980 9,118 6,730 2,389Medium 33 283 983,294 1,001,087 716,049 285,037Small 142 370 1,881,914 1,896,210 1,385,430 510,780Total 176 712 2,874,188 2,906,415 2,108,209 798,2063 blue colors used to distinguish those data which are estimated by the imputationmethod42/236