Description of methods and sources for Albania - INSTAT

IPA 2009 Multi-beneficiary StatisticalCooperation ProgrammeAs the data sources are not available, in 2006, Household and NPISH FinalConsumption Expenditure are calculated by extrapolations of the previous year data.For the expenditure approach of GDP, estimation is not a benchmarking year untilnow.5.6 Main approaches taken with respect to exhaustivenessAdjustments to the expenditure approach to ensure exhaustiveness are made forcalculation of Construction work in Gross Fixed Capital Formation.Construction Activity by production side in Albanian National Accounts is dividedinto:- Observed Output- Non- Observed OutputData for the Gross fixed Capital Formation in construction were provided byProduction Enterprises.The GFCF in construction is equal with the value of construction output multipliedby the share of revenues from construction activity in total revenues of constructionenterprises. This adjustment is made on the basis of data from financial statements ofenterprises.No exhaustiveness adjustments are made for other elements of expenditures.5.7 Household final consumption expenditureThis section describes the measurement of final consumption expenditure ofAlbanian resident households. Their consumption expenditures cover the purchasesof all goods and services, including housing services, to meet their requirements forday-to-day living. It does not include the purchase of dwellings or expenditure onvaluables (antiques and some jewelry), which are part of capital formation, nor doesit include any expenditure on goods or services for use in a business.In Albanian National Accounts, as in other countries, Household ConsumptionExpenditure is the main component of expenditure side, with the largest part, about78 % in 2006, to the total GDP.In 1998, HBS was conducted for the first time. It covered only Tirana city.Then, in 2000, the second HBS was conducted covering Tirana city and other urbanareas, with a coverage of 5,389 households.HBS was conducted in 2006-2007 covering the entire Albanian territory, with 5600households. It was not used until now for the estimation of HFC. Next year, when2008-2009 HBS will be conducted, the information will be incorporated in the HFCestimations.The actual methodology of the HBS is presented in the annex E.90/236