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PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY – SNA

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French Equivalent: Activité principale - SCN

Definition:
The principal activity of a producer unit is the activity whose value added exceeds that of any other activity carried out within the same unit (the output of the principal activity must consist of goods or services that are capable of being delivered to other units even though they may be used for own consumption or own capital formation).

Source Publication:
SNA 15.16.

Cross References:
Principal activity – Eurostat
Principal activity – ISIC Rev. 3
Secondary activity – SNA

Hyperlink:
http://esa.un.org/unsd/sna1993/introduction.asp

Version Indicator: SNA

Statistical Theme: Classifications

Created on Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Last updated on Thursday, November 22, 2001