1. African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Chapter 1 Introduction (SUT Handbook) Derek Blades Resource Person May 2014

2. African Centre for Statistics Basic framework DP + IMP = IC + HFCE + GFCE + GFCF + INV + EXP Subtract IMP and IC from both sides DP – IC = HFCE + GFCE + GFCF + INV + (EXP - IMP) GDP (P) = GDP (E) Transport costs, Trade margins, Net taxes on products

3. African Centre for Statistics Third Quadrant – components of value added A Third Quadrant can be added to the SUT Quadrant I: SUPPLY Quadrant II: USES Quadrant III: COMPONENTS OF VALUE ADDED: COE OS/MI CFC

4. African Centre for Statistics Uses and Applications Estimate GDP from the two sides – P and E Consistency of definitions and classifications, valuations standards Estimation of missing data Confrontation of data sources Assessment of data requirements for NA compilations Capacity building on NA Implementation of SNA SUTs in the International Comparison Program (ICP) Updating preliminary estimates Input-Output Tables

5. African Centre for Statistics Q UESTIONS - OMISSIONS Is the introduction clear? Does it help? Anythingelse to add?

6. African Centre for Statistics United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Thank you