1. Regional workshop for African countries
Foundation for Sound National Accounts
Statistics South Africa
16-19 October 2007

2. System of National Accounts 1993
National Accounts – Stats SA
1940’s
Theory &
Practices
1953 SNA
1968 SNA
System of National Accounts 1993
Gross Domestic Product and Supply and Use tables
National Accounts Development
Application of National Accounts

3. National Accounts SA SNA93 Tourism Satellite Accounts Satellite
- Other -
Integrated
Economic
Accounts
SNA93
Supply &
Use
Table
Flow Of
Funds
Social
Accounting
Matrix
Natural
Resource
Accounts

4. Integrated Economic Accounts
0. Goods and services Accounts
I. Production Account
II.1.1 Generation of income
Account
Other current accounts
Accumulation accounts
Balance sheets
Components of final demand
Output
Intermediate consumption
Value added
Taxes\Subs on products
Other taxes\Subs on production
Compensation of employees
Gross operating surplus\mixed income
Selected variables  Savings
Selected variables  Net lending\borrowing
Nothing

5. 95 SIC based, CPC recommended
Supply and Use tables
Industries
Components of final demand
Commodities
Frequency
94 SIC
6 (CP, CG, IF, IS, X, M)
95 SIC based, CPC recommended
10 x 10: 11 months
27 x 27: 14 months
Details: Periodically

6. Identify relevant indicators
Monthly/quarterly production indicators
Monthly/quarterly sales of commodities
Monthly/quarterly volume indicators
Monthly price deflators
Annual/periodic valued added measure
Institute relevant surveys
Industry surveys (Monthly or Quarterly) -indicators
Industry surveys/censuses (Annual or periodic) – value added
Income and Expenditure Surveys- expenditure input

7. Act to govern the collection or production Continuity
Legislative requirements
Act to govern the collection or production
Continuity
Embrace user needs – not only national accounts

8. Michael Manamela