Classification Detail
Extended Balance of Payments Services Classification 2010 (EBOPS 2010)
Basic Bibliographic Information
Status:
Operational
Type:
To Be Determined
Citation:
Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 , Annex I, p. 145-148.
ISBN:
978-92-1-161542-5
Website:
Custodian:
United Nations Statistics Division
Available Formats:
PDF
Year Adopted:
2010
Year Published:
2012
Available Languages (besides English):
Français, Español, العربية, Pусский, 中文 Details...
Français
Classification élargie des services de la balance des paiements 2010 (EBOPS 2010)
ISBN:
978-92-1-261-231-7
Español
Clasificación Ampliada de la Balanza de Pagos de Servicios de 2010 (CABPS 2010)
ISBN:
978-92-1-361250-7
العربية
2010 ميزان املدفوعات، التصنيف املوسع لخدمات
ISBN:
978-92-1-661038-8
Pусский
Расширенная классификация услуг, отражаемых в платежном балансе, 2010 год (РКУПБ-2010)
ISBN:
978-92-1-461034-2
中文
2010年国际收支服务扩展分类 (EBOPS 2010)
ISBN:
978-92-1-730238-1
Availability:
Fully available in all of the languages above
Purpose of the Classification
Statistical Domains:
2.2 Economic accounts, 2.6 International trade and balance of payments
Purpose:
The EBOPS 2010 classification provides a breakdown of the Balance of Payments Trade in Services item (debit and credit) as defined in BPM6, by types of services. The classification thereby meets a number of user requirements, including the provision of more detailed information on Trade in services as required in connection with the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS).The revised version of this classification, EBOPS 2010, updates the EBOPS 2002 classification.
Main Applications:
Trade in services statistics
Main Users:
Policy makers, trade negotiators, analysts, businesses, academia
Methodology
Scope:
The classifications covers cross-border services provided to other countries and services rendered from other countries.
Concept Being Classified:
services
Statistical Units:
transaction
Main Principles:
Disaggregation of BPM6 Trade in Goods against CPC.
EBOPS 2010 is a primarily product-based classification of types of services, which in many cases may be described in terms of international classification of products as contained in CPC Ver. 2. However, the classification also includes transaction-based criteria (for example, Travel, Government services, Manufacturing Services on inputs owned by others).
Relationships to Other International Classifications:
Related To:
Major Differences (Scope, Structure, and Concepts):
EBOPS 2010 - CPC Ver.2., Service Sectoral Classification List (MTN.GNS/W/120)
CPC is used to design W/120 and BPM6 and as such guide for EBOPS 2010
W/120 is a negotiation classification and not a statistical classification, however, its coverage was guiding the EBOPS2010 disaggregation
EBOPS 2010 - Services Sectoral Classification List (MTN.GNS/W/120)
EBOPS 2010 - ISIC Rev. 4 Categories for Foreign Affiliates in services (ICFA Rev. 1)
Classification Structure
Definition of Structure:
Level:
Level Name:
Code Format:
Number of Items:
Level 1
service category
1
12 items
Level 2
-
-
1.1
Level 3
-
-
10.1.1
Level 4
-
-
10.1.1.2
Level 5
-
-
10.1.1.2.1
Remarks:
There are complemenary groupings included in the classification, where the code format is C.# (i.e. from C.1 to C.9)
Revision Information
Chronology of revisions/versions of the classification:
Year Adopted:
Title or Version Number:
Website:
Official Adopting Entity:
UN Statistical Commission
Coordinating Entity:
Inter-Agency Task Force on International Trade Statistics
Documenting Website:
Reason for Latest Revision:
EBOPS 2010 was published in 2010, parallel to the revision of the System of National Accounts (2008 SNA) and the Balance of Payment and Investment Position Manual (BPM6)
Major Changes:
There were no structural changes, although some service categories were changed to better reflect changes in the SNA, and to provide more disaggregation
Corrections:
Yes, in the manual (MSITS 2010)
Supporting Documents
Coding Index Available:
No
Correspondence with Other Classifications:
Classification:
Correspondence Table:
EBOPS 2010 - CPC Ver.2., Service Sectoral Classification List (MTN.GNS/W/120)
EBOPS 2010 - Services Sectoral Classification List (MTN.GNS/W/120)
EBOPS 2010 - ISIC Rev. 4 Categories for Foreign Affiliates in services (ICFA Rev. 1)
Training Materials and Other Documents:
N/A
Contact Information
Agency / Office:
WTO and OECD as co-chairs of the Task Force on International Trade Statistics
Contact Name:
Andreas Maurer (WTO) and Fabienne Fortanier (OECD)
Email:
Website:
Telephone:
+41 22 739 5507 (WTO) / +33 1 45 24 45 44 (OECD)
Comments
The classification is available in the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services 2010 -- available in all languages at http://unstats.un.org/unsd/tradeserv/TFSITS/manual.htm