IDSB - 2012 edition

IDSB - 2012 edition at the 4-digit level of ISIC Revision 3
(available on CD-ROM)

The IDSB database contains datasets based on the 4-digit level of ISIC Revision 3. The data are derived from output data reported by NSOs together with UNIDO estimates for ISIC-based international trade data, by utilizing the United Nations Commodity Trade Database (COMTRADE).

IDSB contains annual time series data (in current US dollars) for eight items:

1. Domestic output.
2. Total imports (=5 + 6).
3. Total exports (=7 + 8).
4. Apparent consumption (=1 + 2 - 3).
5. Imports from industrialized countries.
6. Imports from developing countries.
7. Exports to industrialized countries.
8. Exports to developing countries.

The data pertain to manufacturing and are arranged according to Revision 3 of ISIC at the 4 digit level, which comprises 127 industries. They are presented by country, industry and year.

The current edition of IDSB covers:
Number of countries/areas covered: 94
Reference period: 1990-2009

*Coverage in terms of years, as well as data items, may vary from country to country depending on data availability.

Note:In recent years most countries that report their industrial statistics to UNIDO have made a switchover from International Standard Industrial Classification of All Economic Activities (ISIC) Revision 2 to ISIC Revision 3 and a few of them to ISIC Revision 4. These countries now provide their industrial statistics that are based on or related either to ISIC Revision 3 or to ISIC Revision 4. As of 2010, UNIDO has discontinued the compilation of Industrial Demand-Supply Balance Database (IDSB) at the 4-digit level of ISIC Revision 2.