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Purchase of commodities and services in the construction industry (Discontinued)
In the archive one can find statistics for the years 2006-2011 in the tables BYGT, BYGTX, BYGR and BYGRX. These statistics are not comparable to the new time series, since they are not scaled to the population. It is not possible to compare the data in the survey with other business surveys.
Comparability - geographical
No numbers are delivered to the EU.
Comparability over time
In the archive one can find the statistic for the years 2006-2011 in the tables BYGT,BYGTX, BYGR and BYGRX. These years are not comparable to the new time series, since they are not scaled to the population.
Coherence - cross domain
The purchase of goods and services in manufacture makes a similar account of purchase within that sector. These purchases for manufacture are however not estimated for the entire sector. I the accounts statistics there is a total of the consumption of goods which is comparable to the goods purchase. The goods consumption is however not divided in different categories. Goods consumption also include the consumption of goods from stocks and can differ from purchase due to this.
Coherence - internal
There is internal coherence in the data. All figures are scaled from the reporting by enterprises. The coherence between totals and purchase by commodity/service group are ensured when enterprises report.