| SECTOR | Product/ service | Description of product/ service |
| Food and beverages | – | – |
| – | Rice | Rice in all forms except flour |
| – | Other cereals, flour and other products | Maize, wheat, barley, oats, rye and other cereals in the form of grain,
meal or flour; cereal preparations (cornflakes, oat flakes, etc.) and other
cereal products (malt, malt flour, malt extract, potato starch, tapioca, sago
and other starches); includes couscous; rice flour; excludes sweetcorn. |
| – | Bread | Fresh bread and special bread |
| – | Other bakery products | Bakery products such as crispbread, rusks, toasted bread, biscuits,
gingerbread, wafers, waffles, crumpets, muffins, croissants, cakes, tarts,
pies, quiches and pizzas; includes mixes and doughs for the preparation of
bakery products; excludes meat pies; fish pies. |
| – | Pasta products | Pasta products in all forms |
| – | Beef and veal | Fresh, chilled or frozen meat of bovine animals, excludes edible offal |
| – | Pork | Fresh, chilled or frozen meat of swine; excludes edible offal |
| – | Lamb, mutton and goat | Fresh, chilled or frozen meat of sheep and goat; excludes edible offal |
| – | Poultry | Fresh, chilled or frozen meat of poultry (chicken, duck, goose, turkey,
guinea fowl); includes edible poultry offal |
| – | Other meats and meat preparations | Fresh, chilled or frozen meat of hare, rabbit, game (antelope, deer,
boar, pheasant, grouse, pigeon, quail, etc.), marine mammals (seal, walrus,
whale, etc.), horse, mule, donkey, camel, ostrich, kangaroo, alligator, etc.;
fresh, chilled or frozen edible offal; excludes edible poultry offal. Dried,
salted or smoked meat and edible offal (sausages, salami, bacon, ham, pâté,
etc.); other preserved or processed meat and meat-based preparations (canned
meat, meat extracts, meat juices, meat pies, etc.); excludes frogs, land and
sea snails; lard and other edible animal fats; soups, broths and stocks
containing meat. |
| – | Fresh, chilled or frozen fish and seafood | Fresh, chilled or frozen fish and seafood (crustaceans, molluscs and
other shellfish, sea snails); includes land crabs, land snails and frogs;
fish and seafood purchased live for consumption as food |
| – | Preserved or processed fish and seafood | Dried, smoked or salted fish and seafood; other preserved or processed
fish and seafood and fish and seafood based preparations (canned fish and and
stocks containing fish or seafood. |
| – | Fresh milk | Raw milk; pasteurised or sterilised milk; includes whole and low fat
milk; recombined or reconstituted milk; soya milk |
| – | Preserved milk and other milk products | Condensed, evaporated or powdered milk; yoghurt, cream, milk-based
desserts, milk-based beverages and other similar milk-based products;
includes milk, cream and yoghurt containing sugar, cocoa, fruit or
flavourings |
| – | Cheese | Cheese and curd |
| – | Eggs and egg-based products | Eggs and egg products made wholly from eggs |
| – | Butter and margarine | Butter and butter products (butter oil, ghee, etc.). Margarine; includes
“diet” margarine |
| – | Other edible oil and fats | Edible oils (olive oil, corn oil, sunflower-seed oil, cotton-seed oil,
soybean oil, groundnut oil, walnut oil, etc.); edible animal fats (lard,
etc.); edible vegetable fats (peanut butter, etc.); excludes cod or halibut
liver oil |
| – | Fresh or chilled fruits | Fresh or chilled fruit; includes melons and water melons; excludes
vegetables grown for their fruit such as aubergines, cucumbers and tomatoes |
| – | Frozen, preserved or processed fruit and fruit-based products | Frozen fruit; dried fruit, fruit peel, fruit kernels, nuts and edible
seeds; other preserved fruit; processed fruit; fruit-based products; excludes
jams, marmalades, compotes, jellies, fruit purees and pastes; parts of plants
preserved in sugar; fruit juices |
| – | Fresh or chilled vegetables other than potatoes | Fresh or chilled vegetables cultivated for their leaves or stalks
(asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, endives, fennel, spinach, etc.), for their
fruit (aubergines, cucumbers, courgettes, green peppers, pumpkins, tomatoes,
etc.), and for their roots (beetroot, carrots, onions, parsnips, radishes,
turnips, etc.); includes olives; garlic; pulses; sweetcorn; sea fennel and
other edible seaweed; mushrooms and other edible fungi; excludes lentils;
culinary herbs (parsley, rosemary, thyme, etc.) and spices (pepper, pimento,
ginger, etc.) |
| – | Fresh or chilled potatoes | Fresh or chilled potatoes; includes other tuber vegetables (manioc,
arrowroot, cassava, sweet potatoes, etc.) |
| – | Frozen, preserved or processed vegetables and vegetable-based products | Frozen vegetables; dried vegetables; other preserved vegetables;
processed vegetables; vegetable-based products; includes frozen preparations
such as chipped potatoes; lentils; products of potatoes and other tuber
vegetables such as flours, meals, flakes, purees, chips, crisps, etc.;
excludes potato starch, tapioca, sago and other starches; soups, broths and
stocks containing vegetables; vegetable juices |
| – | Sugar | Cane or beet sugar, unrefined or refined, powdered, crystallised or in
lumps; includes artificial sugar substitutes |
| – | Jams, marmalades and honey | Jams, marmalades, compotes, jellies, fruit purees and pastes, natural and
artificial honey, maple syrup, molasses and parts of plants preserved in
sugar |
| – | Confectionery, chocolate and ice cream | Chocolate in bars and slabs, chewing gum, sweets, toffees, pastilles and
other confectionery products; cocoa-based foods and cocoa-based dessert
preparations; excludes cocoa and chocolate-based powder. Edible ice, ice
cream and sorbet |
| – | Food products n.e.c. | Salt, spices (pepper, pimento, ginger, etc.), culinary herbs (parsley,
rosemary, thyme, etc.), sauces, condiments, seasonings (mustard, mayonnaise,
ketchup, soy sauce, etc.), vinegar; prepared baking powders, baker’s yeast,
dessert preparations, soups, broths, stocks, culinary ingredients, etc.;
homogenised babyfood and dietary preparations irrespective of the
composition; excludes soya milk; milk-based desserts; artificial sugar
substitutes; cocoa-based dessert preparations |
| – | Coffee, tea and cocoa | Coffee, whether or not decaffeinated, roasted or ground; tea, maté and
other plant products for infusions; cocoa, whether or not sweetened, and
chocolate-based powder; includes instant coffee; coffee substitutes; extracts
and essences of coffee; tea substitutes; extracts and essences of tea;
cocoa-based beverage preparations; excludes chocolate in bars or slabs;
cocoa-based foods and cocoa-based dessert preparations |
| – | Mineral waters, soft drinks, fruit and vegetable juices | Mineral or spring waters; all drinking water sold in containers. Soft
drinks such as sodas, lemonades and colas; syrups and concentrates for the
preparation of beverages; excludes non-alcoholic beverages which are
generally alcoholic such as non-alcoholic beer. Fruit and vegetable juices |
| – | Spirits | Eaux-de-vie, liqueurs and other spirits; includes mead; aperitifs other
than wine-based aperitifs |
| – | Wine | Wine, cider and perry, including sake; champagne and other sparkling
wines; fortified wines and wine-based aperitifs |
| – | Beer | All kinds of beer, such as ale, lager and porter; includes non-alcoholic
beer; shandy |
| – | Catering services | Catering services (meals, snacks, drinks and refreshments) provided by
restaurants, cafés, pubs, bars, buffets, tea-rooms, etc., including those
provided: in places providing recreational, cultural, sporting or
entertainment services (theatres, cinemas, sports stadia, swimming pools,
sports complexes, museums, art galleries, night clubs, dancing
establishments, etc.); or on public transport (coaches, trains, boats,
aeroplanes, etc.) when priced separately; includes tips; excludes tobacco
purchases; telephone calls |
| – | – | – |
| Clothing and footwear | – | – |
| – | Clothing material, other articles of clothing and clothing accessories | i) Clothing materials: Clothing materials of natural fibres, of man-made
fibres and of their mixtures; excludes furnishing fabrics. ii) Other articles
of clothing and clothing accessories: Ties, handkerchiefs, scarves, squares,
gloves, mittens, muffs, belts, braces, aprons, smocks, bibs, sleeve
protectors, hats, caps, berets, bonnets, etc.; sewing threads, knitting yarns
and accessories for making clothing such as buckles, buttons, press-studs,
zip-fasteners, ribbons, laces, trimmings, etc.; includes gardening gloves and
working gloves; crash helmets for motor cycles and bicycles; excludes gloves
and other articles made of rubber; pins, safety pins, sewing needles,
knitting needles, thimbles; protective headgear for sports; other protective
gear for sports such as life jackets, boxing gloves, body padding, belts,
supports, etc.; paper handkerchiefs; watches, jewellery, cuff-links,
tie-pins; walking sticks and canes, umbrellas and parasols, fans, key rings. |
| – | Garments | Garments, either ready-to-wear or made-to-measure, in all materials
(including leather, furs, plastics and rubber), for everyday wear, for sport
or for work; capes, overcoats, raincoats, anoraks, parkas, blousons, jackets,
trousers, waistcoats, suits, costumes, dresses, skirts; shirts, blouses,
pullovers, sweaters, cardigans, shorts, swimsuits, tracksuits, jogging suits,
sweatshirts, T-shirts, leotards; vests, underpants, socks, stockings, tights,
petticoats, brassieres, knickers, slips, girdles, corsets, body stockings;
pajamas, nightshirts, nightdresses, housecoats, dressing gowns, bathrobes;
baby clothes and babies’ booties made of fabric; excludes: articles of
medical hosiery (elasticated stockings, etc.); babies’ napkins |
| – | Cleaning, repair and hire of clothing | Dry-cleaning, laundering and dyeing of garments; darning, mending, repair
and altering of garments; hire of garments; includes total value of the
repair service (both the cost of labour and the cost of materials); excludes
materials, threads, accessories; purchased by households with the intention
of undertaking the repairs themselves ; repair of household linen and other
household textiles; dry-cleaning, laundering, dyeing and hiring of household
linen and other household textiles. |
| – | Shoes and other footwear | All footwear, including sports footwear suitable for everyday or leisure
wear (shoes for jogging, cross-training, tennis, basket ball, boating, etc.);
includes gaiters, leggings and similar articles; shoelaces; parts of footwear
(heels, soles, etc.), purchased by households with the intention of repairing
footwear themselves; excludes babies’ booties made of fabric; shoe-trees,
shoehorns and polishes, creams and other shoe-cleaning article; orthopaedic
footwear; game-specific footwear (ski boots, football boots, golfing shoes
and other such footwear fitted with ice-skates, rollers, spikes, studs, etc.)
; shin-guards, cricket pads and other such protective apparel for sport. |
| – | Repair and hire of footwear | Repair of footwear; shoe-cleaning services; hire of footwear; includes
total value of the repair service (both the cost of labour and the cost of
materials); excludes parts of footwear (heels, soles, purchased by households
with the intention of undertaking the repair themselves); polishes, creams
and other shoe-cleaning articles; repair or hire of game-specific footwear
(ski boots, football boots, golfing shoes and other such footwear fitted with
ice-skates, rollers, spikes, studs, etc.). |
| – | – | – |
| Housing | – | – |
| – | Actual and imputed rentals for housing | i) Actual rentals for housing: Rentals actually paid by tenants or
subtenants occupying unfurnished or furnished apartments or one-family houses
as their main residence; rentals actually paid for secondary residences;
includes payments by households occupying a room in a hotel or boarding house
as their main residence; excludes accommodation services of educational
establishments and hostels, of holiday villages and holiday centres or of
retirement homes for elderly people. ii) Imputed rentals for housing: Imputed
rentals of owners occupying apartments or one-family houses as their main
residence; imputed rentals for secondary residences; imputed rentals of
households paying a reduced rental or housed free. |
| – | Maintenance and repair of the dwelling | Products and materials (paints and varnishes, renderings, wallpapers,
fabric wall coverings, window panes, plaster, cement, putty, wallpaper
pastes, etc.), purchased for minor maintenance and repair of the dwelling;
includes small plumbing items (pipes, taps, joints, etc.), surfacing
materials (floorboards, ceramic tiles, etc.) and brushes and scrapers for
paint, varnish and wallpaper; excludes fitted carpets and linoleum; hand
tools, door fittings, power sockets, wiring flex and lamp bulbs; brooms, scrubbing
brushes, dusting brushes and cleaning products; products, materials and
fixtures used for major maintenance and repair (intermediate consumption) or
for extension and conversion of the dwelling (capital formation). |
| – | Major household appliances whether electric or not | Refrigerators, freezers and fridge-freezers; washing machines, dryers,
drying cabinets, dishwashers, ironing and pressing machines; cookers, spit
roasters, hobs, ranges, ovens and microwave ovens; air-conditioners,
humidifiers, space heaters, water heaters, ventilators and extractor hoods;
vacuum cleaners, steam-cleaning machines, carpet shampooing machines and
machines for scrubbing, waxing and polishing floors; other major household
appliances such as safes, sewing machines, knitting machines, water softeners;
includes delivery and installation of the appliances when applicable;
excludes such appliances that are built into the structure of the building
(capital formation). |
| – | Small tools and miscellaneous accessories | Hand tools (saws, hammers, screwdrivers, wrenches, spanners, pliers,
trimming knives, rasps, files, etc.); garden tools (wheelbarrows, watering
cans, hoses, spades, shovels, rakes, forks, scythes, sickles, secateurs,
etc.); ladders and steps; door fittings (hinges, handles and locks), fittings
for radiators and fireplaces, other metal articles for the house (curtain
rails, carpet rods, hooks, etc.) or for the garden (chains, grids, stakes and
hoop segments for fencing and bordering); small electric accessories (power
sockets, switches, wiring flex, electric bulbs, fluorescent lighting tubes,
torches, flashlights, hand lamps, electric batteries for general use, bells,
alarms, etc.); repair of such articles. |
| – | – | – |
| Energy | – | – |
| – | Electricity | Electricity; includes associated expenditure such as hire of meters,
reading of meters, standing charges. |
| – | Gas | Town gas and natural gas; liquefied hydrocarbons (butane, propane, etc.);
includes associated expenditure such as hire of meters, reading of meters,
storage containers, standing charges. |
| – | Other fuels | i) Liquid fuels: Domestic heating and lighting oils. ii) Solid fuels:
Coal, coke, briquettes, firewood, charcoal, peat and the like. iii) Heat
energy: Hot water and steam purchased from district heating plants; includes associated expenditure such as
hire of meters, reading of meters, standing charges, etc.; ice used for cooling and refrigeration
purposes. |
| – | – | – |
| Transport | – | – |
| – | Motor cars | Motor cars, passenger vans, station wagons, estate cars and the like with
either two-wheel drive or four-wheel drive; excludes invalid carriages;
camper vans; golf carts. |
| – | Motor cycles | Motor cycles of all types, scooters and powered bicycles; includes
sidecars; snowmobiles; excludes invalid carriages; golf carts. |
| – | Bicycles | Bicycles and tricycles of all types; includes rickshaws; excludes toy
bicycles and tricycles. |
| – | Animal drawn vehicles | Animal drawn vehicles; includes animals required to draw the vehicles and
related equipment (yokes, collars, harnesses, bridles, reins, etc.); excludes
horses and ponies, horse or pony-drawn vehicles and related equipment
purchased for recreational purposes. |
| – | Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment | Petrol and other fuels such as diesel, liquid petroleum gas, alcohol and
two-stroke mixtures; lubricants, brake and transmission fluids, coolants and
additives; includes fuel for recreational vehicles covered under; excludes
charges for oil changes and greasing. |
| – | Maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment | Services purchased for the maintenance and repair of personal transport
equipment (fitting of parts and accessories, wheel balancing, technical
inspection, breakdown services, oil changes, greasing and washing; includes
total value of the service (both the cost of labour and the cost of
materials); excludes separate purchases of spare parts, accessories or
lubricants made by households with the intention of undertaking the
maintenance or repair themselves; roadworthiness tests. |
| – | Other services in respect of personal transport equipment | Hire of garages or parking spaces not providing parking in connection
with the dwelling; toll facilities (bridges, tunnels, shuttle ferries,
motorways) and parking meters; driving lessons, driving tests and driving
licences; roadworthiness tests; hire of personal transport equipment without
drivers; excludes hire of a car with driver; service charges for insurance in
respect of personal transport equipment. |
| – | Passenger transport by railway | Transport of individuals and groups of persons and luggage by train, tram
and underground; includes transport of private vehicles; excludes funicular
transport. |
| – | Passenger transport by road | Transport of individuals and groups of persons and luggage by bus, coach,
taxi and hired car with driver. |
| – | Passenger transport by air | Transport of individuals and groups of persons and luggage by aeroplane
and helicopter. |
| – | Passenger transport by sea and inland waterway | Transport of individuals and groups of persons and luggage by ship, boat,
ferry, hovercraft and hydrofoil; includes transport of private vehicles. |
| – | Combined passenger transport | Transport of individuals and groups of persons and luggage by two or more
modes of transport when the expenditure cannot be apportioned between them;
includes transport of private vehicles; excludes package holidays. |
| – | Other purchase transport services | Funicular, cable-car and chairlift transport; removal and storage
services; services of porters and left-luggage and luggage-forwarding
offices; travel agents’ commissions, if separately priced; excludes cable-car
and chairlift transport at ski resorts and holiday centres. |
| – | – | – |
| Water | Water supply | Water supply; includes associated expenditure (hire of meters, reading of
meters, standing charges, etc.); excludes drinking water sold in bottles or
containers; hot water or steam purchased from district heating plants. |
| – | – | – |
| Education | Education | This group covers educational services only. It does not include
expenditures on educational materials, such as books and stationery, or
education support services, such as healthcare services, transport services,
catering services and accommodation services. It includes education by radio
or television broadcasting. |
| – | – | – |
| Health | – | – |
| – | Pharmaceuticals products | Medicinal preparations, medicinal drugs, patent medicines, serums and
vaccines, vitamins and minerals, cod liver oil and halibut liver oil, oral
contraceptives; excludes veterinary products; articles for personal hygiene
(medicinal soaps, etc.). |
| – | Other medical products | Clinical thermometers, adhesive and non-adhesive bandages, hypodermic
syringes, first-aid kits, hot-water bottles and ice bags, medical hosiery
items such as elasticated stockings and knee supports, pregnancy tests,
condoms and other mechanical contraceptive devices. |
| – | Therapeutic appliances and equipment | Corrective eyeglasses and contact lenses, hearing aids, glass eyes,
artificial limbs and other prosthetic devices, orthopaedic braces and
supports, orthopaedic footwear, surgical belts, trusses and supports, neck
braces, medical massage equipment and health lamps, powered and unpowered
wheelchairs and invalid carriages, “special” beds, crutches, electronic and
other devices for monitoring blood pressure, etc.; repair of such articles;
includes dentures but not fitting costs; excludes hire of therapeutic
equipment; protective goggles, belts and supports for sport; sunglasses not
fitted with corrective lenses. |
| – | Medical services | Consultations of physicians in general or specialist practice; includes
services of orthodontic specialists; excludes services of medical analysis
laboratories and x-ray centres; services of practitioners of traditional
medicine. |
| – | Dental services | Services of dentists, oral hygienists and other dental auxiliaries;
includes fitting costs of dentures; excludes dentures; services of
orthodontic specialists; services of medical analysis laboratories and x-ray
centres. |
| – | Paramedical services | Services of medical analysis laboratories and x-ray centres; services of
freelance nurses and midwives; services of freelance acupuncturists,
chiropractors, optometrists, physiotherapists, speech therapists, etc.;
medically prescribed corrective-gymnastic therapy; outpatient thermal bath or
sea-water treatments; ambulance services; hire of therapeutic equipment;
includes services of practitioners of traditional medicine. |
| – | Hospital services | Hospital services comprise the provision of the following services to
hospital inpatients; basic services: administration; accommodation; food and
drink; supervision and care by non-specialist staff (nursing auxiliaries);
first aid and resuscitation; ambulance transport; provision of medicines and
other pharmaceutical products; provision of therapeutic appliances and
equipment; medical services: services of physicians in general or specialist
practice, of surgeons and of dentists; medical analyses and x-rays;
paramedical services such as those of nurses, midwives, chiropractors,
optometrists, physiotherapists, speech therapists. |
| – | – | – |
| Personal care | – | – |
| – | Appliances, articles and products for personal care | i) Electric appliances for personal care: Electric razors and hair
trimmers, hand-held and hood hair dryers, curling tongs and styling combs,
sun-lamps, vibrators, electric toothbrushes and other electric appliances for
dental hygiene, etc.; repair of such
articles. ii) Other appliances, articles and products for personal care:
Non-electric appliances: razors and
hair trimmers and blades therefor, scissors, nail files, combs, shaving
brushes, hairbrushes, toothbrushes, nail brushes, hairpins, curlers, personal
weighing machines, baby scales, etc.;
articles for personal hygiene:
toilet soap, medicinal soap, cleansing oil and milk, shaving soap,
shaving cream and foam, toothpaste, etc.;
beauty products: lipstick, nail
varnish, make-up and make-up removal products (including powder compacts,
brushes and powder puffs), hair lacquers and lotions, pre-shave and
after-shave products, sun-bathing products, hair removers, perfumes and
toilet waters, personal deodorants, bath products, etc.; other products: toilet paper, paper handkerchiefs, paper
towels, sanitary towels, cotton wool, cotton tops, babies’ napkins,
etc.; excludes handkerchiefs made of
fabric. |
| – | – | – |
| ICT | – | – |
| – | Telephone and telefax equipment | Purchases of telephones, radio-telephones, telefax machines,
telephone-answering machines and telephone loudspeakers; repair of such
equipment; excludes telefax and telephone-answering facilities provided by
personal computers. |
| – | Telephone and telefax services | Installation and subscription costs of personal telephone equipment;
telephone calls from a private line or from a public line (public telephone
box, post office cabin, etc.); telephone calls from hotels, cafés,
restaurants and the like; telegraphy, telex and telefax services; information
transmission services; internet connection services; hire of telephones,
telefax machines, telephone-answering machines and telephone loudspeakers;
includes radio-telephony, radio-telegraphy and radiotelex services. |
| – | Audio-visual, photographic and information processing equipment | i) Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and
pictures: Television sets, video-cassette players and recorders, television
aerials of all types; radio sets, car
radios, radio clocks, two-way radios, amateur radio receivers and
transmitters; gramophones, tape
players and recorders, cassette players and recorders, CD-players, personal
stereos, stereo systems and their constituent units (turntables, tuners,
amplifiers, speakers, etc.), microphones and earphones; excludes video
cameras, cam-corders and sound-recording cameras. ii) Photographic and
cinematographic equipment and optical instruments: Still cameras, movie
cameras and sound-recording cameras, video cameras and cam-corders, film and
slide projectors, enlargers and film processing equipment, accessories
(screens, viewers, lenses, flash attachments, filters, exposure meters,
etc.); binoculars, microscopes, telescopes
and compasses. iii) Information processing equipment: Personal computers,
visual display units, printers and miscellaneous accessories accompanying
them; computer software packages such
as operating systems, applications, languages, etc.; calculators, including pocket
calculators; typewriters and word
processors; includes telefax and telephone
answering facilities provided by personal computers; excludes pre-recorded diskettes and CD-ROMs
containing books, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, foreign language trainers,
multimedia presentations, etc. in the form of software; video-game software; video-game computers that plug into a
television set ; typewriter ribbons; toner and ink cartridges; slide rules. |
| – | Recording media | Records and compact discs; pre-recorded tapes, cassettes, video
cassettes, diskettes and CD-ROMs for tape recorders, cassette recorders,
video recorders and personal computers; unrecorded tapes, cassettes, video
cassettes, diskettes and CD-ROMs for tape recorders, cassette recorders,
video recorders and personal computers; unexposed films, cartridges and disks
for photographic and cinematographic use; includes pre-recorded tapes and
compact discs of novels, plays, poetry, etc.; pre-recorded diskettes and
CD-ROMs containing books, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, foreign language
trainers, multimedia presentations, etc. in the form of software;
photographic supplies such as paper and flashbulbs; unexposed film the price
of which includes the cost of processing without separately identifying it;
excludes batteries; computer software packages such as operating systems,
applications, languages; video game software, video game cassettes and video
game CD-ROMs; development of films and printing of photographs. |
| – | Repair of audio-visual, photographic and information process. equipment | Repair of audio-visual, photographic and information processing
equipment; includes total value of the service (both the cost of labour and
the cost of materials); excludes separate purchases of materials made by
households with the intention of undertaking the repair themselves. |
| – | – | – |
| Financial services | – | – |
| – | Insurance | Service charges for life assurance, death benefit assurance, education
assurance, etc.; service charges paid
by owner-occupiers and by tenants for the kinds of insurance typically taken
out by tenants against fire, theft, water damage, etc.; service charges for private sickness and
accident insurance; service charges
for insurance in respect of personal transport equipment; service charges for travel insurance and
luggage insurance; service charges for
other insurance such as civil liability for injury or damage to third parties
or their property not arising from the operation of personal transport
equipment; excludes service charges
paid by owner-occupiers for the kinds of insurance typically taken out by
landlords (intermediate consumption). |
| – | Other financial services n.e.c. | Actual charges for the financial services of banks, post offices, saving
banks, money changers and similar financial institutions; fees and service charges for brokers,
investment counsellors, tax consultants and the like; administrative charges of private pension
funds and the like. |
| – | – | – |
| Others | – | – |
| – | Tobacco | This group covers all purchases of tobacco by households, including
purchases of tobacco in restaurants, cafés, bars, service stations, etc.
Cigarettes; cigarette tobacco and cigarette papers; cigars, pipe tobacco,
chewing tobacco or snuff. |
| – | Narcotics | Marijuana, opium, cocaine and their derivatives; other vegetable-based
narcotics such as cola nuts, betel leaves and betel nuts; other narcotics including chemicals and
man-made drugs |
| – | Miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling | Miscellaneous services relating to the dwelling |
| – | Furniture and furnishings | Furnitures (beds, sofas, tables, chairs, cupboards, bookshelves, etc.);
lighting equipment; pictures, sculptures, and other art objects including
reproductions of works of art and other ornaments; screens, folding
partitions and other furniture and fixtures; includes delivery and
installation when applicable; base mattresses, mattresses, tatamis; bathroom
cabinets; baby furniture (cradles, high chairs and playpens, etc.); blinds;
camping and garden furniture; mirrors, candleholders and candlesticks; excludes
bedding and sunshades; safes; ornamental glass and ceramic articles; clocks;
wall thermometers and barometers; carrycots and pushchairs; works of art and
antique furniture acquired primarily as stores of value (capital formation). |
| – | Carpets and other floor coverings | Loose carpets, fitted carpets, linoleum and other such floor coverings;
includes laying of floor coverings; excludes bathroom mats, rush mats and
doormats; antique floor coverings acquired primarily as stores of value
(capital formation). |
| – | Repair of furniture, furnishings and floor coverings | Repair of furniture, furnishings and floor coverings; includes total
value of the service (both the cost of labour and the cost of materials);
restoration of works of art, antique furniture and antique floor coverings
other than those acquired primarily as stores of value (capital formation) ;
excludes separate purchases of materials made by households with the
intention of undertaking the repair themselves; dry-cleaning of carpets. |
| – | Household textiles | Furnishing fabrics, curtain material, curtains, double curtains, awnings,
door curtains and fabric blinds; bedding (futons, pillows, bolsters and
hammocks, etc.); bed linen (sheets, pillowcases, blankets, travelling rugs,
plaids, eiderdowns, counterpanes and mosquito nets, etc.); table linen and
bathroom linen (tablecloths, table napkins, towels and face cloths, etc.);
other household textiles (shopping bags, laundry bags, shoe bags, covers for
clothes and furniture, flags, sunshades, etc.); repair of such articles;
includes cloth bought by the piece; oilcloth; bathroom mats, rush mats and
doormats; excludes fabric wall coverings; tapestries; floor coverings
(carpets and fitted carpets, etc.); electric blankets; covers for motor cars,
motorcycles, etc.; air mattresses and sleeping bags. |
| – | Small electric household appliances | Coffee mills, coffee-makers, juice extractors, can-openers, food mixers,
deep fryers, meat grills, knives, toasters, ice cream makers, sorbet makers,
yoghurt makers, hotplates, irons, kettles, fans, electric blankets, etc;
excludes small non-electric household articles and kitchen utensils;
household scales; personal weighing machines and baby scales. |
| – | Repair of household appliances | Repair of household appliances; includes total value of the service (that
is, both the cost of labour and the cost of materials are covered); charges
for the leasing or rental of major household appliances; excludes separate
purchases of materials made by households with the intention of undertaking
the repair themselves. |
| – | Glassware, tableware and household utensils | Glassware, crystal ware, ceramic ware and china ware; cutlery, flatware
and silverware; non-electric kitchen utensils (saucepans, stewpots, pressure
cookers, frying pans, coffee mills, purée makers, mincers, hotplates,
household scales, etc.); non-electric household articles (containers for
bread, coffee, spices, etc.), waste bins, waste-paper baskets, laundry
baskets, portable money boxes and strongboxes, towel rails, bottle racks,
irons and ironing boards, letter boxes, feeding bottles, thermos flasks and
iceboxes; repair of such articles; excludes lighting equipment; electric
household appliances; cardboard tableware; personal weighing machines and
baby scales; ashtrays. |
| – | Major tools and equipment | Motorized tools and equipment (electric drills, saws, sanders and hedge
cutters, garden tractors, lawnmowers, cultivators, chainsaws and water pumps,
etc.); repair of such articles; includes charges for the leasing or rental of
do-it-yourself machinery and equipment. |
| – | Non-durable household goods | Cleaning and maintenance products (soaps, washing powders, washing
liquids, couring powders, detergents, disinfectant bleaches, softeners,
conditioners, window cleaning products, waxes, polishes, dyes, unblocking
agents, disinfectants, insecticides, pesticides, fungicides, distilled water,
etc.); articles for cleaning (brooms, scrubbing brushes, dustpans, dust
brushes, dusters, tea towels, floorcloths, household sponges, scourers, steel
wool, chamois leathers, etc.); paper products (filters, tablecloths, table
napkins, kitchen paper, vacuum cleaner bags and cardboard tableware,
including aluminium foil and plastic bin liners); other non-durable household
articles (matches, candles, lamp wicks, methylated spirits, clothes-pegs,
clothes hangers, pins, safety pins, sewing needles, knitting needles,
thimbles, nails, screws, nuts and bolts, tacks, washers, glues and adhesive
tapes for household use, string, twine and rubber gloves, etc.); includes
polishes, creams and other shoe-cleaning articles; fire extinguishers for
households; excludes brushes and scrapers for paint, varnish and wallpaper;
fire extinguishers for transport equipment; products specifically for the
cleaning and maintenance of transport equipment such as paints, chrome
cleaners, sealing compounds and bodywork polishes; horticultural products for
the upkeep of ornamental gardens; paper handkerchiefs, toilet paper, toilet
soaps, toilet sponges and other products for personal hygiene; cigarette,
cigar and pipe lighters and lighter fuel. |
| – | Domestic services | Domestic services supplied by paid staff in private service such as
butlers, cooks, maids, cleaners, drivers, gardeners, governesses,
secretaries, tutors and au pairs;
domestic services, including baby-sitting and housework, supplied by
enterprises or self-employed persons;
excludes services of wet-nurses, crèches, day care centres and other
child-minding facilities. |
| – | Household services | Dry-cleaning, laundering and dyeing of household linen and household
textiles; hire of furniture, furnishings, household equipment and household
linen; household services such as window cleaning, disinfecting, fumigation
and pest extermination; excludes dry-cleaning, laundering and dyeing of
garments; refuse collection; sewerage collection; co-proprietor charges for
caretaking, gardening, stairwell cleaning and lighting, maintenance of lifts
and refuse disposal chutes, etc. in multi-occupied buildings; snow removal
and chimney sweeping; removal and storage services. |
| – | Postal services | Payments for the delivery of letters, postcards and parcels; private mail
and parcel delivery; includes all purchases of new postage stamps,
pre-franked postcards and aerogram; excludes purchase of used or cancelled
postage stamps; financial services of post offices. |
| – | Major durables for outdoor and indoor recreation | Camper vans, caravans and trailers; aeroplanes, microlight aircraft,
gliders, hang-gliders and hot-air balloons; boats, outboard motors, sails,
rigging and superstructures; horses and ponies, horse or pony-drawn vehicles
and related equipment (harnesses, bridles, reins, saddles, etc.); major items
for games and sport (canoes, kayaks, windsurfing boards, sea-diving equipment
and golf carts, etc.); includes fitting out of boats, camper vans, caravans;
excludes horses and ponies, horse or pony-drawn vehicles and related
equipment purchased for personal transport; inflatable boats, rafts and
swimming pools for children and the beach. |
| – | Maintenance and repair of other major durables for recreation and culture | Maintenance and repair of other major durables for recreation and
culture; includes total value of the service (both the cost of labour and the
cost of materials); laying up for winter of boats, camper vans, caravans,
etc.; hangar services for private planes; marina services for boats;
veterinary and other services (stabling, feeding, farriery, etc.) for horses
and ponies purchased for recreational purposes; excludes fuel for
recreational vehicles; separate purchases of materials made by households
with the intention of undertaking the maintenance or repair themselves;
veterinary and other services for pets. |
| – | Other recreational items and equipment | i) Games, toys and hobbies: Card games, parlour games, chess sets and the
like; toys of all kinds including dolls, soft toys, toy cars and trains, toy
bicycles and tricycles, toy construction sets, puzzles, plasticine,
electronic games, masks, disguises, jokes, novelties, fireworks, festoons and
Christmas tree decorations; stamp-collecting requisites (used or cancelled
postage stamps, stamp albums, etc.), other items for collections (coins,
minerals, zoological and botanical specimens, etc.) and other tools and
articles n.e.c. for hobbies; includes video-game software; video-game
computers that plug into a television set; video-game cassettes and
video-game CD-ROMs; excludes collectors’ items falling into the category of
works of art or antiques; unused postage stamps; Christmas trees; children’s
scrapbooks. ii) Equipment for sport, camping and open-air recreation:
Gymnastic, physical education and sport equipment such as balls, rackets,
bats, skis, golf clubs, foils, sabres, poles, weights, discuses, javelins,
dumb-bells, chest expanders and other body-building equipment; parachutes and other sky diving
equipment; firearms and ammunition for
hunting, sport and personal protection;
fishing rods and other equipment for fishing; equipment for beach and open-air games such
as bowls, croquet, frisbee, and inflatable boats, rafts and swimming pools; camping equipment such as tents and
accessories, sleeping bags and back-packs, air mattresses and inflating
pumps, camping stoves and barbecues;
repair of such articles;
includes game-specific footwear (ski boots, football boots, golfing
shoes and other such footwear fitted with ice skates, rollers, spikes, studs,
etc.); protective headgear for
sports; other protective gear for
sports such as life jackets, boxing gloves, body padding, shin-guards,
goggles, belts, supports, etc.; excludes crash helmets for motor cycles and
bicycles; camping and garden furniture. |
| – | Garden and pets | Natural or artificial flowers and foliage, plants, shrubs, bulbs, tubers,
seeds, fertilizers, composts, garden peat, turf for lawns, specially treated
soils for ornamental gardens, horticultural preparations, pots and pot
holders; includes natural and artificial Christmas trees; delivery charges
for flowers and plants; excludes gardening gloves; gardening services;
gardening equipment; gardening tools; insecticides and pesticides for
household use. |
| – | Veterinary and other services for pets | Veterinary and other services for pets such as grooming, boarding,
tattooing and training; excludes veterinary and other services (stabling,
farriery, etc.) for horses and ponies purchased for recreational purposes. |
| – | Recreational and sporting services | Services provided by sports stadiums, horse-racing courses, motor-racing
circuits, velodromes; skating rinks, swimming pools, golf courses, gymnasia,
fitness centres, tennis courts, squash courts and bowling alleys; fairgrounds
and amusement parks; roundabouts, see-saws and other playground facilities
for children; pin-ball machines and other games for adults other than games
of chance; ski slopes, ski lifts and the like; hire of equipment and
accessories for sport and recreation, such as aeroplanes, boats, horses,
skiing and camping equipment; out-of-school individual or group lessons in
bridge, chess, aerobics, dancing, music, skating, skiing, swimming or other
pastimes; services of mountain guides, tour guides, etc.; navigational aid
services for boating; includes hire of game-specific footwear (ski boots,
football boots, golfing shoes and other such footwear fitted with ice-skates,
rollers, spikes, studs, etc.); excludes cable-car and chairlift transport not
at ski resorts or holiday centres. |
| – | Cultural services | Services provided by cinemas, theatres, opera houses, concert halls,
music halls, circuses, sound and light shows; museums, libraries, art
galleries, exhibitions; historic monuments, national parks, zoological and
botanical gardens, aquaria; hire of equipment and accessories for culture
(television sets, video cassettes, etc.); television and radio broadcasting,
in particular license fees for television equipment and subscriptions to
television networks; services of photographers (film developing, print
processing, enlarging, portrait photography, wedding photography, etc.);
includes services of musicians, clowns, performers for private
entertainments. |
| – | Games of chance | Service charges for lotteries, bookmakers, totalizators, casinos and
other gambling establishments, gaming machines, bingo halls, scratch cards,
sweepstakes, etc. (Service charge is defined as the difference between the
amounts paid for lottery tickets or placed in bets and the amounts paid out
to winners.) |
| – | Newspapers, books and stationery | i) Books: Books, including atlases, dictionaries, encyclopaedias, text
books, guidebooks and musical scores; includes scrapbooks and albums for
children; bookbinding; excludes
pre-recorded tapes and compact discs of novels, plays, poetry, etc.;
pre-recorded diskettes and CD-ROMs containing books, dictionaries,
encyclopaedias, foreign language trainers, multimedia presentations, etc. in
the form of software; stamp albums. ii) Newspapers and periodicals:
Newspapers, magazines and other periodicals. iii) Miscellaneous printed
matter, stationery and drawing materials: Writings pads, envelopes, account
books, notebooks, diaries, etc.; pens, pencils, fountain pens, ball-point
pens, felt-tip pens, inks, ink erasers, rubbers, pencil sharpeners, etc.;
stencils, carbon paper, typewriter ribbons, inking pads, correcting fluids,
etc.; paper punches, paper cutters, paper scissors, office glues and
adhesives, staplers and staples, paper clips, drawing pins, etc.; drawing and
painting materials such as canvas, paper, card, paints, crayons, pastels and
brushes; catalogues and advertising material; posters, plain or picture
postcards, calendars; greeting cards and visiting cards, announcement and
message cards; maps and globes; includes toner and ink cartridges;
educational materials such as exercise books, slide rules, geometry
instruments, slates, chalks and pencil boxes; excludes pre-franked postcards
and aerogrammes; stamp albums. pocket calculators. |
| – | Package holidays | All inclusive holidays or tours which provide for travel, food,
accommodation, guides; includes half-day and one-day excursion tours;
pilgrimages. |
| – | Accommodation services | Accommodation services of hotels, boarding houses, motels, inns and
establishments offering “bed and breakfast”; holiday villages and holiday
centres, camping and caravan sites, youth hostels and mountain chalets;
boarding schools, universities and other educational establishments; public
transport (trains, boats, etc.) when priced separately; hostels for young
workers or immigrants; includes tips, porters; excludes payments of
households occupying a room in a hotel or boarding house as their main residence;
rentals paid by households for a secondary residence for the duration of a
holiday; telephone calls; catering services in such establishments except for
breakfast or other meals included in the price of the accommodation; housing
in orphanages, homes for disabled or maladjusted persons. |
| – | Hairdressing salons and personal grooming establishments | Services of hairdressing salons, barbers, beauty shops, manicures,
pedicures, Turkish baths, saunas, solariums, non-medical massages; includes
bodycare, depilation and the like; excludes spas; fitness centres. |
| – | Prostitution | Services provided by prostitutes and the like. |
| – | Jewellery, clocks and watches | Precious stones and metals and jewellery fashioned out of such stones and
metals; costume jewellery, cuff links and tiepins; clocks, watches,
stopwatches, alarm clocks, travel clocks; repair of such articles; excludes
ornaments; radio clocks; precious stones and metals and jewellery fashioned
out of such stones and metals acquired primarily as stores of value (capital
formation). |
| – | Other personal effects | Travel goods and other carriers of personal effects: suitcases, trunks,
travel bags, attaché cases, satchels, hand-bags, wallets, purses; articles
for babies: baby carriages, pushchairs, carrycots, recliners, car beds and
seats, back-carriers, front carriers, reins and harnesses; articles for
smokers(pipes, lighters, cigarette cases, cigar cutters, ashtrays);
miscellaneous personal articles (sunglasses, walking sticks and canes,
umbrellas and parasols, fans, keyrings); funerary articles (coffins, gravestones,
urns); repair of such articles; includes lighter fuel; wall thermometers and
barometers; excludes baby furniture; shopping bags; feeding bottles. |
| – | Social protection | Retirement homes for elderly persons, residences for disabled persons,
rehabilitation centres providing long-term support for patients rather than
health care and rehabilitative therapy, schools for disabled persons where
the main aim is to help students overcome their disability; help to maintain
elderly and disabled persons at home (home-cleaning services, meal
programmes, day-care centres, day-care services and holiday-care services);
wet-nurses, crèches, play schools and other child-minding facilities;
counselling, guidance, arbitration, fostering and adoption services for
families. |
| – | Other services n.e.c. | Fees for legal services, employment agencies; charges for undertaking and
other funeral services; payment for the services of estate agents, housing
agents, auctioneers, salesroom operators and other intermediaries; payment
for photocopies and other reproductions of documents; fees for the issue of
birth, marriage and death certificates and other administrative documents;
payment for newspaper notices and advertisements; payment for the services of
graphologists, astrologers, private detectives, bodyguards, matrimonial
agencies and marriage guidance counsellors, public writers, miscellaneous
concessions (seats, toilets, cloakrooms). |
