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24 November 2003
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2003 quest.-Summary of question 17 and ISIC section 07 responses
Request
Question 17 in the "questions" document:
Do you support the continued use of the type-of-customer criterion for defining the border between wholesale and retail sale?
What criteria are currently used in your country to distinguish wholesale and retail sale activities?
- see remarks in section III.7 of the ISIC structure draft
The proposed two-digit level structure for section 07 "Trade":
7.1 Wholesale trade
7.2 Retail trade
Discussion
Decision
Summary of responses to question 17 and section 07:
Replies were sent in by 50 countries. US, Canada and Mexico are against the type-of-customer criterion, OECD has no position on this, the other countries are in favour of the criterion. US, Canada and Mexico prefer the "trade distinction based on the characteristics of the facilities that are being used to sell goods".
The criteria used are the same as the criteria preferred, additional criteria were mentioned which were used next to the type-of-customer criterion: 5x bulk sales<---->individual sales: Colombia, Japan, Latvia, Switzerland, Thailand. OECD proposes greater recognition to type of store (hypermarket, department store etc).
Other remarks:
- Brazil and US: the type-of-customer criterion faces difficulties for implementation for motor vehicle commerce; construction material; commerce and office and computer materials.
- Mexico looks at the way the goods are sold (display windows, sales office etc.) and
- Philippines: if the goods are sold to business and household customers--> retail trade. Switzerland: if doubt--> wholesale.
S-07-Trade
Spain: car breaking-->waste treatment and disposal
Only bakeries with own oven in manufacturing.
UK and Afristat: separate agents and other wholesale.
US: for convergence make a single structural aggregate for trade and a split wholesale retail sale at the next level. Argentina proposes the same because it is often difficult to separate 51 and 52, so first the goods-criterion and then the destination.