Inclusions in Intermediate Consumption
Included in intermediate consumption in the UNSNA system are:
- Operating expenses such as the rentals paid on the use of fixed assets leased, and also fees, commissions, royalties, etc., payable under licensing arrangements.
- The value of goods or services used as inputs into ancillary activities such as purchasing, sales, marketing, accounting, data processing, transportation, storage, maintenance, security, etc.
- The ordinary, regular maintenance and repair of fixed assets used in production.
- Expenditures on durable producer goods which are small, inexpensive and used to perform relatively simple ongoing operations.
- Expenditures on research and development, staff training, market research and similar activities.
- all goods except dwellings acquired by governmental establishments engaged in the production of defence services, including expenditures by the military on weapons of destruction and the equipment needed to deliver them.
- Rentals paid on buildings or equipment under an operating lease.
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