ARGENTINA S COMMENTS ON AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING AND RELATED SERVICE ACTIVITIES. Based on ISIC rev.4

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1 ARGENTINA S COMMENTS ON AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY, FISHING AND RELATED SERVICE ACTIVITIES Based on ISIC rev.4 For the meeting to be held from 14 February to 18 February

2 THE OPENINGS THAT MAKE UP THE SAME LEVEL SHOULD BE MORE COMPARABLE. 2

3 CURRENT DRAFT PROPOSAL 3 DIGITS 011 Production of cereals and other field crops. 012 Production of permanent crops 013 Market gardening; horticulture; Production of other crops ARGENTINA REVISION 011 Production of crops, market gardening and horticulture 014 Production of animals 015 Mixed farming 016 Support services to agriculture and post harvest crop activities 017 Hunting, trapping and related services 012 Production of animals 013 Mixed farming 014 Support services to agriculture and post harvest crop activities 015 Hunting, trapping and related services 3

4 JUSTIFICATION ( 3 digits) It would be of great relevance to distinguish the use of soil and water among the following main activities: growing of crops (code 011) production of animals (code 012) forestry includes tree planting and management as well as the extraction and gathering of wild growing forest materials (code 02) Fishing and aquaculture (only fish, not growing of crops in water) (code 03) 4

5 JUSTIFICATION ( 3 digits) It would be better to distinguish the use of soil and water at the two-digit level, but a) if I introduced a new 2-digit branch to include the opening that I suggest, it would be necessary to change all the 2- digits of the classification. That is why I suggested having the openings that we need, combining 2 and 3-digits. b) It is very important for the Mercosur, since we want to work on a common classification based on the 3 digits of ISIC 4. 5

6 Otherwise... 6

7 ... There is no total to sum up the result of the whole production of crops. This is often used in the national accounts and the publication of the physical production data both in developed countries and developing countries. 7

8 ... It would not be possible to distinguish between the different effects that each activity has on the environment. (e.g.: Index of ecological footprint) note: the action of crops; animals, trees and so on saturated the soil in different ways. 8

9 Argentina s Revision 4 digits of 011 Production of cereal and other field crops 9

10 0111 Production of cereal, oilseeds and other field crops (included fodder) 0112 Market gardening; horticulture and tree nursery 0113 Production of fruit - except wine grapes -, and nuts 0114 Production of beverage crops 0115 Production of wine grapes 0116 Production of spices, aromatic and medicinal herbs 0117 Other production of crops 10

11 JUSTIFICATION ( 4 digits of 011) The openings between permanent crops and annual crops is not clear. In the ISIC opening proposal there seems to be a correlation between cereal and annual crops, which is inexistent. There are some cereal crops, specially used as fodder crops, which are not annual crops. To separate annual from permanent crops (included the biannual crops) creates a dysfunctional distinction between crops that undergo similar processes and give similar products, like oilseed production. 11

12 JUSTIFICATION ( 4 digits of 011) We disagree with the growing of wine grapes and tables grapes opening. Argentina s production of wine grapes is important (our wines are excellent please, do smile!), the same as Chile s. In the spite of this, an opening at a 4-digit level in an international classification is too much. But in case it was extremely necessary to open this branch (I can not see why), Argentina s revision would keep the opening. Anyway, table grapes are produced in units that are different from the units that produce wine grapes, which are used for fresh consumption or the manufacturing industry. That is why we still keep the opening for wine grapes which excludes table grapes. These are included in the production of fruit. 12

13 JUSTIFICATION ( 4 digits of 011) The production of beverage crops (e.g.: tea, mate, coffee, and cocoa) is as important as, if not more important than, the wine grapes. This is so in Argentina, Latin America and Asia (e.g.: Brazil, Colombia and India). 13

14 Argentina s Revision 4 digits of 012 Production of animals 14

15 The four-digit opening of animal production should be different, in order to allow us to differentiate the production of raw milk, raw wool and other animal hair and other animal products. The opening for pets production is not suitable to be included in an international classification. The countries are very diferent in relation of which kind of livestock produce. It on depends of their caracteristics (customs, physical, religion, etc). 15

16 One revisión of the 4-digits structure should be the following: 0121 Production of raw milk 0122 Production of wool and other animal hair * 0123 Production of cattle 0124 Production of sheep, goats, horses, asses, mules or hinnies 0115 Production of swine 0116 Production of poultry and eggs 0119 Other animals production and production of animal products * (I do not know what the exact expression is) 16

17 The other possibility is: 0121 Production of livestock (include all classes of livestock: cattle, goats, swines, sheeps, horses, asses, mules, etc) 0122 Production of raw milk, raw wool and other animal hair 0123 Production of poultry and eggs 0119 Other animals production and production of animal products (include rabbits, pets and animals that produce honey, silk, feather, etc) In thisproposal you can distignuish the most important subjet (but not all) of the production of animals: - produce animal that in the end of process become meat - produce of animal products 17

18 JUSTIFICATION ( 4 digits of 012) Raw milk is produced in specialized units or farms called Tambos (dairy farms). In Argentina, most of the production of milk is raw cow milk; yet goat and sheep milk is also important. I know that this is even more important in other countries of Latin America. The current structure does not allow the countries to have an opening to sum up the milk production as a whole. In the current structure milk production is divided into two different branches of activities, according to the type of animal (cow milk - branch 0121 and the rest of milk - branch 0122) 18

19 JUSTIFICATION ( 4 digits of 012) The production of wool and other animal hair is of regional importance. The current structure allows each country to open a special branch for this activity. Yet, in order to have a more comparable 4-digit level, I would suggest opening a 4-digit code for this. The production of pets is an informal activity. It would be very difficult to obtain data about this activity. Probably, the production of pets will have to be inferred. 19