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Statistical Center of Iran is legal responsible
for compilation of economic statistics and
national accounts. National accounts compile
by Economic Accounts department at
Statistical Center of Iran.
There are 30 member in Economic Accounts
that they are divided to 7 groups:
1. Agriculture and Construction
2. Manufacturing, Mining and Energy
3. Transportation, communication and financial
activities
4. Other service activities
5. Regional and Expenditure
6. Government
7. Quarterly
Statistics are disseminate through the web.
Concepts and principles of 1993 SNA follows in
compiling national accounts.
Economic activities and products classify
according to the ISIC Rev3.1 and CPC Ver1.1
respectively.
GDP by
Production
 GDP by
Expenditure
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available
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Institutional
Sector Accounts
non available
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Gross output
Intermediate
Consumption
Value added
Producer Price index
(in most of Sectors)
available
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Commodity Production
Production Index
Number of persons
employed/hours
worked
non available
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GDP estimate compile with annual and
quarterly periodicities at current and constant
prices.
Estimates of output, intermediate
consumption and value added release 9
months after the close of reference year, and
estimates finalize 20 months after the close
of reference year.
Financial services indirectly measure (FISIM)
allocate to user industries.
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Quarterly estimates compile from last year,
but for reason of some problem with
providing data statistics it doesn’t release.
available
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Household consumption
expenditure
Consumption
expenditure by nonprofit institutions serving
households
Final consumption
expenditure by
government
Gross fixed capital
formation
Non available
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Change in inventories
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GDP by expenditure estimates compile with
annual and quarterly periodicities at current
and constant prices.
Quarterly estimates compile from last year,
but for reason of some problem with
providing data statistics it doesn’t release.
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There are 31 states in Iran.
Regional accounts compile by production
approach at current prices.
Regional accounts disseminate with annual
national accounts.
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There are training workshops in 2008 SNA of
Economic account staffs.
Economic activity and product classifications
revise base on ISIC Rev4 and CPC Ver2.
We are compiling 2011 use and supply tables
base on ISIC Rev4 and CPC Ver2.
We are going to compile regional accounts by
expenditure approach until 2 next year.
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Quarterly accounts have compiled since last
year and it will disseminate from next year.
We are going to use administrative data and
so we had an agreement with audit
organization of Iran for access to fiscal
statements of government enterprises. We
have received a part of information last year
up to now.
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We have not adequate number of staff
resources for compiling statistics.
We have some problem with exhaustive
coverage sample surveys for small and
informal sector enterprises.