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For PFCs in Aluminium production, and for the Mineral industry category, the ETS is<br />

used as a primary data source. Verification will be done over time as these ETS returns<br />

are verified, but this has not been possible for this submission.<br />

All data supplied in response to annual surveys (for the Chemical industry, Metal<br />

industry, and Product uses as substitutes for ODS categories) was verified against<br />

national totals where possible and anomalous data followed up and checked.<br />

4.1.7 Recalculations and improvements<br />

There were no recalculations for the Mineral industry or Metal industry source categories.<br />

For the Chemical industry category, the only recalculation necessary was for compliance<br />

with IPCC 2006 guidelines. Emissions from urea used as fertiliser are now reported in the<br />

Agriculture sector. Only on-site process emissions associated with ammonia and urea<br />

manufacture are now in the IPPU sector.<br />

A number of recalculations and improvements have been made in the Product uses as<br />

substitutes for ODS category. These have resulted from improved information on the<br />

import and use of stockpiled refrigerants and N 2 O, and the increasing use of alternative<br />

refrigerants (such as hydrocarbons).<br />

Expert review team comments<br />

Following review of previous submissions, the Expert Review Team (ERT)<br />

recommended that New Zealand continue efforts to improve the transparency of activity<br />

data in the Mineral industry, Chemical industry and Metal industry categories. This<br />

relates to activity data that is reported as confidential, and to the use of ETS returns in<br />

which some activity data (eg Cement production) is not transparently reported.<br />

Commercial confidentiality remains an issue for this and future submissions. The<br />

Inventory agency will continue to work with industry to allow inclusion of activity data in<br />

reporting. In addition, early provision of confidential activity data to future review teams<br />

will assist in allowing more rigorous review.<br />

Although verification of ETS returns has not been possible for this submission, over time<br />

verification will improve the transparency of reporting in the Mineral industry category.<br />

New Zealand makes significant use of import data to estimate emissions of PFCs used in<br />

the Refrigeration and air conditioning category. The ERT recommended that<br />

New Zealand try to obtain information necessary to calculate emissions at time of use.<br />

For this submission, data obtained from industry surveys has not allowed a change in this<br />

methodology. However, improved data has allowed more accurate assessment of the time<br />

of use for refrigerants, and the reported emissions for 2010–12 have been recalculated.<br />

The ERT also recommended that New Zealand reassess the uncertainty value of ±100 per<br />

cent assigned to activity data for the Lime production category, by investigating the<br />

possibility of unreported production. This has been completed and the default uncertainty<br />

is used in this submission.<br />

96 New Zealand’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory <strong>1990</strong>–<strong>2013</strong>

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