Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services

G. Repairs on goods
3.50. The present <strong>Manual</strong> follows BPM5 in
recommending that, for the most part, the value of
repairs on goods not be included in services. Repairs that
are included in services in BPM5 and in the present
<strong>Manual</strong> are:
(a) Construction repairs (included in construction
services);
(b) Computer repairs (included in computer
services);
(c) Repairs incidental to maintenance performed in
ports and airports on transportation equipment (included
in transportation services)
3.51. Maintenance services performed on goods are
included in services.
H. Definitions of the components of the Extended
Balance of Payments Services classification
3.52. In the remainder of the present chapter, the
definitions of the various components of EBOPS are
discussed in detail. This classification is listed in annex
II. Annex III provides a detailed correspondence table
between EBOPS, CPC, Version 1.0 and the GNS/W/120
services sector list that was used by trade negotiators
during the Uruguay Round; it may be used to assist the
compiler in resolving classification problems and to link
the statistical classifications with the GATS list. Annex
III also shows the relationship between the GNS/W/120
services sector list, CPC, Version 1.0 and EBOPS.
1. Transportation services
3.53. Transportation covers all transportation services
that are performed by residents of one economy for
those of another and that involve the carriage of
passengers, the movement of goods (freight), rentals
(charters) of carriers with crew, and related supporting
and auxiliary services. Some related items that are
excluded from transportation services are freight
insurance (included in insurance services); goods
procured in ports by non-resident carriers and repairs of
transportation equipment (both are treated as goods, not
services); repairs of railway facilities, harbours and
airfield facilities (included in construction services); and
rentals or charters of carriers without crew (included in
operational leasing services). Paragraphs 3.9 and 3.10
above discuss the issues relating to the attribution of
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residence of owners and operators of mobile equipment,
including ships and aircraft.
3.54. EBOPS follows BPM5 in recommending a crossclassification
of transportation by mode of transport and
by kind of service. While BPM5 recommends the
identification of three modes of transportation, EBOPS
distinguishes eight modes of transportation––sea, air,
space, rail, road, internal waterway, pipeline, and other
supporting and auxiliary transportation services. EBOPS
recommends the same classification of kind of service as
BPM5––transport of passengers, transport of freight, and
other supporting and auxiliary services. Discussion of
the modes of transportation and kinds of service follows.
3.55. Sea transport covers all transportation services
by sea.
3.56. Air transport covers all transportation services
provided by air, including international passenger
transportation.
3.57. The remaining modes of transport are a
disaggregation of the single BPM5 mode “other
transport.”
3.58. Space transport includes satellite launches
undertaken by commercial enterprises for the owners of
the satellites (such as telecommunication enterprises)
and other operations performed by operators of space
equipment, such as transport of goods and people for
scientific experiments. Also included is space passenger
transport and the payments made by an economy in
order to have its residents included on the space vehicles
of another economy.
3.59. Rail transport covers transport by trains.
3.60. Road transport covers international freight
transport by lorries and trucks and international
passenger transportation by buses and coaches.
3.61. Inland waterway transport relates to
international transportation on rivers, canals and lakes.
Included are waterways that are internal to one country
and those that are shared among two or more countries.
3.62. Pipeline transport and electricity transmission
covers international transport of goods in pipelines. Also
included are charges for the transmission of electricity
when this is separate from the production and
distribution process. The provision of electricity itself is
excluded, as is the provision of petroleum and related