Creative Economy: A Feasible Development Option

Explanatory notes (continued)Art crafts. This is the second largest subgroup, covering a total of 60 codes. The number in each sector is as follows: carpets, 17; yarn, 30;wickerware, 4; celebration, 2; paperware, 1; others, 6.■■■■■■carpet – includes carpets of wool or other fine animal hair, cotton, coconut fibres and other plant fibre, knotted or woven.yarn – handmade lace, hand-woven and needlework rugs, embroidery, bed linen, man-made or printed, knitted or crocheted materials, etc.wickerware – plaits, mats, basketwork, wickerwork, etc.celebration – articles for Christmas, festivities, carnivals, etc.paperware – handmade paper.others – candles, tanned or dressed fur skins, artificial flowers, wood marquetry, etc.Visual arts. This sector covers 17 codes. The number of codes in each subsector is as follows: photography, 4; painting, 3; sculpture, 7; and antiques, 3.■■■■photography – photographic plates for offset reproduction; photographic film and microfilms, exposed and developed.painting – paintings, pastels executed by hand, wooden frames for paintings.sculpture – statuettes and other ornamental articles of wood, porcelain, ceramics, ivory or other metals, worked carving materials.antiques – antiques more than 100 years of age.Publishing. There are 15 codes in this subgroup. The number of codes in each subsector is as follows: newspapers, 3; books, 4; and other printingmatter, 8.■■■newspapers – newspapers, journals and periodicals.books – books, dictionaries, encyclopedias, brochures, leaflets, children’s drawing and colouring books and other printed matter.other printing matter – maps, brochures, postcards, calendars, advertising materials, etc.Performing arts. Has 7 codes. It covers 6 types of recorded laser discs and recorded magnetic tapes as well as printed or manuscript music.New media. This subgroup has 8 codes: 6 code for recorded media for sound and image, and 2 codes for video games.Audiovisuals. This subgroup has 2 codes; only 2 types of exposed cinematographic film are included in this subgroup.Part 2. Creative servicesData on trade in services by category of service rendered are becoming more available for developing countries as well. Generally aligned with the definitionsof the IMF Balance of Payments Manual, figures for trade in services, comparable across the world, are found mainly in the IMF Balance ofPayments Statistics database and, more recently, in the United Nations Statistics Division Services Trade database. EUROSTAT and OECD also collectdata for their member countries, as do other regional organizations.However, the available data disaggregated by category of services do not provide the detail necessary for drawing conclusions about the impact of creative-servicesactivities on economies.The 11 principal BOP categories of services cover many aspects of creative industries that cannot be separately extracted. The Extended Balance ofPayments Services Classification (EBOPS) — presented in the Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services (MSITS, 2002) — still does notoffer categories detailed enough to enable the designation of the creative-industry services rendered.Nevertheless, what is offered in the MSITS and further elaborated in this study are the elements of Central Product Classification (CPC) that can be relatedto EBOPS categories and that directly cover creative industries. The data on such a detailed level are rarely internationally reported and assembledon a comparable basis (CPC 5-digit-level items are usually necessary).What countries report at the moment that was identified as covering creative industries but not exclusively is the following categories of services:■ advertising, market research and public opinion services (EBOPS 278, level 3);■ architectural, engineering and other technical services (EBOPS 280, level 3);■ research and development services (EBOPS 279, level 3);■ personal, cultural and recreational services (EBOPS 287, level 1);■ audiovisual and related services (EBOPS 288, level 2); and■ other personal, cultural and recreational services (EBOPS 897, level 3).The definitions of each category of services are from the fifth edition of the IMF Balance of Payments Manual (available athttp://www.imf.org/external/np/sta/bop/BOPman.pdf) and are listed below:CREATIVE ECONOMY REPORT 2010Statistical annex — Explanatory notes283